DOJ-OGR-00002469.pdf

--- Page 1 --- **Document Header:** * **Case Number:** LCASE T20-cr-00330-AJN * **Document Number:** Document 136-9 * **Filed Date:** 02/04/21 * **Page Number:** Page 3 of 33 **Text:** 1. (Case called) 2. THE COURT: Good morning, counsel. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. 3. Not that you are required to be present, but who is on for Ms. Giuffre, please? 4. MS. MCCAWLEY: Good morning, your Honor. It is Sigrid McCawley from the law firm of Boies Schiller & Flexner on behalf of Virginia Giuffre. 5. THE COURT: Good morning. 6. Who is on for Ms. Maxwell, please? 7. MS. MENNINGER: Good morning, your Honor, Laura Menninger on behalf of Ms. Maxwell from Haddon Morgan and Foreman. 8. THE COURT: Good morning. 9. Counsel, as you know, today the Court announces its rulings on the unsealing of the motions associated with docket entries 231, 279, 315, 320, and 335 in Giuffre v. Maxwell, as well as the documents relevant to those motions. 10. At has become the custom, the Court will announce its general findings relevant to this round of unsealing before marching through its specific findings for each document. 11. As to the Court's general findings, to determine whether materials should be unsealed, the Court's mandate is to undertake a particularized review of each document and to: (1) evaluate the weight of the presumption of public access to the 12. SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. 13. (212) 805-0300 **Note:** The text is presented in a typewriter-style font, with no visible formatting or headings beyond the document header. The text is divided into numbered sections, with each section representing a new speaker or topic. The language used is formal and professional, consistent with a court transcript.