by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 19 – In the first week of the US v. Sean Combs trial, there was talk in court about filings that were not included, even in sealed or redacted form, in the public docket.
On May 15 Inner City Press which is closely covering the trial (and has published now three books on it) filed an application with Judge Arun Subramanian and all counsel:
This morning before the jury came in, both the Government and the defense referred to multiple communications to the Court about evidentiary and other issues. But these are not in the public docket on PACER.
This application / letter motion argues that many if not all of these are judicial documents to which the public and press have a right of access. They should be put in the docket, now and going forward in this trial.
On May 19 Judge Subramanian mentioned the Press application and told the parties to docket their emails - by next Tuesday, and every week thereafter. Is that fast enough?
Late morning on May 19 Judge Subramanian docketed as order including that "By 10:00 PM each Sunday, and every trial day, the parties are required to notify the Court of any legal issues that need to be addressed the following day. This includes objections based on produced exhibits, review of materials (including 3500 material) for witnesses prepared to testify the next day, and anything else that requires attention." Order on Patreon here
One week delay to docket? Why?
On May 16, after a robing room discussion with no court reporter, a May 12 letter was belated docketed, with redactions: Combs lawyer Alexandra Shapiro's "Opposition to Clayton Howard's Motion to Quash."
Late on May 16 Inner City Press published its third book on the case here (Amazon blocked the second book, so now on Google Play, and audio) - more to follow.
Watch this site.
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