APPLICATION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY AND CHARLIE SAVAGE FOR ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCKETS, ORDERS, LEGAL BRIEFING, AND ARGUMENT TRANSCRIPTS ANCILLARY TO JANUARY 6 GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS, No. 1:2022mc00100 - Document 18 (D.D.C. 2023)

Court Description: REDACTED MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding petitioners' 1 Application for Access to Certain Dockets, Orders, Legal Briefing and Argument Transcripts Ancillary to January 6 Grand Jury Proceedings. Signed by Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell on February 23, 2023. (lcbah2)

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APPLICATION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY AND CHARLIE...NCILLARY TO JANUARY 6 GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS Doc. 18 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 1Page of 321 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 14 *SEALED* Filed 02/23/23 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN RE APPLICATION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY AND CHARLIE SAVAGE FOR ACCESS TO CERTAIN DOCKETS, ORDERS, LEGAL BRIEFING, AND ARGUMENT TRANSCRIPTS ANCILLARY TO JANUARY 6 GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS Miscellaneous Action No. 22-100 (BAH) (consolidated with Miscellaneous Action No. 22-104) Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell REDACTED VERSION MEMORANDUM OPINION The sealing ofjudicial decisions and ancillary judicial records relied on to resolve matters pending before the Court is anathema, "reflect[ing] the antipathy of a democratic country to the notion of 'secret law,' inaccessible to those who are governed by that law." In re Leopold to Unseal Certain Elec. Surveillance Applications & Orders ("Leopold"), 964 F.3d 1121, 1127 (D.C. Cir. 2020). Indeed, "the issuance of public opinions is core to the transparency of the court's decisionmaking process," id. at 1128 (internal citation omitted), and, as such, is "a fundamental norm of our judicial system: that judges' decisions and their rationales must be available to the public," id. at 1130. Public access to judicial records is '"important to maintaining the integrity and legitimacy of an independent Judicial Branch,'" id. at 1127 (quoting MetLife, Inc. v. Fin. Stability Oversight Council, 865 F.3d 661, 663 (D.C. Cir. 2017)), and serves "to produce an informed and enlightened public opinion" as well as "to safeguard against any attempt to employ our courts as instruments of persecution, to promote the search for truth, and to assure confidence in judicial remedies," id. The courts have long recognized that the press plays a critical role in facilitating public access and acknowledged that "[o]ne of the demands of a democratic society is that the public should know what goes on in courts by being 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 2 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 3 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 4 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 5 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 6 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 7 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 8 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 9 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 10 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 11 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 12 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 13 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 14 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 15 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 16 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 17 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 18 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 19 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 20 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 21 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 22 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 23 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 24 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 25 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 26 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 27 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 28 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 29 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 30 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 31 of 32 Case 1:22-mc-00100-BAH Document 18 Filed 02/23/23 Page 32 of 32

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