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Case 20-3061, Document 60, 09/24/2020, 2938278, Page30 of 58 She is trying to ensure that each of the judicial officers in the active cases has the information from the related cases relevant to his or her decisions. Despite her efforts, she has been stymied by seal orders GE 2nd by the protective order in the criminal case. Ms. Maxwell is in a Catch-22 situation. Judge Preska is presiding over the unsealing of materials subject to the civil protective order. She does not i ee Jig Nathan’s protective order, which prohibits her from sharing that information with Judge Preska. Ms. Maxwell asked Judge Preska to stay the unseal proceedings so that Ms. Maxwell could secure permission to share criminal-protective-order confidential information, but Judge Preska said there was no factual basis to grant a stay. Ms. Maxwell asked Judge Nathan for permission to share information under seal with Judge Preska, a co-equal Article III judge, but Judge Nathan denied the request. Meanwhile, in this Court, the Gzuffre v. Maxwell panel lacks the same information Judge Preska did not have when she issued the unseal order that is the subject of the appeal, and the United States v. Maxwell panel lacks the context of the 25 DOJ-OGR-00019429