UNITED STATES v. TEAM FINANCE, L.L.C.

No. 22-40707.

80 F.4th 571 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, EX REL Caleb HERNANDEZ and Jason Whaley, Relators, et al., Plaintiff, v. TEAM FINANCE, L.L.C.; Team Health, Incorporated; Team Health Holdings, Incorporated; Ameriteam Services, L.L.C.; HCFS Health Care Financial Services, L.L.C.; Quantum Plus, L.L.C., doing business as Teamhealth West, Defendants-Appellees, v. Loren Adler, Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 31, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda T. Coberly , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, William G. Fox , Michael Brett Johnson , Thomas M. Melsheimer , Chad Brian Walker , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Lauren Gailey , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Ellen L. Noble , Leah Marie Nicholls , Public Justice, P.C., Washington, DC, Martin Woodward , Kitner Woodward, P.L.L.C., Dallas, TX, for Movant-Appellant.

KatieLynn B. Townsend , Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Atlantic Monthly Group, L.L.C., BuzzFeed, Incorporated, First Amendment Coalition, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Institute for Nonprofit News, Institute for Nonprofit News, Foundation for National Progress, National Newspaper Association, National Press Photographers Association, New York Times Company, News/Media Alliance, Pro Publica, Incorporated, Society of Environmental Journalists, Society of Professional Journalists, Texas Association of Broadcasters, Texas Press Association, Tully Center for Free Speech.

Before Wiener, Graves, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.


Movant-Appellant Loren Adler seeks to permissively intervene in this closed matter to challenge the sealing of records. The district court denied Adler's intervention on three independent grounds, each of which is a subject of this appeal. Although courts are afforded great discretion in deciding intervention...

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