Ramos v. Brandon, CIV 18-1191 KK/KBM. (2019)
Court: District Court, D. New Mexico
Number: infdco20190110c79
Visitors: 31
Filed: Jan. 09, 2019
Latest Update: Jan. 09, 2019
Summary: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY EX PARTE PLEADING SHOULD NOT BE MADE PUBLIC KAREN B. MOLZEN , Magistrate Judge . THIS MATTER comes before the Court sua sponte, following its review of Plaintiff's Complaint, which her counsel filed ex parte, for viewing by only Plaintiff and the Court. See Doc. 1. This Court's administrative procedures set out specific grounds for setting document access restrictions, and such restrictions must be permitted by the Court. See CM/ECF Admin. Proc. M
Summary: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY EX PARTE PLEADING SHOULD NOT BE MADE PUBLIC KAREN B. MOLZEN , Magistrate Judge . THIS MATTER comes before the Court sua sponte, following its review of Plaintiff's Complaint, which her counsel filed ex parte, for viewing by only Plaintiff and the Court. See Doc. 1. This Court's administrative procedures set out specific grounds for setting document access restrictions, and such restrictions must be permitted by the Court. See CM/ECF Admin. Proc. Ma..
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY EX PARTE PLEADING SHOULD NOT BE MADE PUBLIC
KAREN B. MOLZEN, Magistrate Judge.
THIS MATTER comes before the Court sua sponte, following its review of Plaintiff's Complaint, which her counsel filed ex parte, for viewing by only Plaintiff and the Court. See Doc. 1.
This Court's administrative procedures set out specific grounds for setting document access restrictions, and such restrictions must be permitted by the Court. See CM/ECF Admin. Proc. Manual, § 9(h)(1) & (2). Additionally, the Court "may order that a filing be made under seal without redaction" and later "unseal the filing or order the person who made the filing to tile a redacted version for public record." Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(d). Generally speaking, however, the public has a right to access court records. See United States v. McVeigh, 119 F.3d 806, 811 (10th Cir. 1997) (judicial documents are presumptively available to the public but may be sealed if the right to access is outweighed by the interests favoring nondisclosure).
The Court is unaware of any permission given to Plaintiff to restrict the level of access for her Complaint to ex parte. Accordingly, the Court orders Plaintiff to show cause within seven (7) days of entry of this Order why the entire pleading (Doc. 1) should not be made available for public access. Failure to respond to this Order to Show Cause will result in the unsealing of the Complaint.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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