Filings

• 5/4/21 – Order granting defendant magistrate judges’ voluntary dismissal of appeal handed down by Third Circuit Court of Appeals
• 1/11/21 – Order granting petition for rehearing en banc handed down by Third Circuit Court of Appeals
• 12/9/20 – Opposition to petition for rehearing en banc filed by defendant magistrate judges
• 11/19/20 – Amicus briefs filed by Professor Eugene Volokh, Arthur Rizer, The Cato Institute, and R Street Institute; American Civil Liberties Union and Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts; and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 19 media organizations in support of Plaintiff-Appellee’s petition for rehearing en banc
• 11/12/20 – Petition for rehearing en banc filed in Third Circuit Court of Appeals by Philadelphia Bail Fund
• 9/29/20 – Panel opinion issued by Third Circuit Court of Appeals (N.B. this opinion was subsequently vacated by the Court’s order granting rehearing en banc on 1/11/2021)
• 6/12/20 – Appellants’ reply brief filed by defendant magistrate judges
• 6/5/20 – Amicus briefs filed by Cato Institute, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts; Defender Association of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 14 media organizations in support of Plaintiff-Appellee
• 5/29/20 – Appellee’s response brief filed by Philadelphia Bail Fund
• 5/1/20 – Appellants’ opening brief filed in Third Circuit Court of Appeals by defendant magistrate judges
• 2/25/20 – Obtained order granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff
• 1/13/20 – Replies filed by the defendant sheriff and magistrate judges in opposition to Philadelphia Bail Fund’s motion for summary judgment
• 1/6/20 – Responses to cross motions for summary judgment filed by Philadelphia Bail Fund and the defendant sheriff and magistrate judges
• 12/20/19 – Cross motions for summary judgment filed by Philadelphia Bail Fund and the defendant sheriff and magistrate judges
• 12/11/19 – Stipulated facts and exhibits filed by both parties
• 11/13/19 – Received orders denying both motions to dismiss, without prejudice
• 10/23/19 – Replies filed by the defendant sheriff and magistrate judges in support of their motions to dismiss
• 10/16/19 – Consolidated opposition filed by the Philadelphia Bail Fund to the defendants’ motions to dismiss
• 9/18/19 – Motion to dismiss filed by defendant magistrate judges
• 9/4/19 – Motion to dismiss filed by defendant sheriff
• 7/17/19 – Complaint filed by the Philadelphia Bail Fund challenging Pennsylvania’s ban on audio-recording bail hearings

In the News

5/8/21 – Legal Intelligencer covers defendant magistrate judges’ voluntary dismissal of appeal in the Third Circuit of ICAP’s successful challenge of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ban on recording bail hearing proceedings

1/12/21 – Legal Intelligencer covers decision of Third Circuit to grant rehearing en banc on challenge of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ban on recording bail hearing proceedings

3/2/20 – First Amendment Watch covers ICAP’s successful challenge of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ban on recording bail hearing proceedings

2/26/20 – WHYY covers ICAP’s successful challenge of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ban on recording bail hearing proceedings

2/26/20 – Philadelphia Inquirer covers ICAP’s successful challenge of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ban on recording bail hearing proceedings

7/23/19 – The Appeal covers ICAP’s lawsuits challenging a Pennsylvania ban on recording bail hearing proceedings and to require the Baltimore City Circuit Court to comply with a Maryland law that guarantees public access to court audio recordings

7/18/19 – Philadelphia Inquirer covers ICAP’s lawsuit challenging a Pennsylvania ban on recording bail hearing proceedings

7/17/19 – WHYY covers ICAP’s lawsuit challenging a Pennsylvania ban on recording bail hearing proceedings