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N.Y.S.D. Case #
15-cv-7433(LAP)

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE
SECOND CIRCUIT
At a Stated Term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the
31st day of July, two thousand twenty.
Before:

José A. Cabranes,
Rosemary S. Pooler,
Circuit Judges.
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Virginia L. Giuffre,
Plaintiff - Appellee,

ORDER
Docket No. 20-2413

v.
Ghislaine Maxwell,
Defendant - Appellant,
Sharon Churcher, Jeffrey Epstein,

USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
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31, 2020
DATE FILED: July
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Respondents,
Julie Brown, Miami Herald Media Company,
Alan M. Dershowitz, Michael Cernovich,
DBA Cernovich Media,
Intervenors.
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Defendant-Appellant Ghislaine Maxwell moves for a stay pending appeal of the district court’s
order of July 23, 2020, unsealing deposition materials and the order of July 29, 2020, denying
her motion to reconsider the July 23 order. In the alternative, she requests a temporary
administrative stay pending full consideration of the motion for a stay pending appeal. She also
requests leave to file under seal the unredacted copy of Exhibit 7 to her stay motion.
It is hereby ORDERED that the motion for a stay pending appeal is GRANTED. The stay will
remain in effect until further order of this Court. The motion for leave to file the exhibit under
seal is GRANTED pending review of the matter and without prejudice to reconsideration nostra
sponte. It is further ORDERED that the appeal is expedited. Appellant’s principal brief must be
filed on or before August 20, 2020; Appellee’s and Intervenors’ briefs must be filed on or before

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September 9, 2020; and a reply brief, if any, must be filed on or before September 15, 2020. The
appeal will be heard on September 22, 2020 at 2:00 pm.

For the Court:
Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe,
Clerk of Court

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