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2019). In support of its withholding under Exemption 7(A), the BOP has cited two pending prosecutions—one of Nicholas Tartaglione and the other of Tova Noel and Michael Thomas—as proceedings that could be disrupted by the disclosure of the withheld documents. As discussed at argument, however, the BOP's

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ally, the government has demonstrated a rational link between disclosure of the documents and interference with the pending criminal proceedings of Tova Noel and Michael Thomas as well as the criminal prosecution of Nicholas Tartaglione. These are weighty pending criminal proceedings, and the government

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ally, the government has demonstrated a rational link between disclosure of the documents and interference with the pending criminal proceedings of Tova Noel and Michael Thomas as well as the criminal prosecution of Nicholas Tartaglione. These are weighty pending criminal proceedings, and the government

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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

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 41 Filed 01/15/21 Page 1 of 25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK • THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, -v- FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. X 20 Civ. 833 (PAE) REPLY MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF

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.

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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

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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.

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK X THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, -v- FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. 20 Civ. 833 (PAE) MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS'S MOTION

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

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 41 Filed 01/15/21 Page 1 of 25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK • THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, -v- FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. X 20 Civ. 833 (PAE) REPLY MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF

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

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 27 Filed 09/10/20 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK X THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, No. 20-cv-00833 (PAE) v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. X MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S CROSS-MOTION FOR S

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.

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK X THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff; -v- FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. 20 Civ. 833 (PAE) MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS'S MOTION