U.S. v. PICKARD

Nos. 12-3142, 12-3143.

733 F.3d 1297 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Leonard PICKARD, and Clyde Apperson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Rork , Rork Law Office, Topeka, KS, for Defendants-Appellants.

James A. Brown , Assistant United States Attorney ( Barry R. Grissom , United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before TYMKOVICH, EBEL, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-Appellants William Pickard and Clyde Apperson appeal the district court's decision to deny their motion to unseal the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA")'s file on one of its confidential informants. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we conclude the district court erred in the manner in which it denied Defendants' motion to unseal the file, for three reasons: The court 1...

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