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Case 9:08-cv-80804-KAM Document 6 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/06/2008 Page 1 of 2
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
NO. 08-80804-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON
JANE DOE, a/k/a
JANE DOE NO. 1,
Plaintiff,
v.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, HALEY
ROBSON, and SARAH
KELLEN,
Defendants.
__________________________/
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SEAL
THIS CAUSE comes before the Court on Defendants Jeffrey Epstein and Sarah Kellen’s
Motion to File Under Seal, filed July 25, 2008. Defendants seek to file their Motion to Stay
under seal.1 The Court has carefully considered the motion and the record and is otherwise fully
advised in the premises.
As the Court has explained in a related case, Doe v. Epstein, No. 08-80119 (S.D. Fla.
Aug. 4, 2008), the Local Rules for the Southern District of Florida state that “proceedings in the
United States District Court are public and Court filings are matters of public record.” S.D. Fla.
L.R. 5.4(A). It is well settled that the media and the public in general possess a common-law
right to inspect and copy judicial records. See Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc., 435 U.S.
589, 597 (1978). “The right to inspect and copy records is not absolute, however. As with other
1
The parties are reminded that all documents filed conventionally (including those filed
under seal) must be filed with the Clerk’s Office in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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forms of access, it may interfere with the administration of justice and hence may have to be
curtailed.” Newman v. Graddick, 696 F.2d 796, 803 (11th Cir.1983). This right of access creates
a presumption in favor of openness of court records, which “must be balanced against any
com
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