Filed: Jun. 29, 2016
Latest Update: Jun. 29, 2016
Summary: PROTECTIVE ORDER THOMAS O. RICE , Chief District Judge . BEFORE THE COURT are the United States' Motion for Protective Order (ECF No. 22) and Motion to Expedite (ECF No. 23). The motions were submitted for expedited consideration without oral argument. The Court has reviewed the motions and the file therein and is fully informed. As this case involves a person under the age of eighteen years who is alleged to be a victim of a crime of sexual exploitation, or a witness to a crime committed a
Summary: PROTECTIVE ORDER THOMAS O. RICE , Chief District Judge . BEFORE THE COURT are the United States' Motion for Protective Order (ECF No. 22) and Motion to Expedite (ECF No. 23). The motions were submitted for expedited consideration without oral argument. The Court has reviewed the motions and the file therein and is fully informed. As this case involves a person under the age of eighteen years who is alleged to be a victim of a crime of sexual exploitation, or a witness to a crime committed ag..
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PROTECTIVE ORDER
THOMAS O. RICE, Chief District Judge.
BEFORE THE COURT are the United States' Motion for Protective Order (ECF No. 22) and Motion to Expedite (ECF No. 23). The motions were submitted for expedited consideration without oral argument. The Court has reviewed the motions and the file therein and is fully informed. As this case involves a person under the age of eighteen years who is alleged to be a victim of a crime of sexual exploitation, or a witness to a crime committed against another person, the privacy protection measures mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 3509(d) apply. Therefore, the motions (ECF Nos. 22, 23) are granted.
ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that all persons acting in this case in a capacity described in 18 U.S.C. § 3509(d)(1)(B), shall:
1. Keep all documents that disclose the name or any other information concerning a child in a secure place to which no person who does not have reason to know their contents has access; and
2. Disclose such documents or the information in them that concerns a child only to persons who, by reason of their participation in the proceeding, have reason to know such information;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all papers to be filed in court that disclose the name of or any other information concerning a child shall be filed under seal without necessity of obtaining a court order, and that the person who makes the filing shall submit to the clerk of the court —
1. the complete paper to be kept under seal; and
2. the paper with the portions of it that disclose the name of or other information concerning a child redacted, to be placed in the public record.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that counsel for the government and counsel for Defendant shall provide one another with a copy of each unredacted pleading filed in this case, provided that such pleading is not filed in camera.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties and the witnesses shall not disclose either alleged minor victim's names at pre-trial proceedings or at trial in this case. The parties shall prepare their witnesses and instruct them to refer to the alleged minor victims only by using pseudonyms (e.g., "Victim A", "Victim B" etc.) which will be agreed to by counsel, rather than their names, in opening statements and in closing arguments.
The District Court Executive is hereby directed to enter this Order and furnish copies to counsel.
