Dershowitz/Giuffre/Maxwell (Epstein) case: previous orders to seal everything have been vacated

and the case has been sent back to District Court for it a "particularized review' of the materials. The mystery litigants (who got the records sealed in the first place) now have two weeks to ask the court to reconsider.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6181300/Epstein-ca2-20190703.pdf

District Court failed to conduct the requisite particularized review when ordering the sealing of the materials at issue. At the same time, we recognize the potential damage to privacy and reputation that may accompany public disclosure of hard‐fought, sensitive litigation. We therefore clarify the legal tools that district courts should use in safeguarding the integrity of their dockets. Accordingly, we VACATE the District Court’s orders entered on November 2, 2016, May 3, 2017, and August 27, 2018, ORDER the unsealing of the summary judgment record as described further herein, and REMAND the cause to the District Court for particularized review of the remaining sealed materials.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-court-orders-release-of-sealed-docs-about-alleged-sex-ring

A federal appeals court has ordered the release of sealed court records pertaining to billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex ring—spelling a victory for the victims, whose lawyers said the documents will prove Epstein trafficked underage girls to his famous friends.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled certain records in a defamation lawsuit filed by accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre against Epstein’s alleged madam, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, should be made public record.

In its opinion, the panel vacated a Manhattan federal judge’s decision to keep the records secret and ordered the summary judgment record in the 2017 case to be unsealed—with minimal redactions—after it issues a mandate closing the case. The court also remanded the case to the district court for a review of the remaining sealed materials.

The court stated that “upon reviewing the summary judgment materials in connection with this appeal, we find that there is no countervailing privacy interest sufficient to justify their continued sealing.”

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-epstein-record-unsealed-20190703-xqdis2pnzzgrdgk4w724zrvaxa-story.html

The records will not be made public immediately. Mystery litigants in favor of keeping them sealed have roughly two weeks to file a formal request asking that all the 2nd Circuit judges consider their arguments.