On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

By Dalglish, Lucy A.

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Title:	On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Author:	Dalglish, Lucy A.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 I. The Court should grant review to define the scope of the public’s First Amendment right of access to a federal habeas corpus proceeding. . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. The First Amendment and this Court’s jurisprudence support recognition of a qualified public right of access to federal habeas corpus proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 B. Recognition of a public right of access to habeas corpus proceedings is particularly crucial where, as here, the news media are otherwise prevented from reporting a story of great public interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 II. Sealing all proceedings and records in a case, without articulating any findings to support doing so, constitutes a drastic departure from the “accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings” and warrants exercise of this Court’s supervisory powers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11