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· 11/5/2013

United States v. Pickard

Citations

  • 733 F.3d 1297
  • 2013 WL 5912089
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 22436

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that district courts have continuing jurisdiction to enforce sealing orders and to grant access to sealed documents \even if the case in which the documents were sealed has ended\
  • noting that district court, when sealing record, should consider whether supplying a redacted version of the record would adequately protect the interests of the party seeking the seal
  • observing that when weighing an interest in sealing against the presumption of public access, courts first consider whether selective redaction may be effective before sealing even documents in their entirety
  • reviewing decision to seal or unseal documents for an abuse of discretion
  • \We review for an abuse of discretion the district court's decisions regarding whether to seal or unseal documents.\
  • A court can unseal documents “based upon the court’s inherent supervisory authority over its own files and records.”

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Judges: Tymkovich, Ebel, Matheson

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