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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1079 Filed 07/29/20 Page 1 of 4 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, 
Plaintiff, 
-against-
GHISLAINE MAXWELL, 
Defendant. 
No. 15 Civ. 7433 (LAP) 
MEMORANDUM & ORDER 
LORETTA A. PRESKA, Senior United States District Judge: 
The Court has reviewed Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell's letter 
requesting reconsideration of the Court's July 23, 2020, decision 
to unseal (1) the transcripts of Ms. Maxwell's and Doe l's 
depositions, and (2) court submissions excerpting from, quoting 
from, or summarizing the contents of the transcripts. (See dkt. 
no. 1078.) 
Ms. Maxwell's eleventh-hour request for reconsideration is 
denied. As Ms. Maxwell acknowledges in her letter, reconsideration 
is an "extraordinary remedy." In re Beacon Assocs. Litig., 818 F. 
Supp. 2d 697, 701 (S.D.N.Y. 2011) (quoting In re Health Mgmt. Sys. 
Inc. Sec. Litig., 113 F. Supp. 2d 613, 614 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)). Such 
motions "are properly granted only if there is a showing of: (1) 
an intervening change in controlling law; (2) the availability of 
new evidence; or (3) a need to correct a clear error or prevent 
manifest injustice." Drapkin v. Mafco Consol. Grp., Inc., 818 F. 
Supp. 2d 678, 696 (S.D.N.Y. 2011). "A motion for reconsideration 
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may not be used to advance new facts, issues or arguments not 
previously presented to the Court, nor may it be used as a vehicle 
for relitigating issues already decided by the Court." Bennett v. 
Watson Wyatt & Co., 156 F. Supp.2d 270, 271 (S.D.N.Y. 2001). 
Here, Ms. Maxwell's request for reconsideration hinges on her 
assertion that new developments, i.e., her indictment and arrest, 
provide compelling reasons for keeping the deposition transcripts 
sealed. 
(See dkt. no. 1078 at 5.) 
But, despite Ms. Maxwell's 
contention that she could not address the effect of those events 
in her objections because they occurr…
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