![]() The parties have made no effort to provide a justification for why the courtroom should be sealed. "he presumptive right of access prevails unless it is overcome by 'specific, on-the-record findings that sealing is necessary to preserve higher values and only if the sealing order is narrowly tailored to achieve that aim.'" Id. And in the context of the presumptive First Amendment right to public access, the Court must determine whether these proceedings are the types of proceedings that are historically open to the press and the general public and "whether public access plays a significant positive role in the functioning of the particular process in question." Newsday LLC v. ![]() Against the common law right of public access to judicial proceedings, the court must balance competing considerations such as the privacy interests of resisting disclosure. ![]() The common law right of public access and First Amendment right of access to judicial documents and proceedings are well established.
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