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  "full_text": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 311-4 Filed 07/02/21 Page 2 of 27 To Be Filed Under Seal UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x IN RE GRAND JURY SUBPOENA 19 Misc. 149 (CM) x SEALED MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING THE GOVERNMENTS 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. Robert W. Sweet in a civil defamation action, Giuffre v. Maxwell, No. 15-cv-7433 (S.D.N.Y.) (\"the Giuffre Action\"), in order to permit the law firm of Boies 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, Virginia L. Giuffre commenced a civil suit against Ghislaine Maxwell, alleging that Maxwell had defamed Giuffre by stating that Giuffre was not the victim of sex crimes perpetrated by, among others, Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein (\"Epstein\"). (15-cv-7433, Dkt. No. 1.) 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. Robert W. Sweet, for entry of a protective order for materials produced in discovery. Maxwell cited 1 SDNY_GM_00000875 DOJ-OGR-00004925",
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      "content": "McMahon, C.J.: The Government has filed an application for modification of a March 18, 2016 pretrial protective order, entered by the late Hon. Robert W. Sweet in a civil defamation action, Giuffre v. Maxwell, No. 15-cv-7433 (S.D.N.Y.) (\"the Giuffre Action\"), in order to permit the law firm of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP (\"Boies Schiller\") to comply with a grand jury subpoena. The application is granted.",
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      "content": "I. Background A. The Protective Order In September 2015, Virginia L. Giuffre commenced a civil suit against Ghislaine Maxwell, alleging that Maxwell had defamed Giuffre by stating that Giuffre was not the victim of sex crimes perpetrated by, among others, Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein (\"Epstein\"). (15-cv-7433, Dkt. No. 1.) 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. Robert W. Sweet, for entry of a protective order for materials produced in discovery. Maxwell cited",
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      "Virginia L. Giuffre",
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