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Judge orders L.A. Times to alter story about Glendale cop, sparking protest from newspaper
and without explanation
ordered by the court to be censored
why is that court order found appropriate?
in the public domainA federal judge on Saturday ordered the Los Angeles Times to remove information from an article that described a plea agreement between prosecutors and a Glendale police detective accused of working with the Mexican Mafia, a move the newspaper decried as highly unusual and unconstitutional.
The agreement was supposed to have been filed under seal, but it was mistakenly made available on PACER, a public online database for federal court documents. ...
“Typically, courts take into account if information was already published. Where it is no longer secret, the point of the restraining order is mooted,” Sager said. “To order a publication to claw it back doesn’t even serve the interest that may be intended.”
Judge Walter did not explain in his order the legal justification for demanding that The Times withdraw the article.
The detective, John Saro Balian, pleaded guilty on July 12 to three counts: lying to federal investigators about his links to organized crime, accepting a bribe and obstructing justice by tipping off a top criminal target about an upcoming federal raid ...
and without explanation
ordered by the court to be censored
why is that court order found appropriate?