On January 23 , 2020, the legislature’s judiciary committee rejected LD 1759 by voting Ought Not to Pass.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=1759&PID=1456&snum=129&sec3
The Decades Old Saga Continues: CNS v. Planet: Round 3: mixed results for Ventura County
This case is part of on a ongoing string of litigation started in the mid-2000’s with Courthouse News Service filing suit against Michael D. Planet, Clerk of the Ventura County Superior, regarding various court records access issues.
In Round 3: Applying Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court (Press-Enterprise II), 478 U.S. 1, 106 S.Ct. 2735, 92 L.Ed.2d 1 (1986), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concluded the press has a qualified right of timely access to newly filed civil nonconfidential complaints that attaches when the complaint is filed. The Court also found this right does not entitle the press to immediate access to those complaints. Some reasonable restrictions resembling time, place, and manner regulations that result in incidental delays in access are constitutionally permitted where they are content-neutral, narrowly tailored and necessary to preserve the court’s important interest in the fair and orderly administration of justice.
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE v. PLANET, 947 F.3d 581 (Ninth Circuit 2020) https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/01/17/16-55977.pdf
Judicial Branch Legislative Proposal Resurrected
The judiciary committee of the legislature will hold a work session on LD 1759: An Act Regarding the Electronic Data and Court Records Filed in the Electronic Case Management System of the Supreme Judicial Court.
Work Session scheduled for January 23, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.
For More Information see post from May 2019 and the link below:
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=1759&PID=1456&snum=129&sec3
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM CTAP MAINE!
Maine State Bar Association and Tyler Technologies to host an e-filing session at winter Bar meeting.
At its winter bar meeting on January 31, 2020, the Maine State Bar Association will hold a presentation with the representative of the Maine judicial branch and its vendor Tyler Technologies to showcase the new e-filng system. The new system is expected to roll out one region at a time beginning in the bangor region in fall 2020.
For More information about the sessions or to register please visit the Maine State Bar Association website at https://mainebar.org/event/2020
