Opinion ID: 2403365
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Heading Rank: 13

Heading: WideBand defendants' motion for disclosure of secret docket

Text: On March 3, 2011, the WideBand defendants filed with the district court a pleading entitled EMERGENCY MOTION FOR ACCESS TO `COURT ONLY USER DOCKET.' Dist. Ct. Docket No. 2454. In that motion, the WideBand defendants alleged that [o]n February 11, 2011, the Magistrate issued [an order] which acknowledged the existence of a dual docketing system called the `Court User Only Docket,' id. at 1 (ending quotation mark omitted in the original), and ordered the docket be shared with Co-Defendant Biamp systems but did not grant access to the WideBand Defendants' lead and appellate attorney.... Id. The WideBand defendants further alleged that they would be severely prejudiced [in the appellate process] by not having access to ex parte communications between the court and ClearOne consisting of sealed Motions and any sealed Orders. Id. at 2 (italics in original). The WideBand defendants thus request[ed] access to the `Court Only User Docket' by giving the docket sheets and all filings to their attorney.... Id. The district court has not yet ruled on the WideBand defendants' motion.