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Court Records: United States v. Maxwell (S.D.N.Y. 1:20-cr-00330)
846 documents from this release, most significant first.
Court filing · Aug. 7, 2025Order granting two defense attorneys leave to withdraw from Maxwell case, Aug. 2025The presiding judge's order granting two of Ghislaine Maxwell's defense attorneys leave to withdraw as her co-counsel in the criminal case.Court filing · Aug. 5, 2025Motion by an attorney and an attorney to withdraw as Maxwell's counsel, Aug 2025Notice of motion by attorneys an attorney and an attorney to withdraw as co-counsel for defendant Ghislaine Maxwell.Court filing · Aug. 4, 2025Order granting counsel withdrawal in United States v. Maxwell, Aug. 2025Court order granting two defense attorneys leave to withdraw as co-counsel for Ghislaine Maxwell in her criminal case.Court filing · 2025Proposed order granting an attorney and an attorney leave to withdraw as Maxwell's counselProposed order in United States v. Maxwell granting an attorney and an attorney leave to withdraw as defense counsel, before an official.Court filing · July 15, 2022Judge Alison Nathan order approving redactions to protect victim-witnesses, July 2022Judge Alison Nathan approves government redactions to motions in Ghislaine Maxwell's case to protect victim-witness identities under her anonymity order.Court filing · June 27, 2022Sigrid McCawley letter to Judge Alison Nathan on reading a victim's statement, June 2022Counsel asks Judge Nathan to clarify that she may read a redacted victim's written statement aloud at a Maxwell sentencing-related hearing.Court filing · June 26, 2022SDNY letter to Judge Nathan submitting victim impact statement motion, June 2022Government letter submitting the motion by an accuser's attorney that accompanied her victim impact statement in the Maxwell case.Court filing · June 23, 2022Declaration of victims' counsel on submitting impact statements for Maxwell sentencingCounsel for two Epstein trafficking victims declares he filed their victim impact statements for Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing.Court filing · June 17, 2022Order on logistics for Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing, June 2022Judge Alison Nathan's order sets Ghislaine Maxwell's June 28, 2022 sentencing, courtroom logistics, press seating, and victim access arrangements.Court filing · April 25, 2022SDNY government letter to Judge Alison Nathan on Maxwell sentencing schedule, Apr 2022Prosecutors write the court in Ghislaine Maxwell's case asking to advance the revised presentence report deadline ahead of her June 28, 2022 sentencing.Court filing · March 3, 2022Judge Nathan order relocating Maxwell new-trial hearing to Courtroom 110, March 2022Judge Alison Nathan's order moving Ghislaine Maxwell's new-trial hearing to Courtroom 110 and setting media seating, victim access, and COVID-19 entry protocols.Court filing · Feb. 24, 2022Government letter to Judge Nathan on redactions to Maxwell opinion and orderSDNY prosecutors tell Judge Nathan the government seeks no redactions to the court's February 24, 2022 sealed opinion and order in United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell.Court filing · Feb. 24, 2022Judge Nathan order approving defense redactions in Maxwell case, Feb. 2022An attorney letter to Judge Alison Nathan proposing redactions, with the court's order approving narrowly tailored redactions ahead of a hearing.Court filing · Feb. 11, 2022Ghislaine Maxwell's notice of motion for post-trial relief, February 2022Notice of motion by Ghislaine Maxwell through counsel seeking relief requested in her memorandum supporting post-trial motions in United States v. Maxwell.Court filing · Jan. 28, 2022Government letter on redacting a trial witness's name, Jan. 28, 2022SDNY prosecutors tell Judge Alison Nathan that a witness who testified pseudonymously publicly waived her anonymity, so no redaction is needed.Court filing · Jan. 19, 2022Court filing, 2022-01-19Prosecutors request, with defense consent, that Judge Nathan exclude speedy trial time on Counts 7 and 8 until April 2022 for post-trial motion briefing.Court filing · Jan. 5, 2022Order declining appointed counsel for a juror in Maxwell trial, Jan. 2022Order by Judge Alison J. Nathan declining to appoint CJA counsel for a juror, who retained counsel and does not wish appointed counsel.Testimony · Dec. 29, 2021Maxwell trial transcript on jury deliberation schedule, December 29, 2021Trial transcript in United States v. Maxwell in which Judge Alison Nathan and counsel discuss the jury's request for transcripts and a deliberation schedule over the holidays.Court filing · Dec. 19, 2021Judge Alison Nathan order to publicly file admitted exhibits, Dec. 2021Judge Alison Nathan orders parties in United States v. Maxwell to publicly docket all admitted trial exhibits by December 20, 2021, with narrowly tailored redactions.Court filing · Dec. 19, 2021SDNY letter to Judge Nathan on releasing Maxwell trial exhibits, Dec. 19, 2021Government letter proposing lists of trial exhibits in the Ghislaine Maxwell case for public release, with redactions, addressed to Judge Alison Nathan.Correspondence · Dec. 17, 2021Maxwell defense letter to Judge Nathan seeking arrest of a recalcitrant witness, Dec. 2021Letter from Ghislaine Maxwell's defense counsel asking Judge Alison Nathan to issue an arrest warrant for a witness refusing to comply with a trial subpoena.Court filing · Dec. 9, 2021Court filing, 2021-12-09Court filing · Dec. 9, 2021SDNY government letter to Judge Nathan seeking redactions in Maxwell case, Dec. 2021Letter from Assistant US Attorneys seeking redactions and sealing of exhibits in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial to protect minor victims and witnesses.Court filing · Dec. 3, 2021SDNY letter to the judge on a witness testimonial stipulation, Dec. 2021Prosecutors and defense agreed in principle to a testimonial stipulation for a witness and asked the court to release him from returning.Court filing · Nov. 30, 2021Judge Alison Nathan order on protecting testifying witness identities, Nov. 30, 2021S.D.N.Y. order in United States v. Maxwell directing parties to exchange information about identifying details of a testifying witness by December 1, 2021.Court filing · Nov. 28, 2021Court filing, 2021-11-28Judge Alison Nathan grants the government's request to file under seal a letter motion precluding certain cross-examination of government witnesses in Maxwell's trial.Court filing · Nov. 28, 2021Court filing, 2021-11-28Correspondence · Nov. 28, 2021Letter from defense counsel an attorney to Judge Alison Nathan, Nov. 2021A one-page letter from Ghislaine Maxwell's defense attorney an attorney to Judge Alison Nathan in United States v. Maxwell.Correspondence · Nov. 23, 2021Government letter to Judge Nathan on redactions to defense expert exhibit, Nov. 23, 2021Court filing · Nov. 23, 2021Judge Alison Nathan's order with draft preliminary jury instructions, Nov. 23, 2021Order in United States v. Maxwell attaching draft preliminary jury instructions and setting a November 27, 2021 deadline for parties' proposed edits.Court filing · Nov. 23, 2021Letter to Judge Nathan requesting extension of subpoena production deadlineCourt filing · Nov. 21, 2021Judge Nathan order on defense expert witnesses in Maxwell trial, Nov. 21, 2021Correspondence · Nov. 21, 2021Prosecution letter to Judge Alison Nathan proposing Witness-3 redactions, Nov. 2021Court filing · Nov. 20, 2021Court filing, 2021-11-20Defense counsel letter stipulating to authenticity of birth certificates for alleged minor victims in Maxwell's trial while objecting to one exhibit.Court filing · Nov. 19, 2021Judge Nathan order on redactions for motion to quash Rule 17 subpoena, Nov. 19, 2021Correspondence · Nov. 18, 2021Correspondence, 2021-11-18Testimony · Nov. 16, 2021Testimony, 2021-11-16Court filing · Nov. 15, 2021An attorney letter to Judge Alison Nathan on delayed mail to Maxwell at MDC, Nov. 2021Maxwell's defense counsel writes Judge Nathan reporting the government's late delivery of disclosures to Maxwell at the MDC and requests next-day FedEx delivery with tracking.Court filing · Nov. 15, 2021Judge Nathan order on Maxwell trial voir dire access, Nov. 15, 2021An order by Judge Alison Nathan setting voir dire logistics for Ghislaine Maxwell's trial, including press and public overflow-room access and COVID-19 entry rules.Court filing · Nov. 14, 2021Joint letter to Judge Alison Nathan on prospective juror strikes, Nov. 2021Joint letter from defense counsel an attorney and the government to Judge Nathan regarding which prospective jurors in Maxwell's trial should proceed to voir dire.Court filing · Nov. 8, 2021Prosecution letter to Judge Nathan on MDC legal mail handling for Maxwell, Nov. 2021SDNY prosecutors respond to the court's order describing MDC procedures for delivering Ghislaine Maxwell's legal mail before trial and saying further steps would be burdensome.Court filing · Nov. 7, 2021Joint letter on juror questionnaires in United States v. Maxwell, Nov 2021Joint SDNY prosecutors' letter to Judge Alison J. Nathan listing prospective jurors to proceed to voir dire, be excused, or contested in Maxwell's trial.Court filing · Nov. 3, 2021Judge Alison Nathan order on Maxwell's transportation and legal mail at MDC, Nov. 2021Judge Nathan orders the government to address Maxwell's courthouse transportation and prompt legal mail delivery at MDC before trial.Court filing · Nov. 2, 2021Government letter to Judge Nathan on MDC legal mail delivery, Nov. 2021SDNY prosecutors respond to the court's order explaining MDC procedures for delivering legal mail and discovery materials to Ghislaine Maxwell.Court filing · Nov. 1, 2021Judge Nathan order on motions in limine redactions in Maxwell case, Nov. 1, 2021Judge Alison Nathan orders both parties to submit more tailored proposed redactions to their motions in limine by November 4, 2021, rejecting overbroad requests.Court filing · Nov. 2021Court filing, 2021-11Proposed order by Judge Alison J. Nathan barring courtroom sketch artists from drawing exact likenesses of witnesses testifying under pseudonyms in the Maxwell trial.Court filing · Nov. 2021Court filing, 2021-11Court filing · Nov. 2021Jury questionnaire preliminary instructions in United States v. Maxwell, juror 50Court-issued preliminary instructions for a prospective juror's questionnaire in Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial, describing the six counts against her.