UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK¶
USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILED: 7/6/2020¶
United States of America,¶
Ghislaine Maxwell,¶
Defendant.¶
20-CR-330 (AJN)¶
ORDER¶
ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge:¶
This matter has been assigned to me for all purposes. In its July 5, 2020 letter, the Government on behalf of the parties requested that the Court schedule an arraignment, initial appearance, and bail hearing in this matter in the afternoon of Friday, July 10. See Dkt. No. 5. In light of the COVID public health crisis, there are significant safety issues related to in-court proceedings. If the Defendant is willing to waive her physical presence, this proceeding will be conducted remotely. To that end, defense counsel should confer with the Defendant regarding waiving her physical presence. If the Defendant wishes to waive her physical presence for this proceeding, she and her counsel should sign the attached form in advance of the proceeding if feasible.¶
If this proceeding is to be conducted remotely, there are protocols at the Metropolitan Detention Center that limit the times at which the Defendant could be produced so that she could appear by video. In the next week, the Defendant could be produced by video at either 9:00 a.m. on July 9, 2020 or sometime during the morning of July 14, 2020. Counsel are hereby ordered to meet and confer regarding scheduling for this initial proceeding in light of these constraints. If counsel does anticipate proceeding remotely, by 9:00 p.m. tonight, counsel should file a joint¶
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letter proposing a date and time for the proceeding consistent with this scheduling information,¶
as well as a revised briefing schedule for the Defendant’s bail application.¶
SO ORDERED.¶
Dated: July 6, 2020¶
New York, New York¶
Alin Q. Nottle¶
ALISON J. NATHAN¶
United States District Judge¶
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