Valentine v. Wiggins

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that where defendant seeks access to discovery materials subject to protective order, same rules and concepts guide modification or removal of protective order
• noting that advisory committee notes to Rule 16(d) contemplated need to protect material where “there is reason to believe that a witness would be subject to physical or economic harm if his identity is revealed”
• describing court’s role as weighing need for modification against need for protection while factoring in “availability of alternatives”
• defining a “blanket” order as meaning that “everything is tentatively protected until otherwise ordered”
• “[T]he government’s statement regarding privacy presents a viable argument. At this point, however, and without a description of the material or reviewing the documents at issue, it is difficult to make a determination.”
• “Protective orders vary in range and type ‘from true blanket orders (everything is tentatively protected until otherwise ordered) to very narrow ones limiting access only to specific information after a specific finding of need.’” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).