United States v. Antar

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

We are confronted ■ in this case with a tension between two issues of critical constitutional concern: the need to protect the confidentiality of jurors’ deliberations while, at the same time, guaranteeing the right of the press and the public to have access to court proceedings. We conclude that under the circumstances presented here, the district court improperly sealed the transcript of the jury voir dire and then upon unsealing it, placed certain improper restrictions on the use of the juror-identifying information. We will, therefore, reverse the…