State v. H.A.

*362OPINION

DIETZEN, Judge.

Appellant challenges the district court order and judgment granting respondent’s expungement petition, arguing that the district court abused its discretion by expunging court and executive-branch records. Because the district court’s finding of infringement of respondent’s constitutional rights is clearly erroneous, and the district court failed to find that the benefits of expungement to respondent are commensurate with the disadvantages to the public, we conclude that the district court abused its discretion by exercising its inherent authority to expunge and,…