U.S. v. MATTHEWS

No. 99-4183.

209 F.3d 338 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence Charles MATTHEWS, a/k/a MrMature, a/k/a Dd4SubFem, a/k/a LCMinMD, Defendant-Appellant. American Civil Liberties Union; American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland; American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capitol Area; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Beth Mina Farber, Chief Assistant Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Jan Paul Miller, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James Wyda, Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Deborah Johnston, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee. Arthur B. Spitzer, American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area, Washington, D.C.; Dwight Sullivan American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland; Ann Beeson, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae ACLU, et al. Jane E. Kirtley, Executive Director, Gregg P. Leslie, Jacqueline N. Ballinger, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae Committee.

Before MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge TRAXLER and Senior Judge CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

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