United States v. Morales, No. 14-51314 (5th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, the former Attorney General of Texas, was convicted of mail fraud and of making and filing a false income tax return. The district court entered a protective order during his criminal prosecution covering discovery materials produces by certain victims and third parties. Defendant subsequently moved to modify the protective order to permit the limited disclosure of certain documents. The district court denied the motion and defendant appealed. The court concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion because he has not demonstrated good cause to modify the protective order. In this case, defendant failed to show changed circumstances justifying modification. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment. Because the court held that defendant's appeal was timely, the court dismissed as moot his appeal of the district court's denial of his motion for an extension of time to appeal.
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