State Ex Rel. Pulitzer Missouri Newspapers, Inc. v. Seay

WILLIAM W. FRANCIS, JR., Judge.

On July 26, 2010, Pulitzer Missouri Newspapers, Inc. (“Relator”) filed a “Petition for Writ of Prohibition or Mandamus” (“Petition”). On July 27, 2010, this Court issued an “Order to Show Cause” to the Honorable William C. Seay (“Respondent”), Circuit Judge, directing Respondent to state the specific legal basis for closing and sealing the case record in “State of Missouri, Plaintiff v. Cledith Wakefield, Iron County Case No. 09IR-CR00254.” Respondent was also directed to provide this Court with “a copy of any written suspended imposition of sentence (including…