1. “Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying EFF’s motion to intervene.” 2. “Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying EFF’s motion to unseal court records.”
“We hold that the district court focused on the proper factors bearing on timeliness and that the court’s disposition of the timeliness issue fell within the broad discretion that the Fifth Circuit has accorded to district courts in resolving motions requests for permissive intervention. . . . While EFF has put forth plausible arguments regarding the reasons for its delay in filing its motion, the district court considered those arguments and rejected them for reasons that cannot be characterized as an abuse of discretion. . . . We therefore sustain the district court’s ruling on EFF’s motion to intervene and dismiss the appeal.”
