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Judges and Judiciary

Oct. 16, 2023

Judge to seal photos he hasn’t seen but are on YouTube

Baker Commodities said a government agency inspector’s photos of its animal parts processing plant reveal trade secrets. The agency has the photos on its YouTube site, while the judge plans to seal them once he sees them.

A Los Angeles County judge said on Friday that he will grant a motion to seal photographs of the interior of a processing facility for animal byproducts after he has had an opportunity to see the images, which are redacted in his record but available on YouTube.

“I intend to grant the motion. I need a full administrative record so I can look at the photographs that you’re asking me to have sealed since I have redacted copies, which doesn’t...

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