…permitting redaction of the names of two women with whom the defendant had allegedly had extramarital affairs, despite the fact that – in the court’s view – the women were “not entirely innocent third parties.”) (internal quotation omitted). As the Third…
…United States v. Amodeo II, 71 F.3d 1044, 1048 (2d Cir. 1995)) (internal quotation marks omitted). 2.1.2 The First Amendment Compels Access The First Amendment requires public access to court proceedings. See Press-Enter. Co. v. Superior…
…For example, in Amodeo II, the court states “financial records of a wholly owned business, family affairs, illnesses, embarrassing conduct with no public ramifications” may be considered private information. If a privacy interest is involved, then the Court must balance…
…186 (S.D.N.Y. 2014) (citations, internal quotation marks and brackets omitted). Defendant has submitted that she has not put her private affairs at issue, and that such questions are highly intrusive. Notwithstanding, the questions are directed to reveal…
…Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 598 (1978) (internal quotation marks omitted). In support of their claim that “there is no basis” to continue respecting the privacy rights of an “already . . . disclosed” victim’s identity and circumstances, id…
…2d 383, 387 (E.D.N.Y. 2013) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted); see also Amodeo II, 71 F.3d at 1051 (“[A] court may consider whether the nature of the materials is such that there is a fair…
…. . should weigh heavily in a court’s balancing equation”) (internal quotations omitted). B. “Ancillary” court submissions. A court’s authority to oversee discovery and control the evidence introduced at trial is ancillary to the court’s core role in adjudicating…
…and observable.”) (internal citation and quotation omitted). The Court weighed the privacy interests advanced by Doe 171 against the public interest in access to judicial documents. The Court held that Doe 171’s privacy interests did not outweigh the presumption…
…Indus., Inc., 658 F. App’x 593, 594 (2d Cir. 2016) (internal quotations omitted). Ms. Maxwell’s Sixth Amendment fair trial rights were first raised in her letter Motion for Reconsideration, DE 1078, and not earlier, because she was indicted…
…19, 2020) (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted). Similarly, Maxwell’s claim that certain Non-Parties may be witnesses in her criminal trial has no bearing on whether the public has a right to access a judicial document filed in…
…v. Virginia, 448 U.S. 555, 580 (1980) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). The same constitutional protections apply to civil proceedings, as “the First Amendment . . . secure[s] to the public and to the press a right of access to…
…2002) (internal citations omitted). The mandate rule bars disclosure of any pages that were redacted by the Second Circuit. The law of the case doctrine bars disclosure of any other “deposition responses concerning intimate matters where the questions were likely…
…Walls v. Paulson, 250 F.R.D. 48 (D.D.C. 2008) (sanctioning Plaintiff for failure to sign interrogatories) (internal citations omitted). 5 Plaintiff refused to answer at all Interrogatory Nos. 5-14. Id. at 10-17. With respect…
…cooperating witnesses, “and concluding that sealing was justified in part "to safeguard the privacy of individuals involved in an investigation”; “[t]he district court was in the best position to weigh these factors”) (internal quotations and citation omitted); Hardy, 697…
…important values, like the Sixth Amendment right of the accused to a fair trial . . . and the defendant’s . . . privacy interests.’”) (internal quotations omitted; quoting United States v. Rajaratnam, 708 F. Supp. 2d 371, 374-75 (S.D.N.Y. 2010…
…C. 1983) (courts should remain concerned about “fishing expeditions, discovery abuse and inordinate expense involved in overbroad and far-ranging discovery requests”) (internal quotations omitted). Plaintiff must simply be satisfied that the defense has discharged its discovery obligations and, as…
…scandal arising out of unproven potentially libelous statements,” and described various methods available “to protect the judicial process from being coopted for such purposes.” Id. at 51–52 (internal quotation marks omitted). No such concerns are raised on this appeal. …
…official information.” The documents are a series of exchanges initiated by Plaintiff’s lawyers in an attempt to advance Plaintiff’s economic interests. The documents do not contain the internal communications of law enforcement or relate to law 1 See…
…at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 11, 2017) (Preska, J.) (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted). The materials in all of the categories proposed, including Category 4, easily meet this standard. The parties’ proposed trial testimony reflects the evidence…
…the resultant value of such information to those monitoring the federal courts, balanced against competing considerations such as 'the privacy interests of those resisting disclosure.'" Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). The presumption weakens where "testimony or documents play only a…