Giuffre v. Maxwell (SDNY): Opinion #10329570

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK VIRGINIA L. GIUFFRE, Plaintiff, 15 Civ. 7433 (LAP) -against- ORDER GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. LORETTA A. PRESKA, Senior United States District Judge: Before the Court is Ms. Maxwell’s letter motion (see dkt. no. 1191) seeking limited reconsideration of the Court’s order unsealing 20 lines of Ms. Maxwell’s July 2016 deposition transcript, from page 112, line 17 through and including page 113, line 12.1 Ms. Giuffre and non-parties Julie Brown and Miami Herald Media Co oppose the motion.2 For the reasons described below, Ms. Maxwell’s motion is denied. I. Legal Standard “A motion for reconsideration is an extraordinary remedy to be employed sparingly in the interests of finality and conservation of scarce judicial resources.” Drapkin v. Mafco 1 (Letter from Laura Menninger (“Mot.”), dated Jan. 25, 2021 [dkt. no. 1191]; Letter from Laura Menninger, (“Reply”) dated Jan. 29, 2021 [dkt. no. 1204].) 2 (Letter from Sigrid McCawley, dated Jan. 27, 2021 [dkt. no. 1194]; Letter from Christine N. Walz, dated Jan. 27, 2021