U.S. v. INDEX NEWSPAPERS LLC

No. 13-35243.

766 F.3d 1072 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INDEX NEWSPAPERS LLC, dba The Stranger, Intervenor-Appellant, Matthew Duran, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil M. Fox (argued), Law Office of Neil Fox, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Invervenor-Appellant Index Newspapers LLC, dba The Stranger.

Kimberly N. Gordon (argued), Law Offices of Gordon & Saunders, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellee Matthew Duran.

Michael S. Morgan (argued) and Michael W. Dion , Assistant United States Attorneys; Jenny A. Durkan , United States Attorney, Western District of Washington, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER, RONALD M. GOULD, and MORGAN CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

CHRISTEN, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to decide the extent to which the public's qualified right of access to court proceedings must give way to the need for secrecy when a grand jury witness is held in civil contempt and confined. We consider the district court's order granting in part and denying in part a newspaper's motion to unseal transcripts and filings related to a grand jury witness's contempt and continued confinement proceedings...

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