Opinion
No. 10 Cr. 56 (RJS).
November 15, 2010
ORDER
The Court is in receipt of a letter, dated November 12, 2010, from Defendants Zvi Goffer and Craig Drimal, articulating the reasons for the redactions made by Defendants, without prior Court approval, in their joint motion to suppress, filed on November 3, 2010. Defendants explain that the "redactions were made to protect the privacy of third parties and to prevent disclosure of the contents of documents and recordings under seal." Defendants, however, have no objection to filing a fully unredacted brief. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the government shall respond to this letter by no later than Wednesday, November 17, 2010 and shall articulate what, if any basis, there is for Defendants not to file an unredacted brief, in light of the "strong presumption of public access to court records." Video Software Dealers Assoc. v. Orion Pictures Corp., 21 F.3d 24, 26 (2d Cir. 1994) (citing Nixon v. Warner Comm'cns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597-98 (1978)).
SO ORDERED.
Dated: November 12, 2010 New York, New York