Giuffre v. Maxwell (SDNY): Opinion #10357113

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, Plaintiff, 15 Civ. 7433 (LAP) -against- ORDER GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant. LORETTA A. PRESKA, Senior United States District Judge: Before the Court are letter-motions filed by Intervenors Julie Brown and Miami Herald Media Company, (dkt. no. 1321), and Intervenor Alan Dershowitz, (dkt. no. 1323), seeking to unseal in part docket entry 1026-3 to disclose the identities of the Jane and John Does. For the reasons set forth below, the letter-motions to unseal docket entry 1026-3 are DENIED. First, docket entry 1026-3 is not an accurate list of non-party names. Since this filing, the parties have provided the Court with an updated list of non-party names (“Document”), and disclosure of docket entry 1026-3, which is now outdated, would therefore compound, not “avoid,” the “spread of incorrect information.” (See dkt. no. 1321 at 2.) Second, even so, the privacy interests at stake outweigh any presumption of public access to the Document. The public does not have an absolute right to access and inspect court documents; rather, courts may exercise their supervisory power to ensure that records are not used as “vehicle[s] for improper pu