Epstein Secrets

involved in an investigation"; "[title district court was in the best position to weigh these factors") (internal quotations and citation omitted); Hardy, 697 Fed. App'x at 725 (2d Cir. 2017) (noting that courts have found that the following can defeat presumption of access: protection of ongoing inv

ection with a lawsuit in reasonable reliance upon a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) protective order, the information must remain sealed. See Martindell v. Intl TeL & TeL Corp., 594 F.2d 291, 296 (2d Cir. 1979); see id. at 297- 98 (Medina, J., concurring) (noting "overriding policy in favor of enforci

striking from the record materials that are "redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or 2 The case relied on by Maxwell is not to the contrary. Instead, Martindell v. Int'l Tel. & TeL Corp., 594 F.2d 291, 297 (2d Cir. 1979), addresses only whether reliance on a valid protective order may be a considered as a c

ond Circuit has already held that the protective order was not valid, as implemented. See Brown v. Maxwell, 929 F.3d 41 (2d. Cir. 2019). Therefore, Martindell is not applicable. Further, in later cases, the Second Circuit limited Martindell's ruling to cases involving documents that were not "judicial doc

judicial documents and that reflected sensitive information about cooperating witnesses and the government's investigative methods and techniques); Hardy v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of United States, 697 F. App'x 723, 725 (2d Cir. 2017) (noting generally that protection of ongoing investigation

ection with a lawsuit in reasonable reliance upon a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) protective order, the information must remain sealed. See Martindell v. Intl TeL & TeL Corp., 594 F.2d 291, 296 (2d Cir. 1979); see id. at 297- 98 (Medina, J., concurring) (noting "overriding policy in favor of enforci

involved in an investigation"; "[t]tle district court was in the best position to weigh these factors") (internal quotations and citation omitted); Hardy, 697 Fed. App'x at 725 (2d Cir. 2017) (noting that courts have found that the following can defeat presumption of access: protection of ongoing inv