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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 1 of 18 1 M4j2GiuC 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 2 ------------------------------x VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, 3 Plaintiff, New York, N.Y. 4 v. 15 Civ. 7433 (LAP) 5 GHISLAINE MAXWELL, 6 Defendant. 7 ------------------------------x Remote Decision 8 April 19, 2022 10:30 a.m. 9 Before: 10 HON. LORETTA A. PRESKA, 11 District Judge 12 13 APPEARANCES 14 BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER, LLP 15 Attorneys for Plaintiff BY: SIGRID S. McCAWLEY 16 17 HADDON MORGAN & FOREMAN, P.C. Attorneys for Defendant 18 BY: LAURA A. MENNINGER 19 HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 20 Attorneys for Miami Herald Media Co. and Julie Brown BY: CYNTHIA GIERHART 21 22 DYKEMA GOSSETT, PLLC Attorneys for Doe 17 23 BY: BECKY JAMES 24 TALKIN MUCCIGROSSO & ROBERTS, LLP 25 Attorneys for Doe 73 BY: DENIS P. KELLEHER, JR. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 2 of 18 2 M4j2GiuC 1 THE COURT: Good morning, counsel. Judge Preska here. 2 COUNSEL: Good morning. 3 THE COURT: Nice to have you all. 4 Do we have the court reporter, here? 5 (Court and court reporter confer) 6 THE COURT: Today the Court announces its ruling on 7 the unsealing of documents associated with nonparty Does 17, 8 53, 54, 55, 56, 73, 93, and 151 in Giuffre v. Maxwell. 9 By way of history, the Court sought the parties' view 10 as to how to streamline the unsealing process, and the revised 11 protocol we have settled upon generally works as follows. 12 Rather than reviewing objections by document, the Court is 13 reviewing objections by objector. This review will proceed in 14 two phases. 15 (Court reporter confers) 16 THE COURT: Will you do that? I can hear the clicking 17 of somebody's computer keys, and obviously it is not helpful to 18 the court reporter. Thank you, lawyers. 19 In talking about the phases through which the review 20 will proceed, first, the parties' briefed and the Court 21 reviewed the documents associated with the 16 nonparty 22 objectors; and, second, the parties briefed and the Court 23 reviewed the documents associated with the remaining nonparties 24 who have not filed objections. 25 We are now in the first phase and today under SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 3 of 18 3 M4j2GiuC 1 consideration are the objections of eight of the 16 nonparty 2 objectors, as I mentioned, Does 17, 53, 54, 55, 56, 73, 93, and 3 151. 4 The Court will announce its general findings relevant 5 to this round of unsealing and as to these eight objectors 6 before marching through its specific findings for each 7 document. 8 As to the presumption of public access, the Court's 9 general findings are as follows: 10 To determine whether materials should be unsealed, the 11 Court's mandate is to undertake a particularized review of each 12 document and to (1) evaluate the weight of the presumption of 13 public access to the materials; (2), identify and evaluate the 14 weight of any countervailing interests; and (3) determine 15 whether the countervailing interests rebut the presumption. 16 The presumption of public access attaches to judicial 17 documents, those documents filed in connection with a decided 18 motion or papers that are relevant to the Court's exercise of 19 its inherent supervisory powers. The documents at issue here 20 were submitted in connection with discovery motions decided by 21 Judge Sweet. The Court concludes that they are judicial 22 documents to which the presumption of public access attaches. 23 The motions at issue today are largely discovery 24 motions and related papers whose presumption of public access 25 is somewhat less weighty than for a dispositive motion. These SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 4 of 18 4 M4j2GiuC 1 documents are nevertheless important to the public interest in 2 monitoring federal courts' exercise of their Article III 3 powers. 4 With this presumption of public access in mind, the 5 Court turns to the countervailing interests at stake. The 6 Court has considered the arguments advanced by Ms. Giuffre in 7 her briefing and by Ms. Maxwell in her letter stating that she 8 takes no position. 9 The Court has also considered the submission from 10 intervenors Julie Brown and Miami Herald Media Company. 11 Perhaps most importantly for our purposes today, the 12 Court has also received submissions from the nonparty Does whom 13 I have mentioned who have asserted privacy interests that they 14 contend weigh against unsealing. These objecting Does have 15 been afforded the opportunity to respond to the written 16 positions of the parties and the Herald and some, but not all 17 of them, have availed themselves of that opportunity. 18 The positions of the parties are as follows: 19 In earlier rounds of unsealing, Ms. Maxwell has 20 objected to unsealing on the basis that doing so would imperil 21 her right to a fair trial in what was then her pending criminal 22 trial. She also advanced various privacy interests. 23 Ms. Maxwell, whose criminal trial has now concluded, now takes 24 no position one way or the other on those. 25 Ms. Giuffre supports the unsealing of the documents in SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 5 of 18 5 M4j2GiuC 1 question relating to the nonparty Does presently under 2 consideration given the presumption of public access to 3 judicial records and the fact that much of the information that 4 was sealed in this matter has since become public in the course 5 of Ms. Maxwell's criminal trial. 6 As to the nonparty Does, as to the names and 7 identifying information of the objecting nonparty Does, much of 8 the purportedly sensitive information has already become public 9 in the course of Ms. Maxwell's criminal trial. However, as I 10 will explain, there are certain details contained within 11 certain documents as to certain Does that are not public and as 12 to which the objecting Does have set forth a sufficient 13 interest to preserve sealing. 14 Moving on to the specific findings, the Court will now 15 announce its findings with respect to the objecting Does and 16 the sealed documents that are the subject of this motion to 17 unseal. These findings are a result of the Court's 18 particularized review of each of the 64 documents it has 19 considered for unsealing today. 20 I will first consider each objecting Doe and make 21 findings as to him or her. 22 Doe 17. When asked about this Doe at her deposition, 23 plaintiff Giuffre testified that she believed Doe 17 also went 24 by another specified name "if it's the same woman I'm thinking 25 of." Doe 17 never went by the specified name, and thus this is SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 6 of 18 6 M4j2GiuC 1 a case of mistaken identity. Accordingly, there is no public 2 value to unsealing Doe 17's name "to promote scandal arising 3 out of unproven potentially libelous statements." Brown v. 4 Maxwell, 929 F.3d 41, 51 (2d Cir. 2019) (Cabranes C.J.). 5 Accordingly, the material relating to Doe 17 shall remain 6 sealed. 7 Does 53 and 54. With one exception which I will note 8 when I consider it, Does 53 and 54, Glenn and Eva Dubin have 9 not objected to the unsealing of materials relating to them. 10 Accordingly, with that single exception, the sealed material 11 relating to Does 53 and 54 may be unsealed. 12 Does 55 and 56. These Does were minors at the time of 13 the incidents at issue in this action and played no part in the 14 allegations that form the basis of this action. There is no 15 public value to identifying them and smearing their good names 16 "to promote scandal arising out of unproven, potentially 17 libelous statements." Id. Accordingly, the material relating 18 to them will remain sealed. 19 Doe 73. This Doe worked for Epstein in a financial 20 capacity and there is no allegation that he was involved in any 21 of the conduct underlying this action. Given the sensitive and 22 potentially salacious issues in this action, there is no public 23 value in identifying him "to promote scandal arising out of 24 unproven, potentially libelous statements." Id. Accordingly, 25 the excerpts with respect to Doe 73 shall remain sealed. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 7 of 18 7 M4j2GiuC 1 Doe 93. This Doe was listed on a flight log with 2 Epstein and Maxwell. He has not been accused of any 3 wrongdoing, and plaintiff Giuffre has testified that she does 4 not remember a man with his name. Thus, he has no relevance to 5 the issues in dispute in this matter. Given the sensitive and 6 potentially salacious issues in this lawsuit, there is no 7 public value in harming Doe's good name by publishing 8 "unproven, potentially libelous statements" about him. Id. 9 Accordingly, the excerpts relating to Doe 93 shall remain 10 sealed. 11 Doe 151. This Doe, Ronaldo Rizzo, has already been 12 identified in the press and he has given press interviews. 13 Also, several previously sealed excerpts relating to him have 14 been unsealed. Although he has objected to unsealing, no 15 justification exists for permitting the excerpts relating to 16 Rizzo to remain sealed. Accordingly, they shall be unsealed. 17 As in earlier rounds of unsealing, the Court will now 18 proceed in the order of the documents listed on the chart that 19 the parties have so helpfully provided, listing their 20 respective positions for each document. The chart is Exhibit A 21 to Ms. Giuffre's response in support of unsealing, Docket No. 22 1238-1. 23 The Court notes that it has removed two documents from 24 the parties' chart which it believes were included on the chart 25 in error. First, the original chart lists Docket No. 258-10 as SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 8 of 18 8 M4j2GiuC 1 relating to Doe 151. The Court believes this was a typo and 2 that the parties meant to list Docket No. 258-1, which is 3 separately listed as relating to Does 53, 55, and 56. The 4 Court therefore does not consider Docket No. 258-10 and 5 considers Document No. 258-1 with respect to each of Does 53, 6 55, 56, and 151. 7 Second, the original chart lists Docket No. 338-2 as 8 relating to Does 53 and 54. The Court believes this to be an 9 error resulting from the fact that the declaration is Document 10 338-1, meaning that Exhibit 1 is Docket No. 338-2 and Exhibit 2 11 is Docket No. 338-3. It's the Court's understanding that the 12 documents objected to are the declaration and Exhibits 2, 3, 13 and 4 to the declaration, which are filed at Docket Nos. 338-1, 14 338-3, 338-4, and 338-5. The Court therefore does not consider 15 Docket 338-2, which is Exhibit 1 to the declaration. I will 16 ask the parties to check my work and notify me afterwards if I 17 have omitted either of those documents in error. 18 Now on to the particularized findings as to each 19 document. 20 With respect to Document Entries 122-7 and 150-1, they 21 implicate Does 53 and 54, who do not object to their unsealing, 22 and therefore they may be unsealed. 23 Docket No. 172 relates to Doe 53, who does not object 24 to unsealing. The docket number shall be unsealed. 25 Docket No. 173-5 relates to Doe 4, who does not object SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 9 of 18 9 M4j2GiuC 1 to unsealing, so it shall be unsealed. 2 Document No. 173-6 relates to Does 53 and 54, who do 3 not object, but also to Doe 93. The materials relating to Does 4 53 and 54 may be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 93 5 shall remain sealed for the reasons I mentioned above with 6 respect to 93. 7 Docket Nos. 203 and 204 relate to Doe 151. For the 8 reasons I mentioned above, those documents shall be unsealed. 9 Docket No. 204-2 relates to Does 53, 54, 55, 56, and 10 151. The material relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not 11 object to unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating 12 to Does 55 and 56 shall remain sealed for the reasons I stated 13 above. The material relating to Doe 151 shall be unsealed for 14 the reasons stated above. 15 Documents 211 and 212 both relate to Doe 151 and shall 16 be unsealed for the reasons I noted above. 17 Document 212-2 relates to Does 53, 54, 55, 56 and 151. 18 The material in this document relating to Does 53 and 54, who 19 do not object to unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material 20 relating to Does 55 and 56 shall remain sealed for the reasons 21 I stated earlier. The material relating to Doe 151 shall be 22 unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 23 Document No. 224 relates to Doe 151. It shall be 24 unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 25 Document 228 relates to Doe 54 and Doe 151. The SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 10 of 18 10 M4j2GiuC 1 material relating to Doe 54, who does not object to unsealing, 2 shall be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 151 shall be 3 unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 4 Document 229-1 relates to Does 53 and 54 and 151. The 5 material relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not object to 6 unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 151 7 shall be unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 8 Document No. 232-4 relates to Does 53 and 54 who do 9 not object to unsealing. Somebody is not on mute, and I know 10 it is not the court reporter. Let's try to make it easy for 11 her, please. The material in Document No. 232-4 relating to 12 Does 53 and 54 shall be unsealed. 13 Document No. 235-13 relates to Doe 73. That material 14 shall remain sealed for the reasons I stated earlier. 15 Document No. 249-4 relates to Doe 151 and shall be 16 unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 17 Document 249-13 relates to Does 53, 54, 73, and 151. 18 The material relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not object to 19 unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 73 20 shall remain sealed for the reasons stated earlier. The 21 material relating to Doe 151 shall be unsealed for the reasons 22 stated earlier. 23 Documents 257 and 258 both relate to Doe 151. The 24 material relating to that Doe in these two documents shall be 25 unsealed for the reasons stated above. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 11 of 18 11 M4j2GiuC 1 Document 258-1 relates to Does 55, 56, 53 and 151. 2 With respect to Doe 53, who does not object to unsealing, the 3 material in this document relating to Doe 53 shall be unsealed. 4 The material relating to Does 55 and 56 shall remain sealed for 5 the reasons stated earlier. The material relating to Doe 151 6 shall be unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 7 Docket No. 261 relates to Doe 151 and shall be 8 unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 9 Document 272-5 relates to Does 53 and 54, who do not 10 object to unsealing, and thus it shall be unsealed. 11 Document No. 280-1 relates to Does 17, 73, and 151. 12 The material relating to Doe 17 shall remain sealed for the 13 reasons stated earlier. The material relating to Doe 73 shall 14 remain sealed for the reasons stated earlier. The material 15 relating to Doe 151 shall be unsealed for the reasons stated 16 earlier. 17 Document 315 relates to Doe 53 and Doe 151. Someone 18 is still not on mute. Yeah, you. How hard is this to make it 19 easier for the court reporter, my friends? 20 MR. KELLEHER: Your Honor, this is Denis Kelleher. 21 Unfortunately, I'm at another house that has an old phone and 22 I'm not able to mute it. I apologize. 23 THE COURT: All right. Then you know what? Sit still 24 and don't twiddle with your papers or devices. How's that? 25 MR. KELLEHER: I apologize. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 12 of 18 12 M4j2GiuC 1 THE COURT: Thank you, sir. 2 Document 315 relates to Does 53 and 151. Doe 53, who 3 does not object to unsealing, shall have that material 4 unsealed. Doe 151's material shall be unsealed for the reasons 5 stated earlier. 6 Document 316 relates to Doe 151. That material shall 7 be unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 8 Document 316-4 relates to Doe 53 and Doe 151. The 9 material relating to Doe 53, who does not object to unsealing, 10 shall be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 151 shall be 11 unsealed for the reasons stated above. 12 Document No. 320 relates to Does 53 and 54, who do not 13 object to unsealing. Accordingly, that material shall be 14 unsealed. 15 Document No. 321-1 relates to Does 17, 53, 54, 73, and 16 151. The material relating to Does 17 and 73 shall remain 17 sealed for the reasons stated earlier. The material relating 18 to Does 53 and 54, who do not object to unsealing, shall be 19 unsealed. The material relating to Doe 151 shall be unsealed 20 for the reasons stated above. 21 Documents 321-2, 321-3, and 321-4 all relate to Does 22 53 and 54, who do not object to unsealing. Accordingly, the 23 material related to them in these documents shall be unsealed. 24 Document No. 321-5 and 321-6 relate to Does 53, 54, 25 73, and 151. The material in these documents relating to Doe SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 13 of 18 13 M4j2GiuC 1 73 shall remain sealed for the reasons stated. The material in 2 these documents relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not object 3 to unsealing, shall be unsealed. Material relating in these 4 documents to Doe 151 shall be unsealed for the reasons stated 5 earlier. 6 Document 338 relates to Doe 151, 53, and 54. The 7 material relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not object to 8 unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 151 9 shall be unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 10 Document 338-1 relates to Doe 51 and shall be unsealed 11 for the reasons stated earlier. 12 Document 338-3 relates to Does 53 and 54, who do not 13 object to unsealing, and thus that material shall be unsealed. 14 Document 338-4 relates to Does 53 and 54 and Doe 151. 15 The material relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not object to 16 unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 151 17 shall be unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 18 Document 338-5 relates to Doe 151. Indeed, it is an 19 excerpt of his deposition. That material shall be unsealed for 20 the reasons stated earlier. 21 Document 339 relates to Does 53, 54, and 151. The 22 material relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not object to 23 unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 151 24 shall be unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 25 Document 340 relates to Doe 151. The material in that SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 14 of 18 14 M4j2GiuC 1 document relating to him shall be unsealed for the reasons 2 stated earlier. 3 Document No. 340-3 relates to Does 53 and 54, who do 4 not object to unsealing, and thus that material shall be 5 unsealed. 6 Document 340-4 relates to Does 53, 54, and 151. The 7 material relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not object to 8 unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 151 9 shall be unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 10 Document 340-9 relates to Does 53, 55, 56, and 151. 11 The material relating to Doe 53, who does not object to 12 unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating to Does 55 13 and 56 shall remain sealed for the reasons stated above. The 14 material relating to Doe 151 shall be unsealed for the reasons 15 stated above. 16 Document No. 363-7 relates to Does 17, 53, 54, and 93. 17 The material relating to Does 17 and 93 shall remain sealed for 18 the reasons stated earlier. The material related to Does 53 19 and 54, who do not object to unsealing, shall be unsealed. 20 Documents 368 and 369 relate to Doe 151. The material 21 relating to him in those documents shall be unsealed for the 22 reasons stated above. 23 Document No. 369-1 relates to Does 53 and 54 and 93. 24 The material relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not object to 25 unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 93 SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 15 of 18 15 M4j2GiuC 1 shall remain sealed for the reasons stated earlier. 2 Document 369-2 relates to Doe 151. The material in 3 that document relating to him shall be unsealed for the reasons 4 stated earlier. 5 Document 369-6 relates to Does 53, 54, and 151. The 6 material there relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not object to 7 unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material there relating to 8 Doe 151 shall be unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 9 Document 388 and 389 relate to Doe 151. The material 10 relating to him in those documents shall be unsealed for the 11 reasons stated earlier. 12 Document 389-2 relates to Does 53, 54, and 151. The 13 material therein relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not object 14 to unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating to Doe 15 151 shall be unsealed for the reasons stated earlier. 16 Document No. 392 relates to Doe 151. The material in 17 that document relating to Doe 151 shall be unsealed for the 18 reasons stated earlier. 19 Document 393-1 relates to Does 53, 54, and 151. The 20 material in that document relating to Does 53 and 54, who do 21 not object to unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material in 22 that document relating to Doe 151 shall be unsealed for the 23 reasons stated earlier. 24 Document 400 relates to Doe 151. The material in that 25 document relating to him shall be unsealed for the reasons SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 16 of 18 16 M4j2GiuC 1 stated earlier. 2 Document 407-1 relates to Doe 54, who does not object 3 to unsealing, and thus the material relating to that Doe shall 4 be unsealed. 5 Document 423-4 relates to Does 17, 53, 54, 73, and 6 151. The material relating to Does 53 and 54, who do not 7 object to unsealing, shall be unsealed. The material relating 8 to Does 17 and 73 shall remain sealed for the reasons stated 9 above. The material relating to Doe 151 shall be unsealed for 10 the reasons stated above. 11 Document 450-1 relates to Does 53 and 54 and 151. 12 Doe 53 does not object to unsealing, and therefore the material 13 relating to that Doe shall be unsealed. There is material in 14 this document relating to Doe 54, who objects to the unsealing. 15 With respect to that matter, it is clear that the written 16 transcript, which is the actual exhibit, contained a 17 stenographic error. The reason we know that is, in viewing the 18 video of the deposition, it is very clear what the answer is 19 and that it was a mistaken transcription. Accordingly, the 20 portion of Document 450-1 that Doe 54 objects to unsealing 21 shall remain sealed. It is document 450-1, at 217:17-19. The 22 material in that document relating to Doe 151 shall be unsealed 23 for the reasons stated earlier. 24 And finally Documents 567, 568, 568-1, 606, and 631 25 all relate to Doe 151. The material relating to that Doe in SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 17 of 18 17 M4j2GiuC 1 those documents shall be unsealed for the reasons stated 2 earlier. 3 Counsel, as always, I will ask you to confer and 4 prepare the documents for unsealing pursuant to this order and 5 to post the documents on the docket within a week, as you all 6 have done so well in the earlier rounds of briefing. 7 Counsel, unmute. Have I forgotten anything or do you 8 have any questions? 9 And counsel, I think I made a mistake. I think I said 10 407-1 and what I meant was 407-9, but other than that, any 11 mistakes that are apparent to you, any questions, or other 12 issues? 13 MS. McCAWLEY: Your Honor, this is Sigrid McCawley for 14 the plaintiff Virginia Giuffre. 15 I heard that you directed us to undertake the 16 unsealing within a week. I know that Ms. Maxwell's counsel did 17 not submit objections in this round. I just want to confirm 18 that that work is going to be divided between the two parties, 19 if that's the case, so we understand what needs to be 20 undertaken within the next week? 21 THE COURT: That makes perfect sense. Is there any 22 objection to that, Ms. Menninger? 23 MS. MENNINGER: Your Honor, if we are going to be part 24 of that, I would need a little bit more time. Our paralegal 25 who is responsible for this particular matter is concluding SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1254 Filed 04/26/22 Page 18 of 18 18 M4j2GiuC 1 another three-week trial right now and will not be available 2 until later this week. So if we could extend that to two weeks 3 to give her time to be back in the office and help prepare the 4 redactions and unsealing, that would be much appreciated, your 5 Honor. 6 THE COURT: Yes, ma'am. Two weeks, ladies and 7 gentlemen. 8 Anything else, friends? 9 Counsel, thank you for being on. Good morning. 10 COUNSEL: Thank you, your Honor. 11 oOo 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300