UNITED STA'l`ES DISTRICT COURT
FOR ’I`I'IE DISTRICT Ol`*` COl.JUl\/IBIA § § L E D

 

 

MAR ll l 2019

) Cterk, U.S. Dtstrict and

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) Bankruptcy CourtS
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v. ) Criniinal l\lo. 81-0306(1’[§) _

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JOHN W. HINCKLEY, JR., )
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Dei"endant t' Petitioner. )

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ORDER

 

On Novetnber 19, 2019__ the Cottrt issued a Minute Order directing the parties to
tile on the public docket redacted versions ol" three exhibits [Dl<t. Nos. 661-3, 661~4, 661-5] that
were filed under seal on Noven‘tber 15, 20]8. The three exhibits that were filed under seal are:
(l ) the Independent Forensic Psychiatric Evalttation ot.lohn W. l-linel<ley, Jr. by Dr. Rayntond
I’atterson; (2) the Independent Forensie Psychologieal Evaluation by Dr. Mitchell Hugonnet; and
(3) the Violence Risk Assessment Update ofJohn W. Hinel<ley, Jr. by Dr. Sarnantha Benesh.

In response to the Court"s l\/Iinute Ol'de:', the United States [Dkt. No. 667] and the
Department of'Behavioral I-Iealth ("‘DBI--I”) [Dkt. No. 668] moved t"or leave to tile under seal
their attached notice of filing ot" their redacted expert reports Attached to their sealed motions,
the United States and DBI-I filed - also under seal -the proposed redacted versions ot` their
expert reports. 'l`he Court granted by l\/lirtute Order the United States’ and DBl-l’s motions for
leave to tile under seal on December 20, 2018 and January 8, 2019, respectively Aceordingly,
all three expert reports - in their proposed redacted l"orm - and their respective notices of filing

were liled under seal on the docket [Dkt. Nos. 669, 6?0].

Mr. Hinckley’s counsel, Mr. Levine, then objected by email to the filing of the
three reports - as redacted by the United States and DBH - on the public docket. In response,
the Court ordered [Dkt. No. 672] Mr. Levine to submit a memorandum of law presenting his
legal arguments as to why redacted versions of the expert reports should not be filed on the
public docket. lOrt February 13, 2019, Mr. I-Iinckley, through counsel, withdrew [Dkt. No. 673]
his objections to the filing of the redacted expert reports.

Subsequently, counsel for the United States submitted by email to the Court
updated versions of the expert reports that incorporated additional redactions requested by Mr.
Levine, which the United States did not oppose. Counsel for DBH also represented by email that
it consented to the proposed redactions as agreed between the United States and counsel for Mr.
Hinckley. Thus, it appears that all parties have reached agreement as to the final redacted
versions of the expert reports.

Accordingly, it is hereby

-ORDERED that the parties shall file the updated redacted reports by Dr.
Patterson, Dr. Hugonnet, and Dr. Benesh on the public docket on or before March 15, 2019.

.SO ORDERED.

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PAUL L. FRIEDMAN
United States District Judge

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