Steve Thomas was deposed ... during the course of discovery in the Wolf case.

certain discovery material be designated as confidential,

Thomas wants his entire deposition deemed confidential

The Ramseys and Lin Wood agreed that a small portion of the testimony is properly confidential but believe that the rest of the deposition should be made public.

Thomas fought to keep it confidential but the judge said he didn't have good reasons why his entire testimony needed to be sealed.

The judge felt that Thomas was whining that the Ramseys were just looking to make his testimony public so they might use his words against him in the lawsuit they had against him. BUT, since that lawsuit has been settled, the judge found that whine not justified at this point in time.

The judge is giving ST 20 days to let her know why "specified sections of the testimony" might rightfully remain sealed.

If Thomas doesn't respond in 20 days, CBS can ask for the whole thing to be released.

If Thomas DOES respond within 20 days, they lawyers for CBS and Lin Wood will both have 20 days to argue why those parts should NOT be sealed. Then the judge will respond to that.

Finally, the judge may want to talk to LE about some parts that might need to be sealed to protect the investigation.