UNITED STATES' APPLICATION TO FILE EXHIBITS UNDER SEAL IN ITS OPPOSITION IN RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO SUPPRESS

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR., Chief District Judge.

The United States hereby requests that the Court permit it to file under seal the following items: Exhibit 1 to Vallerga Declaration (containing sensitive law enforcement information about the investigation of firearms trafficking and firearms tracing); and Exhibit 1 to Topper Declaration (under seal Search Warrant 4-16-70956 DMR), which are Exhibits to Declarations filed in support of the United States' Response in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Suppress.

Exhibit 1 to the Vallerga Declaration tends to disclose gun tracing information and the contents of reporting information regarding firearms purchases to the federal government. This Exhibit also contains personal information about individuals that is required to be redacted of sealed before filing on ECF.

Exhibit 1 to the Topper Declaration is an under seal search warrant. Although the warrant has been unsealed for the limited purpose of providing it to the defense, it otherwise remains a sealed document and should not be filed on the public docket.

Therefore, the government asks that it be permitted to file these two documents under seal, except that it will provide copies of these sealed exhibits to the defense.

ORDER

For good cause shown, IT IS ORDERED that Exhibit 1 to the Vallerga Declaration and Exhibit 1 to the Topper Declaration, in support of the United States' Response in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Suppress, shall be filed and maintained under seal until further order of this Court, except that the government shall serve copy of these sealed exhibits on defense counsel.

IT IS SO ORDERED.