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So SBF was released pre-trial on bond, which included some people putting up unsecured bail money for him. He asked for those people to be kept secret. The Court did that. Then some news orgs moved the court to release those names (First Amendment public right of access).
The Court granted the motion to unseal the names. But it acknowledged that it was a pretty novel issue, so it stayed the release until February 14th to give SBF time to appeal and to petition the appellate court for a further stay.
SBF appealed--BUT HE FORGOT TO MOVE TO EXTEND THE STAY.
So the district court just said, ok, I'll unseal the names.
Compete and total unforced error by SBF's lawyers. The kind of thing that will make it hard to get to sleep tonight.
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