v. Maxwell, — F.Supp.3d — (2018) 2018 WL 4062649 Only the Westlaw citation is currently available. United States District Court, S.D. New York. Plaintiff, v. Ghislaine MAXWELL, Defendant. 15 Civ. 7433 i Signed 08/27/2018 Synopsis Background: Following settlement of plaintiff's action for defamation, news media and investigative journalist filed motion to intervene, for purposes of filing motion to unseal documents that were placed under seal and included in protective order. Holdings: The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sweet, J., held that: m news media and journalist could intervene in action; 121 public did not have right of access, either under First Amendment or common law, to documents exchanged during discovery that were designated by parties as confidential and made part of protective order; [3) documents filed in support of motion for summary judgment were "judicial documents" that triggered presumption in favor of public's right of access to records; and [4) public's presumptive right of access to judicial documents was rebutted by privacy interests of parties and multiple non-parties. Motion to intervene granted; motion to unseal denied. WESTLAW © 2018 Thomson Reuters. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. 1 EFTA00020541