To Be Filed Under Seal UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN RE GRAND JURY SUBPOENA x C 19 Misc. 149 (CM) SEALED MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING THE GOVERNMENT'S APPLICATION TO MODIFY THE PROTECTIVE ORDER McMahon, C.J.: The Government has filed an application for modification of a March 18, 2016 pretrial protective order, entered by the late Hon. in a civil defamation action, v. Maxwell, No. 15-cv-7433 (S.D.N.Y.) ("the Action"), in order to permit the law firm of Boles Schiller Flexner LLP ("Boies Schiller") to comply with a grand jury subpoena. The application is granted. I. Background A. The Protective Order In September 2015, commenced a civil suit against Ghislaine Maxwell, alleging that Maxwell had defamed by stating that was not the victim of sex crimes perpetrated by, among others, Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein ("Epstein"). (15-cv- 7433, Dkt. No. I.) Boies Schiller represented the plaintiff in the litigation, and continues to represent her on a pending post-settlement appeal, which is described below. On March 3, 2016, Maxwell moved before the assigned judge, the Hon. M , for entry of a protective order for materials produced in discovery. Maxwell cited CONFIDENTIAL SDNY_GM_00000875 EFTA_00114959 EFTA01263246