USA v. Thompson et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
vs.
BRANDON QUINCY THOMPSON
a/k/a Terence Maceo Clay, Jr.,
a/k/a “Kadafi,” a/k/a Hanee Rashid
King, a/k/a Hanee Rasid King,
Defendant.
4:09-CR-40129-01-KES
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
SEAL DOCKETS
Defendant moves to seal various documents and filings1 in connection
with his motion for compassionate release in Docket 166. See Docket 166 at 1,
5) (requesting proposed release plan and additional information in support of
motion to be filed under seal); Docket 175 (requesting to file under seal his
reply to Government’s Response in Opposition to Defendant’s motion for
Compassionate Release). Both of these documents contain information about
Defendant’s minor children, among other personal information. Because this
information implicates privacy concerns, there is good cause to seal these
documents. Thus, it is
1 Although Defendant did not separately move to seal these documents, Defendant did request
to seal them in the filings themselves, and thus this court construes the requests as motions to
seal. See Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007) (“A document filed pro se is to be liberally
construed.”); Olsen as Tr. for Xuerez, Inc. v. Di Mase, 24 F.4th 1197, 1202 (8th Cir. 2022)
(same).
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ORDERED that defendant’s motions (Dockets 166 and 175) are granted.
Docket 166-1 will be filed under seal, and Defendant may file his reply to the
Government’s response in Docket 169 under seal.
Dated December 29, 2022.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Karen E. Schreier
KAREN E. SCHREIER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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