UNABOM TRIAL MEDIA COALITION v. U.S. DIST. COURT

No. 97-71318.

183 F.3d 949 (1999)

The UNABOM TRIAL MEDIA COALITION, Petitioner, v. U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (SACRAMENTO), Respondent, United States of America; Theodore John Kaczynski, Real Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charity Kenyon, Riegels Campos & Kenyon LLP, Sacramento, California, for the petitioner.

Joseph Douglas Wilson, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D.C., for respondent and real party in interest United States of America.

Daniel J. Broderick, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Sacramento, California, for real party in interest Theodore John Kaczynski.

Before: LAY, KOZINSKI and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The Unabom Trial Media Coalition ("Media"), a group of newspapers and broadcasting companies, petitions for a writ of mandamus challenging the district court's closure of various aspects of the pretrial proceedings in the case of Theodore John Kaczynski, the infamous "Unabomber." We dismiss the petition as moot.

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Kaczynski's trial promised to be one of the most publicized and controversial of recent years. Media accordingly wished to...

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