Legal Opinion
In Re Report of Grand Jury Proceedings Filed on June 15, 1972. Appeal of Honorable Jerry Woodard
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1973No. 72-3499PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the denial of the United States District Court of an application filed by Judge Jerry Woodard, presiding state judge in El Paso County, Texas, to expunge a federal grand jury report from the federal district court’s records at El Paso, Texas. The “Report of Grand Jury Proceedings” was presented by the jury to the federal district court on June 15, 1972. Pursuant to the request of the grand jury, the district judge directed the clerk to file the report as a public record. Judge Woodard then filed an application to expunge the entire report.…
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