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This legal document, filed on July 2, 2020, is a court order concerning the initial appearance and removal hearing for defendant Ghislaine Maxwell. The court details its decision to hold the hearing via video, justifying it as a partial, rather than total, closure of proceedings. It references its own Standing Orders related to the COVID-19 outbreak and cites legal precedents to affirm that it has considered the defendant's Sixth Amendment rights and the public's First Amendment rights to access.

People (1)

Name Role Context
Ghislaine Maxwell Defendant
Mentioned as the defendant for whom an initial appearance and removal hearing is being held.

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
United States Government agency
Mentioned in the case citation "Bucci v. United States".
Press-Enter. Co. Company
Mentioned in the case citation "Press-Enter. Co. v. Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty.".
Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty. Government agency
Mentioned in the case citation "Press-Enter. Co. v. Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty.".
U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire Government agency
Inferred from the URL provided in the footnote (nhd.uscourts.gov) for the court's Standing 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
2020-07-02
An initial appearance and removal hearing for defendant Ghislaine Maxwell, held as a video hearing.
Ghislaine Maxwell the court

Locations (3)

Location Context
Mentioned in the case citation "Waller v. Georgia".
Mentioned in the case citation "Superior Court of California".
Mentioned in the case citation "Superior Court of California, Riverside Cty.".

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Case 1:20-mj-00132-AJD Document 2 Filed 07/02/20 Page 2 of 7 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
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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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