Epstein Secrets

John Doe EFTA00792257 Case 18-2868, Document 153-1, 03/19/2019, 2521600, Page3 of 6 --against--- SHARON CHURCHER, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Respondents, JULIE BROWN, MIAMI HERALD MEDIA COMPANY, Intervenors-Appellants. EFTA00792258 Case 18-2868, Document 153-1, 03/19/2019, 2521600, Page4 of 6 Pursuant to Fede

N CHURCHER, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Respondents, JULIE BROWN, MIAMI HERALD MEDIA COMPANY, Intervenors-Appella

ROWN, MIAMI HERALD MEDIA COMPANY, Intervenors-Appellants. EFTA00792258 Case 18-2868, Document 153-1, 03/19/2019, 2521600, Page4 of 6 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29(a)(3) and Second Circuit Local Rule 29.1(b), John Doe respectfully requests leave of this Court to file the attached brief as amicus c

ery sealed filing on the district court docket. The district court denied the motion to unseal. The Miami Herald appealed, and this Court reversed. Brown v. Maxwell, 929 F.3d 41, 44-45 (2d Cir. 2019). The majority concluded that the district court erred in sealing the summary judgment materials. Id.

consider the merits of Ms. Maxwell's motion to stay pending appeal. Argument I. This Court should stay the district court's order pending appeal. Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 8 governs a motion for a stay pending appeal. Fed. R. App. P. 8(a)(2). Under that Rule, this Court will stay a district court order pendi

nduct "a particularized review and unseal all documents for which the presumption of public access outweighs any countervailing privacy interests." Brown v. Maxwell, 929 F.3d 41, 51 (2d Cir. 2019). Second, consolidation of the civil and criminal appeals would not further the interests of equity or ju

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