FLYNT v. LOMBARDI

Nos. 16-1295, 16-2232.

885 F.3d 508 (2018)

Larry C. FLYNT, Intervenor-Appellant Earl Ringo; John C. Middleton; Russell Bucklew; John E. Winfield; Dennis Skillicorn; Leon Taylor; Roderick Nunley; Jeffrey R. Ferguson; Richard D. Clay; Allen L. Nicklasson; Joseph Franklin; Martin Link; Mark Christeson; William L. Rousan; David Barnett; Cecil Clayton; Michael Anthony Taylor; Herbert Smulls, Plaintiffs v. George A. LOMBARDI; Terry Russell; John Doe, Defendants-Appellees. Larry C. Flynt, Intervenor-Appellant Earl Ringo; John C. Middleton; Russell Bucklew; John E. Winfield; Dennis Skillicorn; Leon Taylor; Roderick Nunley; Jeffrey R. Ferguson; Richard D. Clay; Allen L. Nicklasson; Joseph Franklin; Martin Link; Mark Christeson; William L. Rousan; David Barnett; Cecil Clayton; Michael Anthony Taylor; Herbert Smulls, Plaintiffs v. George A. Lombardi; Terry Russell; John Doe, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew McNulty , Anthony E. Rothert , Jessie M. Steffan , American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation, Saint Louis, MO, Gillian R. Wilcox , ACLU of Missouri Foundation, Kansas City, MO, for Intervenor-Appellant.

Gregory Michael Goodwin , Assistant Attorney General, Stephen David Hawke , Assistant Attorney General, Michael Joseph Spillane , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Jefferson City, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before LOKEN, BEAM, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Intervenor Larry Flynt appeals the district court's1 denial of his motion to unseal certain judicial records regarding death row inmates' challenges to Missouri's lethal injection protocol. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

The underlying litigation in this matter involves an omnibus Eighth...

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