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M. K. B. V. Warden
''M. K. B. v. Warden'', 540 U.S. 804 (2003), 540 U.S. 1213 (2004), is a sealed case in South Florida. M.K.B. are the initials of Mohamed Kamel Bellahouel, an immigrant Algerian waiter who was interviewed by federal officials. He has reportedly been freed on a $10,000 bond. The only information about the case was inadvertently released and reported by '' The Christian Science Monitor''. In 2004, the United States Supreme Court notably sided with the government's request to grant the case total secrecy. References External links "Supreme Court asks for more input on secretSeptember 11 case" "''MKB v. Warden''. Was is it?" United States Supreme Court cases United States habeas corpus case law Algeria–United States relations United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court {{SCOTUS-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sealed Case
Record sealing is the practice of sealing or, in some cases, destroying court records that would otherwise be publicly accessible as public records. The term is derived from the tradition of placing a Seal (device), seal on specified files or documents that prevents anyone from reviewing the files without receiving a court order. The modern process and requirements to seal a record and the protections it provides vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and even between civil law (common law), civil and criminal law, criminal cases. Generally, record sealing can be defined as the process of removing from general review the records pertaining to a court case. However, the records may not completely disappear and may still be reviewed under limited circumstances; in most instances, it requires a court order to unseal records once they are sealed. In the United States, some states order records to be destroyed after they are sealed. Once a record is sealed, in some states, the contents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |