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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

rmance of the judicial function and useful in the judicial process in order for it to be designated a judicial document. Id. Brown was building on Amodeo /'s holding when it said, "As our precedent makes clear, a court mperforrn[s] the judicial function' ... when it rules on motions currently before i

limited Martindell's ruling to cases involving documents that were not "judicial documents" subject to a presumption of access. See United States v. Amodeo, 44 F.3d 141 (2d Cir. 1995). 3 EFTA00017077 --- PAGE BREAK --- casQam§feZot4AceguneoUgnieAFP95?044leiPtit§f2V28aftbef51M 10 scandalous." Brown

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

h dispositive motions such as motions for dismissal or summary judgment." Brown v. Maxwell, 929 F.3d 41, 50 (2d Cir. 2019) (citing United States v. Amodeo, 71 F.3d 1044, 1049-50 (2d Cir. 1995) ("Amodeo II")); (b) any minimum presumption of public access is subject to many countervailing interests suppo

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