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    "page_number": "1",
    "document_number": "33530",
    "date": "October 15, 2021",
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  "full_text": "U.S. Department of Justice\nUnited States Attorney\nSouthern District of New York\nThe Silvio J. Mollo Building\nOne Saint Andrew's Plaza\nNew York, New York 10007\nOctober 15, 2021\nBY ECF\nThe Honorable Alison J. Nathan\nUnited States District Court\nSouthern District of New York\nUnited States Courthouse\n40 Foley Square\nNew York, New York 10007\nRe: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN)\nDear Judge Nathan:\nThe Government respectfully submits this letter in response to the Court's Order dated October 15, 2021 (Dkt. No. 348) ordering the Government to respond to the defendant's October 14, 2021 letter regarding delivery of the defendant's legal mail at the Metropolitan Detention Center (\"MDC\") (Dkt. No. 346).\nThe Government conferred with legal counsel at the MDC in response to the Court's Order and was informed of the following: As a general matter, legal mail from a defendant's counsel is delivered to the defendant within one business day of receipt at the MDC. Legal mail sent to a defendant from the Government via FedEx goes to the MDC's warehouse. Staff at the MDC's warehouse process and log the mail in a tracking system and then contact the relevant department—in this case, the legal department—about the mail. The legal department has to then go to the warehouse to retrieve the mail, log the mail, assign the mail an internal number for tracking purposes, and fill out a form authorizing the delivery of the mail to the inmate before delivering the mail to the inmate.\nLegal counsel at the MDC has explained to the Government that these are the MDC's DOJ-OGR-00005243",
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      "content": "U.S. Department of Justice\nUnited States Attorney\nSouthern District of New York\nThe Silvio J. Mollo Building\nOne Saint Andrew's Plaza\nNew York, New York 10007",
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      "content": "October 15, 2021",
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      "content": "The Honorable Alison J. Nathan\nUnited States District Court\nSouthern District of New York\nUnited States Courthouse\n40 Foley Square\nNew York, New York 10007",
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      "content": "Re: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN)",
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      "content": "Dear Judge Nathan:",
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      "content": "The Government respectfully submits this letter in response to the Court's Order dated October 15, 2021 (Dkt. No. 348) ordering the Government to respond to the defendant's October 14, 2021 letter regarding delivery of the defendant's legal mail at the Metropolitan Detention Center (\"MDC\") (Dkt. No. 346).",
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    {
      "type": "printed",
      "content": "The Government conferred with legal counsel at the MDC in response to the Court's Order and was informed of the following: As a general matter, legal mail from a defendant's counsel is delivered to the defendant within one business day of receipt at the MDC. Legal mail sent to a defendant from the Government via FedEx goes to the MDC's warehouse. Staff at the MDC's warehouse process and log the mail in a tracking system and then contact the relevant department—in this case, the legal department—about the mail. The legal department has to then go to the warehouse to retrieve the mail, log the mail, assign the mail an internal number for tracking purposes, and fill out a form authorizing the delivery of the mail to the inmate before delivering the mail to the inmate.",
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    {
      "type": "printed",
      "content": "Legal counsel at the MDC has explained to the Government that these are the MDC's",
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      "content": "USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC#: DATE FILED: 10/15/21",
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      "content": "DOJ-OGR-00005243",
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  "entities": {
    "people": [
      "Alison J. Nathan",
      "Ghislaine Maxwell"
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    "organizations": [
      "U.S. Department of Justice",
      "United States Attorney",
      "United States District Court",
      "Metropolitan Detention Center",
      "FedEx"
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    "locations": [
      "New York",
      "Southern District of New York"
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    "dates": [
      "October 15, 2021",
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      "20 Cr. 330 (AJN)",
      "Dkt. No. 348",
      "Dkt. No. 346",
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  "additional_notes": "The document appears to be a formal letter from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Honorable Alison J. Nathan regarding the case of United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell. The letter discusses the delivery of legal mail to the defendant at the Metropolitan Detention Center. The document is stamped as being electronically filed with the USDC SDNY on October 15, 2021."
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