In Re Grand Jury Subpoena. John Doe No. 4 v. John Doe No. 1, Intervenors-Appellants

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• holding that the names of witnesses and targets of grand jury investigations are protected under Rule 6(e)
• holding that under Press-Enterprise II, the court must focus on the specific motion that the moving party seeks to disclose publicly, not the broader grand jury investigation or hearings in which the motion arose
• holding that under Press-Enterprise II, the court must focus on the specific motion that the moving party seeks to disclose publicly, not the broader grand jury investigation or hearings in which the motion arose
• noting that when “disclosure of the confidential information might disclose matters occurring before the grand jury, the information should be protected by Rule 6(e)” (emphasis added)
• \[A] proceeding is related to or affects a grand jury investigation if it would reveal matters actually or potentially occurring before the grand jury.\
• “[N]ot only are grand jury materials themselves to be kept secret, but so are all materials that ‘relate to’ grand jury proceedings.”

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