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U.S. v. HALL, CR414-306. (2014)

Court: District Court, S.D. Georgia Number: infdco20141016998 Visitors: 18
Filed: Oct. 15, 2014
Latest Update: Oct. 15, 2014
Summary: ORDER G. R. SMITH, Magistrate Judge. Defendant Richard Adam Hall is charged with, inter alia, production of child pornography. (Doc. 1.) Counsel for defendant has inadvertently left unredacted the names of several of Hall's alleged minor victims in an attachment to his motion to suppress evidence. (Doc. 19.) The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure instruct attorneys to redact the name of any minor in criminal filings, leaving only the minor's initials. Fed. R. Crim. P. 49.1(a)(3). Given the
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ORDER

G. R. SMITH, Magistrate Judge.

Defendant Richard Adam Hall is charged with, inter alia, production of child pornography. (Doc. 1.) Counsel for defendant has inadvertently left unredacted the names of several of Hall's alleged minor victims in an attachment to his motion to suppress evidence. (Doc. 19.) The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure instruct attorneys to redact the name of any minor in criminal filings, leaving only the minor's initials. Fed. R. Crim. P. 49.1(a)(3). Given the nature of these proceedings, the Court DIRECTS the Clerk to seal the motion to suppress (doc. 19), and it ORDERS counsel to file a redacted version of the motion for the public record. Fed. R. Crim. P. 49.1(d).

SO ORDERED.

Source:  Leagle

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