Legal Opinion
United States v. Higuera-Guerrero
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 4, 2008No. 07-72143PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
We consider the district court’s order unsealing the transcript of a plea colloquy, a plea agreement’s “cooperation addendum” and the documents supporting a motion to seal the plea proceedings.
Facts
Ismael Higuera-Guerrero ran a drug cartel in Mexico along with Javier Arrella-no-Felix and Arturo Villareal-Heredia. After U.S. authorities captured the three men, Higuera-Guerrero agreed to plead guilty and to cooperate with the govern*1025ment, but the others, initially, declined.1 The government and Higuera-Guerrero signed a plea agreement containing a “cooperation addendum” in…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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