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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1035 Filed 03/20/20 Page 1 of 2 701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3300 | Miami, FL 33131 | T | F 305.789.7799 Holland & Knight LLP | www.hklaw.com Christine N. Walz +1 305-789-7678 [email protected] Sanford L. Bohrer +1 305-789-7678 [email protected] March 19, 2020 Via ECF The Honorable Loretta A. Preska District Court Judge United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 500 Pearl Street New York, NY 10007 Re: List of Decided Motions Giuffre v. Maxwell, Case No. 15-cv-7433-LAP Dear Judge Preska: Both Plaintiff Virginia Giuffre and Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell have asked for this Court’s permission to file a List of Decided Motions under seal because the list contains information that is currently subject to the Sealing Order in this case. See Dkt. 132 and 133. “It is the clear law of this Circuit that civil docket sheets ‘enjoy a presumption of openness and that the public and the media possess a qualified First Amendment right to inspect them.’” Bernstein v. Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, No. 14-CV-6867 (VEC), 2016 WL 1071107, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 18, 2016), aff’d, 814 F.3d 132 (2d Cir. 2016) (disclosing docket sheets after finding there are no “compelling private interests favoring sealing”). Where a presumption of the highest weight exists, “[t]he Court is required to order disclosure absent compelling reasons to deny access and even then must employ the least restrictive possible means of doing so.” United States v. All Funds on Deposit at Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco, California, in Account No. 7986104185, 643 F. Supp. 2d 577, 585 (S.D.N.Y. 2009)(emphasis added). Interveners therefore respectfully request that the List of Decided Motions be filed publicly. It is unclear to Intervenors what information in the title of any decided motions could be properly sealed. However, if such information exists, a redacted version of the list or a version of  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1035 Filed 03/20/20 Page 2 of 2 The Honorable Loretta A. Preska March 19, 2020 Page 2 the list that replaces names with personal identifiers (i.e. John Doe #1) should be publicly filed pending the Court’s ruling on whether this information should be unsealed. Respectfully submitted, HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP /s/ Christine N. Walz Sanford L. Bohrer Christine N. Walz 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Telephone: 212.513.3200 Fax: 212.385.9010 Attorneys for Intervenors Julie Brown and Miami Herald Media Company