Brown v. Maxwell, — F.3d — (2019) 2019 WL 2814839 Only the Westlaw citation is currently available. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Julie BROWN, Miami Herald Company, Intervenors-Appellants, v. Ghislaine MAXWELL, Defendant-Appellee, v. MM. Plaintiff-Appellee. . r owitz, Michael Cernovich, dba Cernovich Media, Intervenors-Appellants, v. Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ghislaine Maxwell, Defendant-Appellee: The Clerk of Court is directed to amend the captions as set out above. No. 18-2868-cv, No. 16-3945-cvn No. 17-1625 (CON), No. 17-1722(CON) August Term 2018 Argued: March 6, 2019 Decided: July 3, 2019 Synopsis Background: Alleged sexual abuse victim filed defamation action against alleged abuser. After suit settled, another alleged abuser, journalist and newspaper moved to intervene and to unseal documents. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert W. Sweet, J., 2017 WL 1787934, 325 F.Supp.3d 428, granted motions to intervene, but denied requests to unseal. Intervenors appealed. Holdings: The Court of Appeals, Jose A. Cabranes, Circuit Judge, held that: ['l district court was required to review documents individually and produce specific, on-the-record findings, and [21 district court abused its discretion in denying motion to unseal filings related to discovery motions. Pooler, Circuit Judge, dissented in part and filed opinion. West Headnotes (20) I I Records ti-Court records When reviewing district court's decision to seal filing or maintain such seal, Court of Appeals examines court's factual findings for clear error, its legal determinations de novo, and its ultimate decision to seal or unseal for abuse of discretion. Cases that cite this headnote WESTLAW © 2019 Thomson Reuters. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. 1 EFTA00085098