Epstein Secrets

95) 5 Garcia v. U.S. Dept ofJustice, 181 F. Supp. 2d 356 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) 5 Grand Cent. P .ship v. Cuomo, 166 F.3d 473 (2d Cir. 1999) 13, 14 Hopkins v. U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81 13 Human Rights Watch v BOP, No. 13-CV-7360 (JPO), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015)

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 19 of 30 branch in order to safeguard the quality and integrity of governmental decisions." Hopkins v. U.S. Dep't of Housing and Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81, 84 (2d Cr. 1991). Information in an agency record must satisfy two criteria to qualify for th

of 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 2 III. Criminal Proceedings Against Nicholas Tartaglione 3 IV. The Times's FOIA Requests and This Action 3 ARGUMENT 4 I.

95) 5 Garcia v. U.S. Dept ofJustice, 181 F. Supp. 2d 356 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) 5 Grand Cent. P .ship v. Cuomo, 166 F.3d 473 (2d Cir. 1999) 13, 14 Hopkins v. U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81 13 Human Rights Watch v BOP, No. 13-CV-7360 (JPO), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015)

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 19 of 30 branch in order to safeguard the quality and integrity of governmental decisions." Hopkins v. U.S. Dep't of Housing and Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81, 84 (2d Cr. 1991). Information in an agency record must satisfy two criteria to qualify for th

of 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 2 III. Criminal Proceedings Against Nicholas Tartaglione 3 IV. The Times's FOIA Requests and This Action 3 ARGUMENT 4 I.

95) 5 Garcia v. U.S. Dept ofJustice, 181 F. Supp. 2d 356 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) 5 Grand Cent. P .ship v. Cuomo, 166 F.3d 473 (2d Cir. 1999) 13, 14 Hopkins v. U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81 13 Human Rights Watch v BOP, No. 13-CV-7360 (JPO), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015)

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 19 of 30 branch in order to safeguard the quality and integrity of governmental decisions." Hopkins v. U.S. Dep't of Housing and Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81, 84 (2d Cr. 1991). Information in an agency record must satisfy two criteria to qualify for th

of 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 2 III. Criminal Proceedings Against Nicholas Tartaglione 3 IV. The Times's FOIA Requests and This Action 3 ARGUMENT 4 I.

S. Dept of Justice, Office of Information and Privacy, 181 F. Supp. 2d 356 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) 15 Halpern v. F.B.I., 181 F.3d 279 (2d Cir. 1999) 15 Hopkins v. HUD, 929 F.2d 81 (2d Cir. 1991) 12 Human Rights Watch v. BOP, No. 13-CV-7360 (JP0), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015) 7, 21 EFTA0007

BOP also properly withheld records under Exemption 7(A) that could reasonably be expected to interfere with the prosecutions of Michael Thomas and Tova Noel. The Capone Declarations logically and plausibly explain why these records could reasonably be expected to interfere with Noel, including because t

cting the agency's deliberative process is not protected."); Local 3, Intl Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. NLRB, 845 F.2d 1177, 1180 (2d Cir. 1988) (same); Hopkins v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81, 85 (2d Cir. 1991) (same). Accordingly, all factual 19 EFTA00071648 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Docu

1 7.) An autopsy confirmed that he had committed suicide by hanging himself. (Id.) Since then, charges have been brought against Michael Thomas and Tova Noel, both correctional officers on duty at the SHU the night of Epstein's death, who allegedly failed to perform prisoner counts and then signed false

S. Dept of Justice, Office of Information and Privacy, 181 F. Supp. 2d 356 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) 15 Halpern v. F.B.I., 181 F.3d 279 (2d Cir. 1999) 15 Hopkins v. HUD, 929 F.2d 81 (2d Cir. 1991) 12 Human Rights Watch v. BOP, No. 13-CV-7360 (JP0), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015) 7, 21 EFTA0008

BOP also properly withheld records under Exemption 7(A) that could reasonably be expected to interfere with the prosecutions of Michael Thomas and Tova Noel. The Capone Declarations logically and plausibly explain why these records could reasonably be expected to interfere with Noel, including because t

cting the agency's deliberative process is not protected."); Local 3, Intl Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. NLRB, 845 F.2d 1177, 1180 (2d Cir. 1988) (same); Hopkins v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 929 F.2d 81, 85 (2d Cir. 1991) (same). Accordingly, all factual 19 EFTA00088725 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Docu

1 7.) An autopsy confirmed that he had committed suicide by hanging himself. (Id.) Since then, charges have been brought against Michael Thomas and Tova Noel, both correctional officers on duty at the SHU the night of Epstein's death, who allegedly failed to perform prisoner counts and then signed false

S. Dept of Justice, Office of Information and Privacy, 181 F. Supp. 2d 356 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) 15 Halpern v. F.B.I., 181 F.3d 279 (2d Cir. 1999) 15 Hopkins v. HUD, 929 F.2d 81 (2d Cir. 1991) 12 Human Rights Watch v. BOP, No. 13-CV-7360 (JP0), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015) 7, 21 EFTA0009

BOP also properly withheld records under Exemption 7(A) that could reasonably be expected to interfere with the prosecutions of Michael Thomas and Tova Noel. The Declarations logically and plausibly explain why these records could reasonably be expected to interfere with Noel, including because they "in