Epstein Secrets

FLORIDA 33401.5913 JANE KREU5LER-wALSH BARBARA J. COMPIANi REBECCA MERCIER VARGAS BOARD CERTIFIED APPELLATE LAWYERS By Hand Delivery Honorable Jeffrey Colbath Palm Beach County Courthouse Fifteenth Judicial Circuit 205 North Dixie Highway, Room 11F West Palm Beach, FL 33401 June 30, 2009 Re: Epstein

6(e) remains non-public, thus effectuating the privacy concerns addressed by the United States Supreme Court in Douglas and other cases. See e.g. Douglas Oil Co. v. Petrol Stops Northwest, 441 U.S. 211, 228-30 (1979). Under Rule 6(e), only a federal court can, absent findings, order the unsealing of federal

followed and that "good cause exists for unsealing the documents because of their public significance." (A-11:3). Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath heard E.W.'s and The Post's motions in the state criminal action on June 10, 2009 (A-13). The court granted both motions to intervene, but deferred

e 6(e) remains non-public, thus effectuating the privacy concerns addressed by the United States Supreme Court in Douglas and other cases. See e.g. Douglas Oil Co. v. Petrol Stops Northwest, 441 U.S. 211, 228-30 (1979). Under Rule 6(e), only a federal court can, absent findings, order the unsealing of federal

(A-18:26). In a further attempt to avoid the comity issue, E.W. argues that "Judge Marra expressly authorized the lower court, the Honorable Judge Jeffrey Colbath, to resolve the issue of whether the state court records should be unsealed" at the June 12, 2009 hearing on Mr. Epstein's renewed motion to stay t

al rule."). 10 09/1212019 Page CONFIDENTIAL Agency to Agency Requet: 19-411 SDNY_GM_00331792 EFTA_002045 I EFTA02729503 material so needed." Douglas Oil Co. v. Petrol Stops Nw., 441 U.S. 211, 222-23 (1979). The United States Supreme Court has consistently "recognized that the proper functioning of our