Legal Opinion
In Re in the Matter of the Application of Jason Leopold to Unseal Certain Electronic Surveillance Applications and Orders
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 26, 2018No. Misc. No. 2013-0712Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JASON LEOPOLD TO UNSEAL Misc. Action No. 13-mc-00712 CERTAIN ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS AND ORDERS. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell MEMORANDUM OPINION Invoking both the First Amendment and common law rights of access to judicial records, Jason Leopold, an investigative journalist, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press initially petitioned the Court to unseal almost twenty years of sealed government applications, and related orders, to obtain information about, and the contents…
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