Armas v. Garrett

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 11 CESAR CONTRERAS ARMAS, Case No. 3:18-cv-00387-HDM-WGC 12 Petitioner, ORDER 13 v. 14 R. BAKER, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 17 Before the court are petitioner's motion for leave to file exhibits under seal (ECF No. 16), 18 motion to file a second amended petition (ECF No. 18), and motion for stay and abeyance (ECF 19 No. 19). 20 Respondents have not filed a response to the motion for leave to file exhibits under seal. 21 The court finds that the proposed sealed exhibits contain confidential and sensitive information, 22 and the court grants the motion for leave to file exhibits under seal. See Kamakana v. City and 23 Cnty. Of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006). 24 Respondents have filed a non-opposition to the other two motions (ECF No. 20), and the 25 court grants them. 26 IT THEREFORE IS ORDERED that petitioner's motion for leave to file exhibits under 27 seal (ECF No. 16) is GRANTED. 28 1 IT FURTHER IS ORDERED that petitioner's motion to file a second amended petition 2 | (ECF No. 18) is GRANTED. The court will issue a scheduling order upon reopening this action, 3 | if necessary. 4 IT FURTHER IS ORDERED that petitioner's motion for stay and abeyance (ECF No. 19) 5 | isGRANTED. This action is STAYED while petitioner exhausts his state-court remedies. 6 | Petitioner shall return to this court with a motion to reopen within forty-five (45) days of issuance 7 | of the remittitur by the Nevada Supreme Court at the conclusion of the state court proceedings. 8 | Further, petitioner or respondents otherwise may move to reopen the action and seek any relief 9 | appropriate under the circumstances. 10 IT FURTHER IS ORDERED that the clerk of court shall administratively close this action 11 until such time as the court grants a motion to reopen the action. 12 DATED: September 9, 2019. 3 ovrasel” S ft thud HOWARD D. MCKIBBEN 14 United States District Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28