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v. Maxwell, — F.Supp.3d — (2018)
2018 WL 4062649
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United States District Court, S.D. New York.
Plaintiff,
v.
Ghislaine MAXWELL, Defendant.
15 Civ. 7433
i
Signed 08/27/2018
Synopsis
Background: Following settlement of plaintiff's action for defamation, news media and
investigative journalist filed motion to intervene, for purposes of filing motion to unseal
documents that were placed under seal and included in protective order.
Holdings: The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sweet, J.,
held that:
m news media and journalist could intervene in action;
121 public did not have right of access, either under First Amendment or common law, to
documents exchanged during discovery that were designated by parties as confidential and made
part of protective order;
[3) documents filed in support of motion for summary judgment were "judicial documents" that
triggered presumption in favor of public's right of access to records; and
[4) public's presumptive right of access to judicial documents was rebutted by privacy interests
of parties and multiple non-parties.
Motion to intervene granted; motion to unseal denied.
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v. Maxwell, — F.Supp.3d — (2018)
West Headnotes (31)
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Federal Civil Procedures-Particular Intervenors
Members of the press and other non-parties, by motion to intervene, may seek to pursue
modification of confidentiality orders that have led to sealing of documents filed with the
court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 24.
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Federal Civil Proceduree—Time for intervention
Intervention for the purpose of challenging confidentiality orders is permissible even
years after a case is closed. Fed. R. Civ. P. 24.
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Federal Civil Procedure.-Particular Intervenors
Whether deemed an intervention as of right or permis…

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