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This document is a letter from the U.S. Government to Judge Alison J. Nathan, filed on October 15, 2021, in the case of United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell. The letter responds to a court order regarding the delivery of the defendant's legal mail at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC). The Government explains the standard procedures at the MDC, noting that mail from counsel is delivered within a business day, while mail from the Government sent via FedEx undergoes a more complex warehouse processing and logging system before reaching the inmate.

People (2)

Name Role Context
Alison J. Nathan Judge
Addressed as 'The Honorable Alison J. Nathan' and 'Dear Judge Nathan', she is the recipient of the letter from the Go...
Ghislaine Maxwell Defendant
Mentioned as the defendant in the case 'United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell'. The letter concerns the delivery of her ...

Organizations (5)

Name Type Context
U.S. Department of Justice government agency
Appears in the letterhead of the document.
United States Attorney, Southern District of New York government agency
The sender of the letter, representing 'The Government'.
United States District Court, Southern District of New York government agency
The court where Judge Alison J. Nathan presides and where the case is filed.
Metropolitan Detention Center government agency
Referred to as 'MDC', it is the facility where the defendant is detained and where the mail delivery process is being...
FedEx company
Mentioned as the courier service used by the Government to send legal mail to the defendant at the MDC.

Timeline (4 events)

2021-10-14
The defendant, Ghislaine Maxwell, submitted a letter (Dkt. No. 346) to the court about the delivery of her legal mail.
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
2021-10-15
The Government filed a letter with the court in response to a court order regarding the defendant's legal mail.
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
The Government The Court
2021-10-15
The Court issued an order (Dkt. No. 348) compelling the Government to respond to the defendant's letter.
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Judge Alison J. Nathan The Government
prior to 2021-10-15
The Government conferred with legal counsel at the MDC to get information about the mail delivery process.
Metropolitan Detention Center
The Government MDC legal counsel

Locations (4)

Location Context
The jurisdiction of the United States Attorney and the United States District Court mentioned in the document.
The address of the United States Attorney's office.
The address of the United States District Court where Judge Nathan presides.
The location where the defendant is being held and where the mail delivery is taking place.

Relationships (2)

United States adversarial Ghislaine Maxwell
The document is a filing in the criminal case 'United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell', where the United States is the prosecutor and Ghislaine Maxwell is the defendant.
The Government professional Judge Alison J. Nathan
The Government is submitting a letter to Judge Nathan in her official capacity as the presiding judge in the case, in response to her direct order.

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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 350 Filed 10/15/21 Page 1 of 3
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
The Silvio J. Mollo Building
One Saint Andrew’s Plaza
New York, New York 10007
October 15, 2021
BY ECF
The Honorable Alison J. Nathan
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
United States Courthouse
40 Foley Square
New York, New York 10007
Re: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN)
Dear Judge Nathan:
The Government respectfully submits this letter in response to the Court’s Order dated
October 15, 2021 (Dkt. No. 348) ordering the Government to respond to the defendant’s October
14, 2021 letter regarding delivery of the defendant’s legal mail at the Metropolitan Detention
Center (“MDC”) (Dkt. No. 346).
The Government conferred with legal counsel at the MDC in response to the Court’s Order
and was informed of the following: As a general matter, legal mail from a defendant’s counsel is
delivered to the defendant within one business day of receipt at the MDC. Legal mail sent to a
defendant from the Government via FedEx goes to the MDC’s warehouse. Staff at the MDC’s
warehouse process and log the mail in a tracking system and then contact the relevant
department—in this case, the legal department—about the mail. The legal department has to then
go to the warehouse to retrieve the mail, log the mail, assign the mail an internal number for
tracking purposes, and fill out a form authorizing the delivery of the mail to the inmate before
delivering the mail to the inmate.
Legal counsel at the MDC has explained to the Government that these are the MDC’s
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