United States v. Pickard

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-Appellants William Pickard and Clyde Apperson appeal the district court’s décision to deny their motion to unseal the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”)’s file on one of its confidential informants. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we conclude the district court erred in the manner in which it denied Defendants’ motion to unseal the file, for three reasons: The court 1) failed to require the United States to articulate a significant interest in continuing to keep the DEA records sealed; 2) did not apply the presumption that judicial records…