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

le 2.420(d) (titled, "Request to Make Circuit and County Court Records in Non-Criminal Cases Confidential") do not apply to criminal cases. See Ha. R. Jud. Admin. 2.420, 2007 Court Commentary ("New subdivision (d) applies to motions that seek to make court records in 09/1212019 Wge 3251 CONFIDENTIAL

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t a serious and imminent threat to the fair, impartial and orderly administration of justice; or to protect a compelling governmental interest. Ha. R. Jud. Admin. 2.420(c)(9)(A). Additionally, closure must be effective and no broader than necessary to accomplish the desired purpose, and is lawful only

25 EFTA00233637 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished via U.S. Mail to: Hon. Jeffrey Colbath, Palm Beach County Courthouse, 205 N. Dixie Highway, Room 11F, West Palm Beach, FL 33401; R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney's Office - So

isclosure of matters protected by a common law or privacy right not generally inherent in the specific type of proceeding sought to be closed." Ha. R. Jud. Admin. 2.420(c)(9)(A)(vi) (emphasis added). Epstein argues disclosure of a plea agreement is not generally inherent in a state court plea hearing