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U.S. v. McDOUGAL

No. 08-2524.

559 F.3d 837 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Susan H. McDOUGAL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Gene Brooks, argued, Greenbrier, AR, Bobby McDaniel, Jonesboro, AR, on the brief, for appellant.

Justin V. Shur, U.S.D.O.J., argued, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Susan H. McDougal, Camden, AR, pro se.

Before MURPHY and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and LIMBAUGH, District Judge.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Susan H. McDougal filed a motion seeking to lift the seal on records from her civil contempt proceeding in which she was charged with refusing to testify before the Whitewater grand jury. After determining that McDougal failed to make the showing required by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) and that neither the common law right of access to court proceedings nor the court's supervisory power over judicial records cured this deficiency...

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