Case 9:08-cv-80804-KAM Document 6 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/06/2008 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA NO. 08-80804-CIV-MARRa JANE DOE, a/k/a JANE DOE NO. 1, Plaintiff, v. JEFFREY EPSTE11.1= M, and Defendants. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SEAL THIS CAUSE comes before the Court on Defendants Jeffrey Epstein and Motion to File Under Seal, filed July 25, 2008. Defendants seek to file their Motion to Stay under seal.' The Court has carefully considered the motion and the record and is otherwise fully advised in the premises. As the Court has explained in a related case, Doe v. Epstein, No. 08-80119 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 4, 2008), the Local Rules for the Southern District ofFlorida state that "proceedings in the United States District Court are public and Court filings are matters of public record." S.D. Fla. L.R. 5.4(A). It is well settled that the media and the public in general possess a common-law right to inspect and copy judicial records. See Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 (1978). "The right to inspect and copy records is not absolute, however. As with other 'The parties are reminded that all documents filed conventionally (including those filed under seal) must be filed with the Clerk's Office in West Palm Beach, Florida. 1 EFTA02750127