Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1015 Filed 12/12/19 Page 1 of 4 Holland & Knight 701 Bnckell Avenue, Suite 3300 I Miami, FL 33131 IT IF 305.789.7799 Holland 8 Knight LLP I vninv.hklaw.com Christine N. Walz +1 305-789-7678 [email protected] Sanford L. Bohrer +1 305-789-7678 [email protected] December 12, 2019 Via ECF The Honorable Loretta A. Preska District Court Judge United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 500 Pearl Street New York, NY 10007 Re: MOTION TO DOCKET AND UNSEAL MAXWELL'S DECEMBER 5, 2019, LETTER v. Maxwell, Case No. 15-cv-7433-LAP Dear Judge Preska: It has come to Intervenors' attention that Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell has transmitted a letter to the court and to Plaintiff's counsel under seal, without any notice of the filing on the Court's docket and without notice to Intervenors, a party in this case. Such surreptitious filing is highly improper and illustrates Maxwell's utter disregard for the public access issues at stake in this litigation. Moreover, there is no indication Maxwell's letter itself or any attachments setting forth Maxwell's arguments on sealing should be sealed. To the extent the attachments contain the names and contact information of any non-parties named in sealed documents, as contemplated by the Court's October 28, 2019 Order (Dkt. 998), the parties should be instructed to enter into a Anchorage I Atlanta I Austin I Boston I Charlotte I Chicago I Dallas I Denver I Fort Lauderdale I Houston I Jacksonville I Lakeland Los Angeles I Miami I New York I Orlando I Philadelphia I Portland I San Francisco I Stamford I Tallahassee I Tampa I Tysons Washington, D.C. I West Palm Beach EFTA02781456