United States v. Craig Ivester

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• holding that a brief, mid-trial closure to question jurors 17 about their expressed concerns regarding safety was trivial
• holding that some closures are too trivial to implicate the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial, and finding (1) the closed courtroom discussions between the district court and counsel concerning how to handle the questioning of jurors, and (2
• holding that brief mid-trial closure to question jurors about safety concerns was trivial
• explaining that before applying the Waller test, the court must first determine whether the Sixth Amendment public trial right attaches
• finding no violation of public trial right where judge closed court room to address jurors’ concerns about their safety
• affirming closure of pretrial hearing based in part on fact that the defendant \did not attack the government\

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