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Sixth Circuit Orders Ruling On Unsealing of Sealed Criminal Case

Loaded on May 15, 2011

Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Federal Statutory Law, Crime Victims Rights Act. Location: Ohio.

On February 5, 2009, the Sixth Circuit ordered a district court to rule on a crime victim's motion to unseal a sealed criminal case.

The criminal case was sealed on August 28, 2008. The victim, filed a motion to unseal pursuant to the Crime Victim's Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. ...

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