Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document582 _ Filed 01/25/22 Page1of4
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Nathan Siegel
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January 25, 2022
VIA ECF
The Honorable Alison J. Nathan
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
40 Foley Square, Room 2102
New York, NY 10007
Re: USA v. Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330-AJN
Dear Judge Nathan,
I write on behalf of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (“ABC News”) and
NBCuUniversal News Group (“NBC News”) to join in the requests of The Miami Herald (Dkt.
No. 581) and The New York Times to oppose the sealing of the motion for a new trial and
supporting exhibits filed by the Defendant (Dkt. No. 578), for all the reasons set forth in those
requests.
ABC News and NBC News further respectfully request that Juror 50’s_ motion to
intervene, which according to this Court’s prior orders (Dkt. Nos. 575 & 576) was e-mailed to
the Court and placed under temporary seal, now be unsealed. Like the Defendant’s Motion for a
New Trial, Juror 50’s motion is a “judicial document” to which the presumption of access under
both the common law and the First Amendment applies because Juror 50’s motion has been, and
continues to be, highly “relevant to the performance of the judicial function and useful in the
judicial process.” U.S. v. Amadeo, 44 F. 3d 141, 145 (2d Cir. 1995) (““Amodeo I”).
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