Epstein Secrets

ned to prevent criminal activity and maintain security." Id. at *5 (quotation marks and ellipses omitted); see also Opinion and Order, Dkt. No. 59, Gonzalez v. ICE, No. 19-cv-2911 (JGK) (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2020), slip op. at 27-28 (requiring a "rational nexus" between withheld records and an agency's law

F 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. FOIA and the Summ

e, 775 F.2d 49 (2d Cir. 1985) 21 Envt 'I Prot. Agency v. Mink, 410 U.S. 73 (1973) 19 Gentile v. State Bar of Nev., 501 U.S. 1030 (1991) 12 Gonzalez v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Servs., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134482 (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2020) 9 iii EFTA00071626 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Docum

und his neck. (Id. 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

ned to prevent criminal activity and maintain security." Id. at *5 (quotation marks and ellipses omitted); see also Opinion and Order, Dkt. No. 59, Gonzalez v. ICE, No. 19-cv-2911 (JGK) (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2020), slip op. at 27-28 (requiring a "rational nexus" between withheld records and an agency's law

F 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. FOIA and the Summ

e, 775 F.2d 49 (2d Cir. 1985) 21 Envt 'I Prot. Agency v. Mink, 410 U.S. 73 (1973) 19 Gentile v. State Bar of Nev., 501 U.S. 1030 (1991) 12 Gonzalez v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Servs., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134482 (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2020) 9 iii EFTA00088703 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Docum

und his neck. (Id. 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

ned to prevent criminal activity and maintain security." Id. at *5 (quotation marks and ellipses omitted); see also Opinion and Order, Dkt. No. 59, Gonzalez v. ICE, No. 19-cv-2911 (JGK) (S.D.N.Y. July 29, 2020), slip op. at 27-28 (requiring a "rational nexus" between withheld records and an agency's law

F 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. FOIA and the Summ