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This legal document, filed on July 6, 2020, is a court order concerning the initial appearance and removal hearing for defendant Ghislaine Maxwell. The court justifies holding the hearing via video, citing COVID-19 related standing orders, and finds that this method constitutes a partial, rather than total, closure of proceedings. The court concludes that public and press access is maintained, satisfying the constitutional rights of the defendant and the public.

People (1)

Name Role Context
Ghislaine Maxwell defendant
The document states that a hearing is being held for defendant Ghislaine Maxwell.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
United States government agency
Cited in the legal case "Bucci v. United States".
Press-Enter. Co. company
Cited as a party in the legal case "Press-Enter. Co. v. Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty.".
Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty. government agency
Cited as a party in the legal case "Press-Enter. Co. v. Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty.".
U.S. Courts government agency
Referenced in the URL http://www.nhd.uscourts.gov, which is provided for accessing court orders.

Timeline (3 events)

2020-03-20
Issuance of Standing Order 20-5.
the court
2020-06-17
Issuance of Standing Order 20-21.
the court
2020-07-06
An initial appearance and removal hearing for defendant Ghislaine Maxwell, conducted as a video hearing.
video hearing
Ghislaine Maxwell the court

Locations (3)

Location Context
Cited in the legal case "Waller v. Georgia".
Cited in the legal case "Press-Enter. Co. v. Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty.".
Cited in the legal case "Press-Enter. Co. v. Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty.".

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Case 1:20-cr-00303-AJN Document 62 Filed 07/06/20 Page 23 of 33
incorporated herein. See Standing Orders 20-5 (Mar. 20, 2020)
and 20-21 (June 17, 2020).²
The hearing held today will be an initial appearance and
removal hearing for defendant Ghislaine Maxwell. Today’s
hearing has been noticed as a video hearing. In the event
defendant consents to proceed, the court makes the findings
below.
Before convening this video/telephone hearing, the court
carefully considered the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to
public court proceedings and the public’s and press’s First
Amendment rights to in-person access to such proceedings. See
Bucci v. United States, 662 F.3d 18, 22 (1st Cir. 2011) (citing
Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39, 48 (1984)); Press-Enter. Co. v.
Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty., 464 U.S. 501, 509-
10 (1984). This Order details my findings.
II. Partial Rather Than Total Closure
The court first finds that this video hearing constitutes a
partial, rather than total, closure of these proceedings. The
court so finds because the goals of public access will still be
achieved: this proceeding is not being held in secret and the
public, including members of the press, maintains the
² All the court’s Standing Orders regarding the COVID-19
outbreak can be found here: http://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/court-
response-coronavirus-disease-covid-19.
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