No. 22-967

David Banks v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-04-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals district-court due-process first-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-discretion sealing sealing-order
Latest Conference: 2023-05-11
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit violate the Petitioner's rights under the First Amendment when it sealed almost the entire transcript and almost all of the filings in a related habeas corpus proceeding?

Do the Rules of the District Court for the District of Colorado unfairly and unconstitutionally restrict the ability and discretion of the trial court in ruling on a motion for sealing?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit violate the Petitioner's rights under the First Amendment when it sealed almost the entire transcript and almost all of the filings in a related habeas corpus proceeding?

Docket Entries

2023-05-15
Petition DENIED.
2023-04-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
2023-04-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-04-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 8, 2023)

Attorneys

David Banks
Bernard KleinmanLaw Office of Bernard V. Kleinman, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent