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Hrm. It appears that someone is trying to seal court records on the sly. As the Minute Order states, a Motion to Seal has First Amendment issues in that a free press is supposed to be have access to the trial. (There are also Sixth Amendment issues ["speedy and public trial"] issues, but those aren't mentioned in the Minute Order.)

It appears from this stipulation that Soloway is going to be asking the Court to seal the search warrants without giving the media an opportunity to oppose that motion.

It makes you wonder why?

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

v.

ROBERT ALAN SOLOWAY,
Defendant.

STIPULATION RE: STAY OF MINUTE ORDER PENDING MOTION TO RECONSIDER

Plaintiff United States of America and defendant ROBERT ALAN SOLOWAY, by and through their respective undersigned counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree that the Minute Order issued on August 23, 2007, shall be stayed pending the Court's consideration of defendant's Motion to Reconsider, which shall be filed no later than Friday, August 31, 2007.

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DATED this 28th day of August, 2007.

RICHARD J TROBERMAN
WSBA #6379
Attorney for Defendant
Robert Alan Soloway

JEFFREY C. SULLIVAN
United States Attorney

By: PER TELEPHONE
KATHRYN A. WARMA
Assistant U.S. Attorney

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