Giuffre v. Maxwell (SDNY): Opinion #10327824

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE Plaintiff, 15 Civ. 7433 (LAP) -against- MEMORANDUM & ORDER GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. LORETTA A. PRESKA, Senior United States District Judge: The Government of the United States Virgin Islands (the “USVI”) has moved (1) to intervene in the above-captioned action pursuant to Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and (2) should intervention be permitted, for confidential access to sealed judicial records and discovery documents. (See Notice of Ex Parte Motion to Intervene and for Confidential Access to Documents, dated Sept. 1, 2020 [dkt. no. 1110]; Memorandum of Law in Support of Ex Parte Motion (“USVI Br.”), dated Sept. 1, 2020 [dkt. no. 1111]; Reply Memorandum in Further Support of Ex Parte Motion to Intervene and for Access to Documents (“Reply Br.”), dated Sept. 24, 2020 [dkt. no. 1122].) Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell (“Ms. Maxwell”) and non-party John Doe (“Doe”) have opposed the USVI’s motion. (See Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell’s Memorandum of Law in Opposition to USVI Ex Parte Motion to Intervene and for Confidential Access to Documents (“Maxwell Opp. Br.”), dated Sept. 16, 2020 [dkt. no. 1118]; John Doe Letter in Opposition to USVI Motion (“Doe Opp.”), dated Sept. 22, 2020 [dkt. n