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Document 120366006838

AI Analysis

Summary: The document appears to be a court filing in a case involving Ms. Maxwell, where she is seeking to file certain materials under seal. The government has objected, claiming that the materials are confidential due to an ongoing criminal investigation. The court is being asked to decide whether to allow the materials to be filed under seal.
Significance: This document is potentially important because it reveals a dispute between the government and Ms. Maxwell regarding the sealing of certain materials related to a grand jury subpoena and a criminal investigation.
Key Topics: protective orders grand jury subpoenas sealed materials
Key People:
  • Alison J. Nathan - Judge
  • Ms. Maxwell - litigant or defendant
Document Type
Court Filing
Date
August 24, 2020
Pages
1
Folder
IMAGES007

Full Text

Case 120366006838 Document 208 Filed 08/24/20 Page 3 of 5 The Honorable Alison J. Nathan August 24, 2020 Page 3 see also Palmieri v. State of New York, 779 F.2d 861 (2d Cir. 1987); Abbott Laboratories v. Adelphia Supply USA, Case 2015-cv-5826 (CBA) (MDG), 2016 WL 11613256 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 22, 2016) (“In the Second Circuit, there is a presumption in favor of enforcing protective orders against grand jury subpoenas.”); United States v. Kerik, 07 CR 1027, 2014 WL 12710346 (S.D.N.Y. July 23, 2014). It seems that a majority of courts in this district have rejected the claimed “standard practice” arguments made by the Government __________. A notable difference is that the other applications were not conducted ex parte. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ Ms. Maxwell is not asking this Court to decide that question today. But Ms. Maxwell is seeking __________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ The Government Does Not Explain How Any “Secret” Investigation Will be Compromised. Third, the government claims that the materials at issue are “Confidential” because the “full scope and details” of their very-public proclamations of an ongoing criminal investigation “have not been made public.” Resp. at 3. This argument too is nonsensical: the sealed materials that Ms. Maxwell seeks to file, under seal, __________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ Certainly the subpoena recipient, otherwise known as counsel for the adverse party to the Civil Litigation, knows the two things that Ms. Maxwell seeks to file under seal in App.117 DOJ-OGR-00019576