Legal Opinion
In Re in the Matter of the Application of Jason Leopold to Unseal Certain Electronic Surveillance Applications and Orders
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 16, 2018No. Misc. No. 2013-0712Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JASON LEOPOLD TO UNSEAL Misc. Action No. 13-mc-00712 CERTAIN ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS AND ORDERS. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell MEMORANDUM OPINION Jason Leopold and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed petitions to unseal voluminous judicial records, dating back years, authorizing the government’s use of certain statutory authorities to gather information for use in now-closed criminal investigations, which petitions were predicated on asserted rights of access under the…
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