Harold D. Johnson, M.D. v. Greater Southeast Community Hospital Corporation

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• noting that there is a “strong presumption in favor of public access to judicial proceedings”
• stating that if the trial court determines that some type of sealing order is warranted, it should be \no broader than is necessary to protect those specific interests identified as in need of protection\
• recognizing the “obvious public interest in being informed about the quality of health care”
• instructing the district court on remand to “require appellees to come forward with specific reasons why the record, or any part thereof, should remain under seal.”
• noting the “strong presumption in favor of public access to judicial proceedings”
• \A private party alleging federal civil rights violations need not pursue internal administrative remedies before pressing a claim in federal court.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).