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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Mar. 22, 2014

Attorney's effort to seal court records fails

Lawyer and Bay Area real estate developer John T. Kontrabecki's effort to veil a discreditable episode from his past backfired Thursday as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel refused his plea to seal court records.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Lawyer and Bay Area real estate developer John T. Kontrabecki's effort to veil a discreditable episode from his past backfired Thursday when a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel refused his plea to seal court records.


The records detail a 2003 coercive civil contempt order by a bankruptcy judge that landed Kontrabecki in federal prison for 14 months.


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