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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PROTECTIVE ORDER
20 Cr. 330 (AJN)
GHISLAINE MAXWELL,
Defendant.
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ALISON J. NATHAN, United States District Judge:
WHEREAS the Government intends to produce to GHISLAINE
MAXWELL, the defendant, certain documents and materials that
(i) affect the privacy and confidentiality of individuals,
(ii) would impede, if prematurely disclosed, the Government's
ongoing investigation; (iii) would risk prejudicial pretrial
publicity if publicly disseminated, and (iv) is not authorized
to be disclosed to the public or disclosed beyond that which is
necessary for the defense of this action, and other materials
pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 ("Rule 16")
and pursuant to any other disclosure obligations (collectively,
the "Discovery"), which contain sensitive, confidential, or
personal identifying information;
WHEREAS, the Government seeks to protect sensitive,
confidential, or personal identifying information contained in
the materials it produces consistent with Rule 16 or other
disclosure obligations;
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WHEREAS the Government has applied for the entry of
this Order;
IT HEREBY IS ORDERED:
1. The Discovery disclosed to the defendant
("Defendant") and/or to the defendant's criminal defense
attorneys ("Defense Counsel") during the course of proceedings
in this action:
a) Shall be used by the Defendant or her
Defense Counsel solely for purposes of the defense of this
criminal action, and not for any civil proceeding or any purpose
other than the defense of this action;
b) Shall not be copied or otherwise recorded or
transmitted by the Defendant, except to Defense Counsel, or
except as necessary for the Defendant to take notes, which are
not to be further transmitted to anyone other than Defense
Counsel;
c) Shall not be disclosed or distributed in any
form by the Defendant or her counsel except as set forth in
paragraph 1(d) below;
d) May be disclosed only by Defense Counsel and
only to the following persons ("Designated Persons"):
i. investigative, secretarial, clerical,
or paralegal personnel employed full-time, part-time, or as
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independent contractors by the defendant's counsel ("Defense
Staff");
ii. any expert or potential expert, legal
advisor, consultant, or any other individual retained or
employed by the Defendant and Defense Counsel for the purpose of
assisting in the defense of this case ("Defense
Experts/Advisors");
iii. such other persons as hereafter may be
authorized by Order of the Court ("Other Authorized Persons");
e) May be provided to prospective witnesses and
their counsel (collectively, "Potential Defense Witnesses"), to
the extent deemed necessary by defense counsel, for trial
preparation. To the extent Discovery materials are disclosed to
Potential Defense Witnesses, they agree that any such materials
will not be further copied, distributed, or otherwise
transmitted to individuals other than the recipient Potential
Defense Witnesses.
2. The Defendant and Defense Counsel shall provide a
copy of this Order to any Designated Persons to whom they
disclose Discovery materials. Prior to disclosure of Discovery
materials to Designated Persons, any such Designated Person
shall agree to be subject to the terms of this Order by signing
a copy hereof and stating that they "Agree to be bound by the
terms herein," and providing such copy to Defense Counsel. All
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such acknowledgments shall be retained by Defense Counsel and
shall be subject to in camera review by the Court if good cause
for review is demonstrated. The Defendant and her counsel need
not obtain signatures from any member of the defense team (i.e.,
attorneys, experts, consultants, paralegals, investigators,
support personnel, and secretarial staff involved in the
representation of the defendants in this case), all of whom are
nonetheless bound by this Protective Order.
3. To the extent that Discovery is disseminated to
Defense Experts/Advisors, Other Authorized Persons, or Potential
Defense Witnesses, via means other than electronic mail, Defense
Counsel shall encrypt and/or password protect the Discovery.
4. The Government, the Defendant, Defense Counsel,
Defense Staff, Defense Experts/Advisors, Potential Defense
Witnesses and their counsel, and Other Authorized Persons are
prohibited from posting or causing to be posted any of the
Discovery or information contained in the Discovery on the
Internet, including any social media website or other publicly
available medium.
5. The Government (other than in the discharge of
their professional obligations in this matter), the Defendant,
Defense Counsel, Defense Staff, Defense Experts/Advisors,
Potential Defense Witnesses and their counsel, and Other
Authorized Persons are strictly prohibited from publicly
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disclosing or disseminating the identity of any victims or
witnesses referenced in the Discovery. This Order does not
prohibit Defense Counsel or Defense Staff from referencing the
identities of individuals they believe may be relevant to the
defense to Potential Defense Witnesses and their counsel during
the course of the investigation and preparation of the defense
case at trial. Any Potential Defense Witnesses and their
counsel who are provided identifying information by Defense
Counsel or Defense Staff are prohibited from further disclosing
or disseminating such identifying information. This Order does
not prohibit Defense Counsel from publicly referencing
individuals who have spoken by name on the public record in this
case.
6. The Defendant, Defense Counsel, Defense Staff,
Defense Experts/Advisors, Potential Defense Witnesses, and Other
Authorized Persons are prohibited from filing publicly as an
attachment to a filing or excerpted within a filing the identity
of any victims or witnesses referenced in the Discovery, who
have not spoken by name on the public record in this case,
unless authorized by the Government in writing or by Order of
the Court. Any such filings must be filed under seal, unless
authorized by the Government in writing or by Order of the
Court.
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7. Copies of Discovery or other materials produced
by the Government in this action bearing "confidential" stamps,
or designated as "confidential" as described below, and/or
electronic Discovery materials designated as "confidential" by
the Government, including such materials marked as
"confidential" either on the documents or materials themselves,
or designated as "confidential" in a folder or document title,
are deemed "Confidential Information." The Government shall
clearly mark all pages or electronic materials containing
Confidential Information, or folder or document titles as
necessary, with "confidential" designations.
8. Confidential Information may contain personal
identification information of victims, witnesses, or other
specific individuals who are not parties to this action, and
other confidential information; as well as information that
identifies, or could lead to the identification of, witnesses in
this matter. The identity of an alleged victim or witness who
has identified herself or himself publicly as such on the record
in this case shall not be treated as Confidential Information.
9. Defense Counsel may, at any time, notify the
Government that Defense Counsel does not concur in the
designation of documents or other materials as Confidential
Information. If the Government does not agree to de-designate
such documents or materials, Defense Counsel may thereafter move
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the Court for an Order de-designating such documents or
materials. The Government's designation of such documents and
materials as Confidential Information will be controlling absent
contrary order of the Court.
10. Confidential Information disclosed to the
defendant, or Defense Counsel, respectively, during the course
of proceedings in this action:
a) Shall be used by the Defendant or her
Defense Counsel solely for purposes of the defense of this
criminal action, and not for any civil proceeding or any purpose
other than the defense of this action;
b) Shall be maintained in a safe and secure
manner;
c) Shall be reviewed and possessed by the
Defendant in hard copy solely in the presence of Defense
Counsel;
d) Shall be possessed in electronic format only
by Defense Counsel and by appropriate officials of the Bureau of
Prisons ("BOP"), who shall provide the defendant with electronic
access to the Discovery, including Confidential Information,
consistent with the rules and regulations of the BOP, for the
Defendant's review;
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e) Shall be reviewed by the Defendant solely in
the presence of Defense Counsel or when provided access to
Discovery materials in electronic format by BOP officials;
f) May be disclosed only by Defense Counsel and
only to Designated Persons;
g) May be shown to, either in person, by
videoconference, or via a read-only document review platform,
but not disseminated to or provided copies of to, Potential
Defense Witnesses, to the extent deemed necessary by Defense
Counsel, for trial preparation, and after such individual(s)
have read and signed this Order acknowledging that such
individual(s) are bound by this Order.
11. Copies of Discovery or other materials produced
by the Government in this action bearing "highly confidential"
stamps or otherwise specifically designated as "highly
confidential," and/or electronic Discovery materials designated
as "highly confidential" by the Government, including such
materials marked as "highly confidential" either on the
documents or materials themselves, or designated as "highly
confidential" in an index, folder title, or document title, are
deemed "Highly Confidential Information." To the extent any
Highly Confidential Information is physically produced to the
Defendant and Defense Counsel, rather than being made available
to the Defendant and Defense Counsel for on-site review, the
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Government shall clearly mark all such pages or electronic
materials containing Highly Confidential Information with
"highly confidential" stamps on the documents or materials
themselves.
12. Highly Confidential Information contains nude,
partially-nude, or otherwise sexualized images, videos, or other
depictions of individuals.
13. Defense Counsel may, at any time, notify the
Government that Defense Counsel does not concur in the
designation of documents or other materials as Highly
Confidential Information. If the Government does not agree to
de-designate such documents or materials, Defense Counsel may
thereafter move the Court for an Order de-designating such
documents or materials. The Government's designation of such
documents and materials as Highly Confidential Information will
be controlling absent contrary order of the Court.
14. Highly Confidential Information disclosed to
Defense Counsel during the course of proceedings in this action:
a) Shall be used by the Defendant or her
Defense Counsel solely for purposes of the defense of this
criminal action, and not for any civil proceeding or any purpose
other than the defense of this action;
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publicly available or obtained by the Defendant or her Defense
Counsel from a source other than the Government.
17. Except for Discovery that has been made part of
the record of this case, Defense Counsel shall return to the
Government or securely destroy or delete all Discovery,
including but not limited to Confidential Information, within 30
days of the expiration of the period for direct appeal from any
verdict in the above-captioned case; the period of direct appeal
from any order dismissing any of the charges in the above-
captioned case; the expiration of the period for a petition
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255; any period of time required by the
federal or state ethics rules applicable to any attorney of
record in this case; or the granting of any motion made on
behalf of the Government dismissing any charges in the above-
captioned case, whichever date is later.
18. The foregoing provisions shall remain in effect
unless and until either (a) the Government and Defense Counsel
mutually agree in writing otherwise, or (b) this Order is
modified by further order of the Court.
19. The Government and Defense Counsel agree to meet
and confer in advance of any hearings or trial to discuss and
agree to any modifications necessary for the presentation of
evidence at those proceedings. In the absence of agreement,
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Defense Counsel may make an appropriate application to the Court
for any such modifications.
SO ORDERED:
Dated: New York, New York
July 30 , 2020
HONORABLE ALISON J. NATHAN
United States District Judge
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