giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.111.2
5 pg
…Civ. P., of the Rugged Thunderbolt External Hard Drive (“Rugged TBT Drive”)
Plaintiff asserts that he purchased and which is at the core of this putative consumer class
action. See DE 40. The parties have confirmed that Plaintiff’s deposition…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1327.2
13 pg
…includes any cloud storage accounts. Please confirm that you have imaged Ms.
Maxwell's hard drives and other devices.
Once you have gathered that data onto a platform (such as Summation or its functional
equivalent), please run the below search…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1327.13
13 pg
…includes any cloud storage accounts. Please confirm that you have imaged Ms.
Maxwell's hard drives and other devices.
Once you have gathered that data onto a platform (such as Summation or its functional
equivalent), please run the below search…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1200.11_1
21 pg
…Defendant’s devices attempted to recover Defendant’s deleted email
and other documents, or attempted to identify if and when a hard drive was wiped.
In these circumstances, the Court should allow an independent forensic expert review the
computer and…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1257.2
21 pg
…Defendant’s devices attempted to recover Defendant’s deleted email
and other documents, or attempted to identify if and when a hard drive was wiped.
In these circumstances, the Court should allow an independent forensic expert review the
computer and…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.96.0
15 pg
…deletion programs on her computer, and the
date they were run, including but not limited to, evidence of “wipes” of Defendant’s
hard drive.
Specifically, Ms. Giuffre’s counsel requests that the Court order a neutral, third party
forensic examiner…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1327.19
21 pg
…Defendant’s devices attempted to recover Defendant’s deleted email
and other documents, or attempted to identify if and when a hard drive was wiped.
In these circumstances, the Court should allow an independent forensic expert review the
computer and…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.121.0
10 pg
…after that point and up until this
litigation began. Additionally,
A forensic expert could possibly recover Defendant’s “deleted” e-mail and
could possibly identify when Defendant’s hard drive was wiped. Recovery of deleted material is
critical in this…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1219.8
29 pg
…Cir. 2013) (“[t]he potential for privacy violations
occasioned by an unbridled, exploratory search of a hard drive is enormous”).
Because personal computers contain highly personal and sensitive material courts
generally require a heightened showing of good cause. See, e…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1328.28
24 pg
…checks, statements, receipts, summaries,
computer printouts, computer programs, text messages, e-mails, information kept in computer
hard drives, other computer drives of any kind, computer tape back-up, CD-ROM, other
computer disks of any kind, teletypes, telecopies, invoices, worksheets…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.31
24 pg
…receipts, summaries, computer printouts, computer programs, lext
messages, e-mails, information kept in computer hard drives, other computer drives of any kind,
computer tape back-up, CD-ROM. other computer disks of any kind, teletypes, lelecopies,
invoi(.:es, worksheets, printed…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1327.12
11 pg
…Maxwell has no reason to believe that the account exists.
Conclusion
WHEREFORE, counsel for Ms. Maxwell through a certified forensic examiner has:
a. imaged the hard-drives of Ms. Maxwell’s devices;
b. imaged the servers containing emails from Ms…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.32
27 pg
…checks, statements, receipts, summaries,
computer printouts, computer programs, text messages, e-mails, information kept in computer
hard drives, other computer drives of any kind, computer tape back-up, CD-ROM, other
computer disks of any kind, teletypes, telecopies, invoices, worksheets…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.223.1
14 pg
…microfilms, checks, statements, receipts, summaries,
computer printouts, computer programs, text messages, e-maiIs, information kept in computer
hard drives, other computer drivcs of any kind, computer tape back-up, CD-ROM, other
computer disks of any kind, teletypes, teJecopics, invoices…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.509.0
18 pg
…or
intentionally destroyed evidence by burning, shredding, or wiping out computer hard drives.”
Id. at 469–70 & n.48.
ARGUMENT
I. PLAINTIFF ADMITTED EACH ELEMENT OF INTENTIONAL SPOLIATION
Plaintiff admitted at her depositions to each factor required for a finding…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.515.0
12 pg
…or intentionally destroying evidence by burning, shredding, or wiping out computer
hard drives.”) (emphasis supplied). The motivation for the action is irrelevant. The purposeful
nature and manner of the destruction is all that matters.
5
Because the act of…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.17.1
13 pg
…DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 16
All computers, hard drives or copies thereof for all computers in operation between 1999 –
2002.
DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 17
All documents relating to communications with you and Ross Gow from 2005 – present.
DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 18
…
giuffre-maxwell
1320-32
27 pg
…checks, statements, receipts, summaries,
computer printouts, computer programs, text messages, e-mails, information kept in computer
hard drives, other computer drives of any kind, computer tape back-up, CD-ROM, other
computer disks of any kind, teletypes, telecopies, invoices, worksheets…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.320.0
11 pg
…Maxwell has no reason to believe that the account exists.
Conclusion
WHEREFORE, counsel for Ms. Maxwell through a certified forensic examiner has:
a. imaged the hard-drives of Ms. Maxwell’s devices;
b. imaged the servers containing emails from Ms…
giuffre-maxwell
gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1295.5
12 pg
…or intentionally destroying evidence by burning, shredding, or wiping out computer
hard drives.”) (emphasis supplied). The motivation for the action is irrelevant. The purposeful
nature and manner of the destruction is all that matters.
5
Because the act of…