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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

June 9, 2015

No. 14-4678

IN RE: GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION

JOHN DOE; ABC ENTITY,

Appellants

(D.N.J. No. 3-14-mc-00077)

Present: FISHER, JORDAN and KRAUSE, Circuit Judges

1. Sealed Motion by Appellant to Unseal The Court’s February 27, 2015 Decision;

2. Response by Appellee to Motion to Unseal The Court’s February 27, 2015 

 Decision;

3. Reply by Appellant in Support of Motion to Unseal The Court’s February 27, 

 2015.

Respectfully,

Clerk/tmm

_________________________________ORDER________________________________

Senator Robert Menendez has filed a motion before this Court to unseal our 

February 27, 2015, opinion (the “Opinion”) concerning testimony in the underlying grand 

jury proceeding now that the case has been indicted and because the Opinion has already 

been disclosed inadvertently on the public docket. The Government does not oppose the 

Senator’s motion but asks us to also unseal the entire record on appeal to provide context 

to the Opinion. Considering the relevant factors for unsealing grand jury information, see 

United States v. McDowell, 888 F.2d 285, 289 (3d Cir. 1989), we grant the motion to 

unseal the Opinion, the briefs on appeal, and the recording of oral argument before this 

Court. Should the parties desire additional disclosure, they are directed to make an 

application to the District Court for the unsealing of other documents in the record.

By the Court,

s/ D. Michael Fisher

Circuit Judge

Dated: June 23, 2015

tmm/cc: Monique Abrishami, Esq.

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Joseph P. Cooney, Esq.

Peter M. Koski, Esq.

Scott W. Coyle, Esq.

Abbe D. Lowell, Esq.

Christopher D. Man, Esq.

Thomas J. Tynan, Esq.

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