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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 424 _ Filed 11/08/21 Page1of41 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Rigs S2 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant.   THE GOVERNMENT’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION IN LIMINE TO PRECLUDE EXPERT TESTIMONY OF DR. PARK DIETZ AND DR. ELIZABETH LOFTUS DAMIAN WILLIAMS United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York One St. Andrew’s Plaza New York, New York 10007 Maurene Comey Alison Moe Lara Pomerantz Andrew Rohrbach Assistant United States Attorneys Of Counsel DOJ-OGR-00006212 

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