Shelby County Board Of Education v. Memphis City Board of Education et al

Filing 490

ORDER denying Motion to Intervene. Signed by Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr on 02/26/2013.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
WESTERN DIVISION

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SHELBY
COUNTY, TENNESSEE, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
v.
MEMPHIS CITY BOARD OF
EDUCATION, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 11-2101

ORDER ON MOTION TO INTERVENE

On
publisher

February
of

a

25,

2013,

newspaper,

certain limited purposes.

Memphis
filed

a

Publishing
motion

to

Company,

the

intervene

for

(Mot. to Intervene, ECF No. 488.)

Assuming, without deciding, that intervention would be proper,
the motion is DENIED.
To

the

extent

the

movant

seeks

to

attend

the

status

conference with counsel for the parties on February 25, 2013,
the conference has concluded.

Because there is no possibility

of access, the motion is DENIED as moot.
To

the

extent

the

movant

seeks

access

proceedings, no such proceedings have been scheduled.

to

future

The Court

cannot speculate about the nature of any future proceedings or

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the circumstances that might require them.

Courts cannot decide

hypothetical questions or render advisory opinions.

The motion

insofar as it addresses future proceedings is DENIED.
To the extent the movant seeks a transcript of the status
conference
record.

held

on

Feburary

25,

the

transcript

is

a

public

It has not been sealed and is available on application

to the court reporter in the ordinary course of business.
motion is required.

No

The motion insofar as it addresses access

to the transcript is DENIED as moot.
No hearing is necessary.
So ordered this 26th day of February, 2013.

s/ Samuel H. Mays, Jr._______
SAMUEL H. MAYS, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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