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UNITED STATES v. HICKEY

No. 84-1847.

767 F.2d 705 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael J. HICKEY, Defendant, Mark A. Hopkinson, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Cheyenne, Wyo., for appellant.

David A. Kern, Asst. U.S. Atty., Cheyenne, Wyo. (Richard A. Stacy, U.S. Atty., Cheyenne, Wyo., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before McKAY and SETH, Circuit Judges, and WEINSHIENK, District Judge.

SETH, Circuit Judge.

The question presented for decision is whether the common law right of access to court records extends to the sealed plea bargain of a criminal defendant now enrolled in the witness protection program of the United States Marshal's Service.

Mark A. Hopkinson brings this appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming denying him access to the court file of one Michael J. Hickey. The file contains the...

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