Dov v. Bureau of Prisons
- Sarah Cave
- 1:20-cv-09370
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Dov v. Bureau of Prisons, Judge Cave granted the government’s request to seal medical records and directed closure of ECF No. 13.
The petitioner’s medical records filed in the case were maintained under seal, and ECF No. 13 was closed. The order also affected the government’s filing request.
What happened
In Dov v. Bureau of Prisons, the government asked to file the petitioner’s Bureau of Prisons medical records under seal, limiting public access to those records.
The court granted the request to maintain ECF No. 14 under seal as accessible only to the selected, and directed the Clerk of Court to close ECF No. 13.
Judge Sarah L. Cave entered this order on December 21, 2020. The order addressed sealing and docket administration, not the underlying habeas matter.
The detailed version
- Dov v. Bureau of Prisons · No. 1:20-cv-09370
- Sarah Cave
- Dec. 21, 2020
Background
The government, through the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, asked the court for permission to file the petitioner’s medical records from the Bureau of Prisons under seal. The government argued that sealing was appropriate because of the privacy interests associated with medical records. The request referred to the presumption that court filings are publicly accessible and cited decisions discussing the confidentiality of medical records.
Ruling
The court granted the defendant’s request to maintain ECF No. 14 under seal as accessible only to the selected. The Clerk of Court was directed to close ECF No. 13.
Effect of the Order
This was a sealing and docket-management order in a habeas matter. The opinion text does not decide the underlying habeas claim or describe any ruling on the petitioner’s medical condition or confinement.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.