The Law Center moved to unseal documents filed under seal without public explanation in In re Search of Boston Whaler 370 Outrage “Painkiller”, 18-CV-80 and 17-MC-288. The case concerns the Government’s 2017 search and seizure of a boat owned by Hawaii Partners–part of the alleged Miske Enterprise in United States v. Miske, 19-CR-99. The case was assigned to the Honorable Leslie E. Kobayashi. The Law Center’s motion is filed under 20-MC-343. On October 22, 2020, Judge Kobayashi granted the motion, but gave the Miske Enterprise defendants an opportunity to state objections. On November 23, the records were unsealed.
- Motion to Unseal Court Records (8/18/20)
- Government’s Response to Motion to Unseal (10/1/20)
- Order Granting Motion to Unseal (10/22/20)
- Letter to Court Requesting Access to Government’s Ex Parte Submission (12/16/20)
Unsealed Records
- Hawaii Partners LLC Motion to Return Property (10/13/17)
- HP Motion to File Under Seal (10/13/17)
- Order Granting Motion to Seal (10/19/17)
- HP Motion to Return Property (10/19/17)
- HP Supplemental Memorandum (1/5/18)
- Government Response to Motion to Return Property (1/29/18)
- HP Reply Memorandum (2/12/18)
- Findings and Recommendation (2/16/18)
- HP Objections to Findings and Recommendation (3/2/18)
- Government Response to Objections (3/16/18)
- Status Report (8/28/18)
- HP Partial Withdrawal of Objections (9/12/18)
- Government Supplemental Briefing re Electronic Data (11/9/18)
- HP Supplemental Briefing re Electronic Data (11/16/18)
- Order re Objections (1/10/19)
- Government Second Supplemental Brief (1/25/19)
- HP Second Supplemental Brief (1/25/19)
- Notice of Appearance (1/25/19)
- HP Objection to Request to Submit Ex Parte Letter (1/30/19)
- E-mail Correspondence (3/12/19)
- E-mail Correspondence (5/1/19)