United States v. Bateman

OPINION AND ORDER

FUSTE, District Judge, Sitting by Designation.

In this case, the government alleges that defendant Larry Lane Bateman possessed and transported child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(1) and 2252(a)(4). The defendant has also been charged with a forfeiture count under 18 U.S.C. § 2253.

In the early stages of this proceeding while bail conditions were being decided, the government moved to keep undisclosed the names of two witnesses and to refer to them only by identifying initials, P.C. and J.Y. A United States magistrate originally…