Legal Opinion
United States v. El-Sayegh, Hani
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 16, 1997No. 97-3147PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to refine the concept of “judicial records” to which there are public rights of access. We conclude that a plea agreement submitted to the court before the plea is offered, solely for the purpose of allowing the court to rule on the government’s motion to seal the agreement, is not subject at that stage to a public right of access under either the First Amendment or the common law. Because no right of access exists, we find that it was error for the district court to deny defendant’s motion to withdraw the plea agreement from the court’s docket…
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