giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.201.0
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…District of New York
Virginia L. Giuffre,
Plaintiff, Case No.: 15-cv-07433-RWS
v.
Ghislaine Maxwell,
Defendant.
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PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATION
Plaintiff Virginia Giuffre, by and through her undersigned couns…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.562.0
4 pg
…L. Giuffre,
Plaintiff,
Case No.: 15-cv-07433-RWS
v.
Ghislaine Maxwell,
Defendant.
____________________________/
DECLARATION OF SIGRID MCCAWLEY IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
TO EXCLUDE DEFENDANT’S DESIGNATION OF DEPOSITION EXCERPTS OF
ALAN DERSHOWITZ IN A…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1199.3_1
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…Re: Giuffre v. Maxwell
Dear Ms. Schultz:
Pursuant to paragraph 11 of the Protective Order in this case Ms. Maxwell
disputes the confidential designation of documents produced by Ms. Maxwell
to the Plaintiff, GM 748-849. Your email does not…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.829.0
4 pg
…a mechanism by which the parties
may designate as “confidential” documents that would warrant protection
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). The designation is important,
since it confers upon the document the Court’s imprimatur that, in fact…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1332.15
11 pg
…seek to overturn the protective order as follows:
“The Protective Order states that parties can object to the confidentiality
designations: “A party may object to the designation of particular
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION by giving written notice to the party
designating the…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1296.16
2 pg
…Intervenor’s June 21, 2017 letter and its attachments, and remove the confidentiality designation
from several related emails and attachments that the parties previously designated confidential
(RANSOME_000273-557) (“the Emails”). The Emails will demonstrate that Ms. Ransome’s
inflammatory…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1200.13_1
3 pg
…that this is fishing with a drift net. We decline your
request to engage in this exercise.
Regarding redacted police reports that plaintiff designated “confidential”: We
objected to plaintiff’s confidentiality designation, and plaintiff failed to file a
motion in…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.41.5
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…all Formatted: Font: 12 pt, Font color: Black
Formatted: Indent: First line: 0.5", Space
disclosures during discovery. Designations under this Order shall be made sparingly, with care, Before: 0 pt, Line spac…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.39.1
7 pg
…be placed near the Bates number.
8. Designation of a document as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall
constitute a representation that such document has been reviewed by an
attorney for the designating party, that there is a valid and good faith basis…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1199.5_1
3 pg
…fairly obvious that this is fishing with a drift net. We decline your
request to engage in this exercise.
Regarding redacted police reports that plaintiff designated “confidential”: We
objected to plaintiff’s confidentiality designation, and plaintiff failed to file a
…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1187.0
3 pg
…the parties unrestricted authority to disclose
publicly the confidential materials from Maxwell--not least of
all because the parties only may agree to downgrade
confidentiality designations for materials that the “designating
party has subsequently produced in this action,” i.e.…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1182.0_1
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… 2.
It defines Confidential Information to include, inter alia, “information filed under seal or
designated as ‘Confidential’ in another action for which the confidentiality designation or seal
has not been lifted.” Id. Thus, “Confidential Information” encompasses sealed information from
Maxwell…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.335.0
13 pg
…2016. It states: “Designation of a
document as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall constitute a representation that such
document has been reviewed by an attorney for the designating party, that there is a valid and good
4
Case 1:15-cv…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.381.0
3 pg
…from
, designated as Confidential by Plaintiff in this
case. Such Confidential designation has been challenged by the defense.
3. Attached as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of records from
…
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gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.931.0
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… Yes.
23 MR. MILLER: -- withdrew their objection to the
24 confidential designation.
25 THE COURT: Yes.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 931 Filed 11/21/17 Page 4 of…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.996.0
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…just such a reservoir for her profit motives.
IV. Category 4: Trial deposition designations and counter-designations.
The parties designated and counter-designated many hundreds of pages from deposition
transcripts. Such designations are made routinely under Rule 32(a)(6…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1312.0
9 pg
…30, 2018) (“[A] ‘Confidential’ designation made
pursuant to a protective order does not by itself overcome the presumption of public access once
the document containing the designation becomes a judicial document.”).
Finally, whether the document in question is already public…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1100.1
13 pg
…document title,
are deemed “Confidential Information.” The Government shall
clearly mark all pages or electronic materials containing
Confidential Information, or folder or document titles as
necessary, with “confidential” designations.
8. Confidential Information may contain personal
identification informat…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1073.0
22 pg
…and deponents reasonably relied on protective order); DE 1062 at 3-6
(protective order tracks permissible scope under Rule 26(c)(1), includes provisions to challenge
improper designation of confidentiality, contained no temporal limit, and appropriately limited
use of confidential…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1237.0
20 pg
…Rotger,
2018 WL 11214575, at *1 (“[A] ‘Confidential’ designation made pursuant to a protective order
does not by itself overcome the presumption of public access once the document containing the
designation becomes a judicial document.”). Doe 151’s belief in…
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