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USDC SDNY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #;
DATE FILED: 2/11/22
United States of America,
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20-CR-330 (AJN)
Ghislaine Maxwell,
ORDER
Defendant.
ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge:
The Court’s chambers received the attached letter via email from counsel for the National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) seeking leave to file an amicus brief
regarding the Defendant’s motion for a new trial. The Court issues this Order in response.
If any party wishes to file an amicus brief concerning the Defendant’s motion for a new
trial, it may submit to the Court via email a motion for leave to do so on or before February 18,
2022. The Court will only consider such a motion if:
1) Itis timely submitted by February 18, 2022;
2) It is submitted by counsel admitted to practice in the Southern District of New
York;
3) It indicates whether the Government and the Defendant each either consents to or
opposes the motion; and
4) States the interest of the potential amicus and why the additional memorandum of
law would aid this Court’s evaluation of the Defendant’s new trial motion.
If the motion for leave to file meets those requirements, the Court will docket the motion and
rule on it. Any motion that does not meet those requirements will not be considered by the Court
nor docketed. If any motion for leave to file an amicus brief is granted, the party will be
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