A national news service and parent companies of Maine based media amended their lawsuit to challenge the Courts’ most recent iteration of its Court Record Access Policy. As noted in previous posts, the Court modified the Judicial Branch’s policy last week allowing quicker access to unprotected civil complaints starting in March, but leaving in place a buffer for clerks to undertake a standard review. Media said that’s not enough access and amended its complaint to challenge the “new” old policy urging that the First Amendment applies to civil court record access.
Let’s see what happens in this long and winding round. The Press Herald’s story from 2/26/21 appears on its website at:
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/02/25/lawsuit-amended-to-challenge-new-rules-on-court-filings/
A copy of the Maine Federal District Court complaint in the matter of CNS v. Glessner can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OWP_LcjXpPQFvzqGzWyV6S8LGw2KhcJA4QOUEVDxGHM/edit?usp=sharing