U.S. v. DEJOURNETT

No. 14-4204.

817 F.3d 479 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Diere R. DeJOURNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Dennis C. Belli , Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Samuel A. Yannucci , United States Attorney's Office, Akron, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: COLE, Chief Judge; MERRITT and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

The public has the constitutional right to access records in criminal proceedings. But, like most other rights of its kind, it is not absolute and may be abridged if the district court finds that nondisclosure is narrowly tailored to serve an overriding interest. In this case, the district court prevented the public from accessing defendant's plea agreement without providing on-the-record findings justifying...

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