United States v. Biaggi

Summary

The Second Circuit affirmed an order requiring disclosure, subject to redactions, of documents filed under seal in connection with a suppression motion concerning electronic surveillance in the prosecution of Mario Biaggi and Meade Esposito. The court held that the district judge properly applied the criteria established in prior New York Times decisions and granted a stay of mandate pending a potential certiorari application.

Holdings

1. The district court's order requiring disclosure, with certain redactions, of the sealed documents did not warrant vacatur on privacy-interest grounds.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the district court's order requiring disclosure, with redactions, of sealed documents filed in connection with a motion to suppress electronically surveilled evidence violated the privacy interests of the defendants and third parties.
2. Whether the district court properly applied the disclosure criteria established in the Second Circuit's prior New York Times decisions.

Disposition

affirmed