Mims, Reginald v. Brown, Logan, et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
REGINALD JERMAINE MIMS,
Plaintiff,
v.
LOGAN BROWN, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
25-cv-42-jdp
Plaintiff 	Reginald 	Jermaine 	Mims, 	representing 	himself, 	is 	proceeding 	against
defendants Paul Morris and James Wilson, representing themselves, on state-law assault claims.
Dkt. 6 at 2. Plaintiff alleges that he became involved in a dispute with these two defendants
while they were trying to tow his vehicle and that they assaulted him, so he hit Morris in self-
defense.1
Morris and Wilson have each filed a motion to seal their contact information because
plaintiff allegedly threatened during the dispute to murder them. 	Dkt. 20 & Dkt. 22. 	The
court has docketed these motions ex-parte, meaning that the motions are visible only to the
court and the person who filed them, because the motions contain the contact information at
issue.
The court will GRANT defendants’ motions and maintain their contact information
under seal for now. Court records are “presumptively open to public view, even if the litigants
strongly prefer secrecy, unless a statute, rule, or privilege justifies confidentiality.” In re Specht,
622 F.3d 697, 701 (7th Cir. 2010). 	At this very early stage in the case, these defendants’
1 Plaintiff is proceeding on Fourth Amendment excessive force and Fourteenth Amendment
Equal Protection claims against the remaining defendants. Dkt. 6 at 6.
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addresses are not relevant to the case, and there is not an apparent need for the information to
be made public. 	Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 5.2(e)(1) (a court may order redaction of additional
information for good cause). 	But the court will revisit this issue at the preliminary pretrial
conference on December 15, 2025, and discuss with the parties whether these defendants’
contact information will remain sealed as the case progresses and, if so, how these parties may
conduct discovery under those circumstances.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that:
1. 	Defendant Paul Morris’s motion to seal his address, Dkt. 20, is GRANTED.
2. 	Defendant James Wilson’s motion to seal his address, phone number and email,
Dkt. 22, is GRANTED.
Entered November 20, 2025.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
________________________________________
ANITA MARIE BOOR
Magistrate Judge
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