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WASHINGTON POST v. ROBINSON

No. 90-5119.

935 F.2d 282 (1991)

THE WASHINGTON POST, Appellant, v. Honorable Deborah ROBINSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1991.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing June 14, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Simons, Westbury, N.Y., for appellant. Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr. and Barbara P. Percival, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellant.

Madelyn E. Johnson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, RUTH BADER GINSBURG and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

The Washington Post ("Appellant"), appeals from a district court order denying appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus to compel Magistrate Judge Robinson to release portions of a plea agreement filed under seal in United States v. McWilliams, Cr. No. 90-0072M-01, and affirming the Magistrate Judge's order sealing the plea agreement in the McWilliams case. The district...

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