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

ds and files," United States v. Erie Cty., N Y., 763 F.3d 235, 240 (2d Cir. 2014) (quoting Nixon, 435 U.S. at 598); accord Newsday LLC v. County of Nassau, 730 F.3d 156, 163 (2d Cir. 2013). The second principle is that "balanc[ing] the public's interest in access to judicial documents against the priv

For the reasons recently briefed to the Court concerning Professor Dershowitz's identical argument, the position is without merit. See DE 892 (Judge Sweet's May 2017 Order); DE 1059 (law of the case that parties and deponents reasonably relied on protective order); DE 1062 at 3-6 (protective order tra

R-686 (LAK), 2019 WL 4194569, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 3, 2019) (documents not offered into evidence not judicial documents); Newsday LLC v. County of Nassau, 730 F.3d 156 (2d Cir. 2013) (report used to refresh witness's recollection not a judicial document). 1. DE's 204-3 and 212-3 are excerpts from Doe

ons took place only after everyone agreed on the record that the testimony would be confidential and sealed pursuant to the Protective Order. Judge Sweet made factual findings on exactly this point, which this Court never questioned in Brown.M325 F. Supp. 3d at 445, 446 (recognizing that Ms. Maxwell

.2d 291 (2d Cir. 1979) passim N.Y. Civil Liberties Union v. N.Y.C. Transit Auth. (NYCTA), 684 F.3d 286 (2d Cir. 2012) 18 Newsday LLC v. Cnoi. of Nassau, 730 F.3d 156 (2d Cir. 2013) 18, 20 iii EFTA00075480 Case 20-2413, Document 40, 08/20/2020, 2913550, Page5 of 74 Nixon a Warner Commc'ns, Inc.,

686 , To Be Filed Under Seal statutory and common law privacy concerns. (Dkt. No. 38 at 1.) Maxwell submitted a proposed form of order for Judge Sweet's consideration. (Dkt. No. 39-1.) Giuffre represented that she "[did] not oppose the entrance [sic] of a Protective Order in this case, but [did] o

e "good cause" showing necessary for entry of a blanket pretrial protective order like the one entered in Giuffre is not onerous. Dorsett v. Cty. of Nassau, 289 F.R.D. 54, 67 (E.D.N.Y. 2012). "[W]here "a protective order (1) is entered on a showing of good cause as required by Rule 26(c), (2) is limite

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

to court ... records: a strong form rooted in the First Amendment and a slightly weaker form based in federal common law." Newsday LLC v. Cnty. of Nassau, 730 F.3d 156, 163 (2d Cir. 2013). Generally, the public holds an affirmative, enforceable right of access to judicial records under both the commo