Epstein Secrets

i Herald Media Company's (collectively, "Miami Herald") moved to make available to the public all sealed and redacted court filings. District Judge Sweet held a hearing in May 2018, and denied the motion in August 2018. In its appellate briefs the Herald did not argue the district court misconstrued

the protections afforded the parties and non-parties under this Court's right-to-access jurisprudence. The appellants Miami Herald, Dershowitz and Cernovich —and the Court in its Order to Show Cause—rested heavily on Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110 (2d Cir. 2006). With respect, neither

April 2017 he stipulated to dismissal of his appeal without prejudice. In July 2017 he moved to reinstate his appeal and to consolidate it with Mr. Cernovich's appeal. Merits briefing concluded by early 2018. Supplemental briefing was concluded by April 2018. Discussion None of the appellants is entitle

a settlement agreement, and the case was closed the next day. C. Motions to Intervene and Unseal Over the course of the litigation before Judge Sweet, three outside parties attempted to unseal some or all of the sealed material. On August 11, 2016, Dershowitz moved to intervene, seeking to unsea

moved to intervene, seeking to unseal three do l. that, he argues, demonstrate that invented the accusations against him. On January 19, 2017, Cernovich, an independent blogger and self-described "popular political journalist,"7 moved to intervene, seeking to unseal the summary judgment record, a

ed a settlement agreement, and the case was closed the next day. C. Motions to Intervene and Unseal Over the course of the litigation before Judge Sweet, three outside parties attempted to unseal some or all of the sealed material. On August 11, 2016 Dershowitz moved to intervene, seeking to unseal

d, and Dershowitz joined his motion. On April 6, 2018, after the case had settled, the Herald moved to intervene and unseal , an' 7 Br. Appellant (Cernovich) 4. 8 EFTA00092315 the entire docket. The District Court granted each of these motions to intervene, but denied the related requests to unseal i

ents that were placed under seal and included in protective order. Holdings: The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sweet, J., held that: m news media and journalist could intervene in action; 121 public did not have right of access, either under First Amendment or co

Granting Dershowitz Motion to Intervene); v. Maxwell, No. 15 Civ. 7433 (RWS), 2017 WL 1787934 (S.D.N.Y. May 3, 2017), ECF No. 892 (Opinion Granting Cernovich Motion to Intervene). 121 PIAlthough the case was closed by the Clerk of Court on May 25, 2017 pursuant to the settlement agreement, "intervention