The Times-Picayune asked a federal judge Thursday to put the brakes on her order that it turn over by next week any identifying information about two pseudonymous commenters who made disparaging online remarks about former New Orleans Affordable Homeownership Director Stacey Jackson. The newspaper wants time to appeal that ruling.
U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon ordered the paper Wednesday to turn over information about commenters “aircheck” and “jammer1954” to U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Wilkinson by April 1 so that he can review the information and try to determine whether those aliases belonged to federal prosecutors or law enforcement officials.