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Summary
A legal letter from attorney Christian R. Everdell to Judge Alison J. Nathan requesting a court order for the Bureau of Prisons to grant Ghislaine Maxwell weekend and holiday access to a discovery review laptop. The letter argues that current prison computers lack necessary software to review millions of documents before the July 12, 2021 trial, and notes that the government does not object to this request.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Christian R. Everdell | Attorney / Partner |
Author of the letter from Cohen & Gresser LLP representing Ghislaine Maxwell.
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| Alison J. Nathan | Judge |
Recipient of the letter; Judge for the United States District Court.
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| Ghislaine Maxwell | Defendant |
Client of Cohen & Gresser; subject of the request for laptop access to review discovery materials.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Cohen & Gresser LLP |
Law firm representing Ghislaine Maxwell.
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| United States District Court, Southern District of New York |
Court handling the case.
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| Bureau of Prisons |
Agency controlling Maxwell's detention conditions.
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| MDC |
Metropolitan Detention Center; facility where Maxwell is held.
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| The Government |
Prosecution team (implied Dept of Justice/US Attorneys).
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Timeline (2 events)
November-December 2020
14-day quarantine period for Ghislaine Maxwell due to COVID exposure.
MDC Isolation Cell
Ghislaine Maxwell
MDC Staff Member
Locations (3)
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Address of Cohen & Gresser LLP.
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Address of United States Courthouse.
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Metropolitan Detention Center (prison facility).
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Relationships (2)
Letter states 'We write on behalf of our client, Ghislaine Maxwell'
Maxwell was quarantined because she had come into close contact with a member of the MDC staff who had tested positive for COVID.
Key Quotes (3)
"We write on behalf of our client, Ghislaine Maxwell, to respectfully request that the Court order the Bureau of Prisons to give Ms. Maxwell access to the laptop computer provided by the government so that she can review discovery on weekends and holidays."Source
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"If Ms. Maxwell is to have any hope of reviewing the millions of documents produced in discovery so that she can properly prepare her defense by the July 12, 2021 trial date, she must have access to the laptop every day, including weekends and holidays."Source
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Quote #2
"Defense counsel has raised this issue with the government and it has no objection to Ms. Maxwell having access to the laptop seven days a week."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 115 Filed 01/14/21 Page 1 of 2
C&G
COHEN & GRESSER LLP
800 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
+1 212 957 7600 phone
www.cohengresser.com
COHEN & GRESSER LLP
800 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
+1 212 957 7600 phone
www.cohengresser.com
Christian R. Everdell
+1 (212) 957-7600
ceverdell@cohengresser.com
+1 (212) 957-7600
ceverdell@cohengresser.com
January 14, 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, NY 10007
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
United States Courthouse
40 Foley Square
New York, NY 10007
Re: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN)
Dear Judge Nathan:
We write on behalf of our client, Ghislaine Maxwell, to respectfully request that the Court order the Bureau of Prisons to give Ms. Maxwell access to the laptop computer provided by the government so that she can review discovery on weekends and holidays.
At the request of defense counsel, the government provided Ms. Maxwell with a laptop computer to review the voluminous discovery, which was produced on a series of external hard drives. Currently, Ms. Maxwell is given access to the laptop only on weekdays. On weekends and holidays, Ms. Maxwell must use the prison computer on her floor to review discovery. However, the prison computer is not equipped with the software necessary to read large portions of the discovery recently produced by the government. As a result, Ms. Maxwell loses several days of review time every weekend and every holiday because she does not have access to the laptop. If Ms. Maxwell is to have any hope of reviewing the millions of documents produced in discovery so that she can properly prepare her defense by the July 12, 2021 trial date, she must have access to the laptop every day, including weekends and holidays.
Defense counsel has raised this issue with the government and it has no objection to Ms. Maxwell having access to the laptop seven days a week. At the request of defense counsel, the government has contacted officials at the MDC on several occasions in the past few weeks to request that they lift this restriction, but without success.
There is no principled justification for this restriction. Ms. Maxwell was given access to the laptop every day (including weekends and the Thanksgiving holiday) for the entire 14-day period that she was quarantined in her isolation cell in November-December 2020 because she had come into close contact with a member of the MDC staff who had tested positive for COVID. In addition, the laptop is kept in a locker in the same room where the prison computer is located, so it
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