an important governmental interest. There is no doubt, moreover, that the gathering of BPP SSNs directly serves this interest by facilitating the governmental monitoring and policing of individual BPPs. Of course, the government’s interest in preventing fraud relates more to SSN collection than disclosure. The disclosure of SSNs, along with the rest of the contents of documents filed with the bankruptcy court, however, serves the important purposes behind the Bankruptcy Code’s “public access” provision, 11 U.S.C. § 107(a). Section 107(a) is rooted in the right of public access to judicial proceedings, a principle long-recognized in the common law and buttressed by the First Amendment. See Nixon v. Warner Comm., Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597-98, 98 S.Ct. 1306, 55 L.Ed.2d 570 (1978) (<HOLDING>); see generally William T. Bodoh & Michelle M.
recognizing common law right of access to judicial documents holding that there is no right of public access to documents considered in civil discovery motions holding that there is no first amendment or common law right of access to documents which played no role in a judicial decision recognizing a right of access to civil proceedings recognizing that first amendment provides qualified right of access to judicial documents