A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is blocking a joint request from the Justice Department and the defense lawyers for a group of former Blackwater security guards to keep sealed hundreds of pages of transcripts from hearings that led to the dismissal of charges. The lawyers for both sides had asked that the transcripts -- three weeks' worth of closed-door hearings -- remain sealed since the Justice Department is appealing the suit to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
January 29, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is blocking a joint request from the Justice Department and the defense lawyers for a group of former Blackwater security guards to keep sealed hundreds of pages of transcripts from hearings that led to the dismissal of charges.
Judge Ricardo Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the joint request in a one-page order Friday.
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