Epstein Secrets

The first five motions to be considered under the Order and Protocol for Unsealing Decided Motions are discovery motions that were resolved by Judge Sweet. ECF No. 1044 at 1. Therefore, as the Second Circuit explained, "[t]he remaining sealed materials at issue here . . call[ed] upon the court to exer

ause only Doe 1 and Doe 2 have received notice of potential sealing thus far, and because the first five motions contain the names of various other Non-Parties, Maxwell contends in her objection that the Court cannot unseal any of the first five motions or their related docket entries until each Non-Party

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

f the judicial function," "not considered a judicial document" and enjoys "no presumption of public access."). Further, in addition to Doe 1, other Non-Parties are included in DE's 185-3, 185-11, 185- 14 and 185-15 each of whom has not yet been notified or had the opportunity to object under this Court's Pr

ant to the Court's exercise of its inherent supervisory powers. The documents at issue here relate to discovery motions previously decided by Judge Sweet, and so the Court SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00076444 Case 20-2413, Document 44, 08/20/2020, 2913556, Page63 of 78 3

week per Non-Party to agree to the excerpts to send to them for review. But on balance we agree that having a sense of the number of participating Non-Parties will aid the Court in conducting future proceedings, we have agreed to Plaintiff's suggestion on that front. The parties can submit a proposed modif