Epstein Secrets

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

that would also show that they were compiled for law enforcement purposes. So, overall, I think the point is that even if the Court does not adopt the Tenth Circuit's per-se rule, much of the insights or thinking of the Tenth Circuit is still going to SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA0010578

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

that would also show that they were compiled for law enforcement purposes. So, overall, I think the point is that even if the Court does not adopt the Tenth Circuit's per-se rule, much of the insights or thinking of the Tenth Circuit is still going to SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA0010570

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

t as the Government explained, even if this Court 6 EFTA00071593 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 41 Filed 01/15/21 Page 11 of 25 does not follow the Tenth Circuit's per se rule and instead applies a more practical approach, the documents at issue were still compiled for law enforcement purposes. See BOP MOL at 8

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.

No. 13-CV-7360 (JPO), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015), Judge Oetken concluded that Williams did not require the per se rule, did not adopt the Tenth Circuit's per se rule for BOP records, and followed a "practical approach," observing that "[t]he ordinary understanding of the term [law enforcement] includ

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.

No. 13-CV-7360 (JPO), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015), Judge Oetken concluded that Williams did not require the per se rule, did not adopt the Tenth Circuit's per se rule for BOP records, and followed a "practical approach," observing that "[t]he ordinary understanding of the term [law enforcement] includ

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

t as the Government explained, even if this Court 6 EFTA00088614 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 41 Filed 01/15/21 Page 11 of 25 does not follow the Tenth Circuit's per se rule and instead applies a more practical approach, the documents at issue were still compiled for law enforcement purposes. See BOP MOL at 8

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.

No. 13-CV-7360 (JPO), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015), Judge Oetken concluded that Williams did not require the per se rule, did not adopt the Tenth Circuit's per se rule for BOP records, and followed a "practical approach," observing that "[t]he ordinary understanding of the term [law enforcement] includ

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

t as the Government explained, even if this Court 6 EFTA00099607 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 41 Filed 01/15/21 Page 11 of 25 does not follow the Tenth Circuit's per se rule and instead applies a more practical approach, the documents at issue were still compiled for law enforcement purposes. See BOP MOL at 8