Order granting in part and denying in part 104 Motion — USA v. Crowther (Dkt. 106, M.D. Fla. No. 2:20-mj-01094, docketed in No. 2:20-cr-00114)

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Order, Document 106, filed 03/18/21 in Case No. 2:20-cr-114-JES-MRM, United States v. Casey David Crowther, Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers Division, two pages, on Crowther's Renewed Motion for Leave to File Under Seal to Avoid Severe Prejudice to Defendant's Right to Fair Trial (Doc. #104). The Court again finds he has not justified filing the motion itself under seal, so his legal arguments and requested relief must be public. It will, however, let him file under temporary seal the supporting documents that must be sealed, which it may unseal after review and will unseal at some point. The motion is granted in part and denied in part, Crowther is to file by close of business March 18, 2021, and the government may respond in writing or at the March 19, 2021 final pretrial conference at 3:00 p.m.; the order is dated March 18, 2021 with no judge's name printed.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
FORT MYERS DIVISION 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
 
VS. 
CASE NO: 2:20-cr-114-JES-MRM 
CASEY DAVID CROWTHER 
 
 
ORDER 
This matter comes before the Court on Defendant’s Renewed 
Motion For Leave to File Under Seal to Avoid Severe Prejudice to 
Defendant’s Right to Fair Trial (Doc. #104) filed on March 17, 
2021.  The Court continues to find that defendant has not satisfied 
his burden of justifying the filing of the motion under seal.  
Whatever legal arguments defendant intends to make and whatever 
relief defendant intends to seek must be in a public filing.  The 
Court, however, will allow defendant to file, under temporary seal, 
documents which defendant asserts support his legal arguments but 
are of a nature that they must be sealed.  As defendant recognizes 
(Doc. #104, pp. 6-7), the Court may unseal any such submissions 
after review, and the Court will unseal all submissions at some 
point.   
Accordingly, it is hereby 
ORDERED: 
Case 2:20-cr-00114-JES-M_M     Document 106     Filed 03/18/21     Page 1 of 2 PageID 606

 
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1. Defendant’s Renewed Motion For Leave to File Under Seal to 
Avoid Severe Prejudice to Defendant’s Right to Fair Trial (Doc. 
#104) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. 
2.  Defendant shall file his motion by close of business 
today, March 18, 2021. 
3.  The government may file a written response, or the Court 
will hear the government’s position at the scheduled final pretrial 
conference on March 19, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. 
DONE and ORDERED at Fort Myers, Florida, this   18th   day 
of March, 2021. 
 
 
 
 
Copies: 
Counsel of Record 
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