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Case 9:25-mc-80920-RLR Document 4 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/23/2025 Page 1 of 12
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FILED BY ,,.,/4 C o.c.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
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IN RE: Grand Jury 05-02 JUL 23 2025
(WPB) & 07-103 (WPB) ANGELA E. NOBLE
CLERK U.S. 01ST. CT.
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ORDER DENYING PETITION TO UNSEAL GRAND JURY TRANSCRIPTS
The matter before the Court is the United States ' request to unseal grand jury transcripts
stemming from the Government's investigation into Mr. Jeffrey Epstein in the Southern District
of Florida. For the reasons set forth below, Eleventh Circuit law does not permit this Court to grant
the Government's request; the Court's hands are tied-a point that the Government concedes.
The Government initiated the matter before the Court by filing the United States' Petition
to Unseal Grand Jury Transcripts on July 18, 2025 , and the Government's Response to the Court's
Order on Supplemental Briefing (hereinafter "Supp. Br.") on July 20, 2025 (together, the
" Petition"). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6, the Government requests that the
transcripts related to grand jury investigations 05-02 (WPB) and 07-103 (WPB) (the "Florida
Federal Grand Jury Proceedings") be unsealed "subject to appropriate redactions of victim-related
and other personal identifying information." Pet. at I. Additionally, the Government states that
"[t]o the extent this Court ma
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