EFTA00029951.pdf

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IN RE APPLICATION TO UNSEAL CIVIL DISCOVERY..., Slip Copy (2021) 
2021 WL 1164272 
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United States District Court, S.D. New York. 
IN RE APPLICATION TO UNSEAL 
CIVIL DISCOVERY MATERIALS, 
USAO Reference No. 2o18Ro1618. 
19-MC-00179 (SN) 
Filed 03/24/2021 
SEALED ORDER 
SARAH NETBURN United States Magistrate Judge 
*1 The United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
New York has moved, pursuant to the All Writs Act, Title 28, 
United States Code, Section 1651, for an order relieving Boies 
Schiller & Flexner LLP (the "Law Finn") of its obligations 
under the protective order issued on November 29, 2018, 
in Jane Doe 43 v. Jeffrey Epstein. et al. I7-CV-616 (IGK) 
(SN) (S.D.N.Y.). The purpose of such order is to permit the 
Law Firm to comply with a grand jury subpoena and provide 
materials to the Government in connection with a federal 
grand jury investigation. The motion is DENIED without 
prejudice. 
BACKGROUND 
The Law Firm represented Jane Doe 43, a plaintiff in a civil 
suit against Jeffrey Epstein and others. The case involves 
allegations of sex trafficking. Because of the sensitive nature 
of some of the discovery, the parties entered into a Protective 
Order that deemed certain information to be "Confidential 
Information."' Protective Order, at ECF No. 177. As 
relevant here, the Protective Order provides that Confidential 
Information shall not be disclosed or used for any purpose 
other than the civil case. Id. at 1 4. At the conclusion of 
the case, the Protective Order requires the destruction of 
Confidential hard-copy documents or electronic files. Id. at 1 
12. The Protective Order further prohibits the distribution of 
Confidential electronic non-file copies without a court order. 
Id. The Protective Order contemplates that a subpoena for 
Confidential Information may be received and precludes the 
receiving party from complying with the subpoena absent a 
court order. Id. at ¶ 13. Finally, t…
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