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U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland has grantedDetroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter’s request to submit an in-camera affidavit explaining his reasons for invoking the Fifth Amendment.
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his onetime chief of staff, Christine Beatty, have lost their bid to keep private un-redacted copies of hundreds of text messages they exchanged on city-owned equipment, the Detroit Free Press reports:
Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter wants to explain privately to a federal judge in Michigan his reasons for invoking the Fifth Amendment to protect his confidential sources.
A tribal court in Michigan has issued an injunction ordering a journalist not to report on issues related to “blood quantum” and qualifications for tribal enrollment.
Reporter's Privilege | Feature | February 26, 2009
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February 26, 2009
Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter, who has refused a court order to identify his sources in a 2004 article, has been ordered by a federal judge to give a second deposition in the case of a former federal prosecutor who is suing the U.S. Justice Department.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is questioning whether prosecutors are targeting a reporter, who has been charged with obstructing police while covering a story, in retaliation for her "long, distinguished history of exposing government irregularities and corruption," reports The Michigan Messenger.
At a hearing today in federal court in Detroit, a judge delayed ruling on whether to hold Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter in contempt for refusing to reveal confidential sources, the paper reported.
In court papers filed Wednesday, former federal prosecutor Richard Convertino called reporter David Ashenfelter’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment, in an attempt to keep from having to reveal his confidential sources, both “speculative” and “unreasonable.”
The Michigan Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a libel suit against the Detroit News.
The News was sued after it printed the names of convicted felons working in Michigan schools based on information the paper obtained through a state open records law request.
Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter filed papers in federal court in Detroit this week asking the judge not to hold him in contempt for refusing to reveal his confidential sources.
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