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Case 20-3061, Document 82, 10/02/2020, 2944267, Page13 of 37 opportunity to do so in her pretrial motions in the criminal case before Judge Nathan. (A. 93-94). D. Judge Nathan’s Order On September 2, 2020, Judge Nathan issued the Order denying Maxwell’s motion. (A. 99-103). In that Order, Judge Nathan noted that despite “fourteen-sin- gle spaced pages of heated rhetoric,” Maxwell had of- fered “no more than vague, speculative, and conclusory assertions” regarding why the criminal discovery ma- terials were necessary to fair adjudication of her civil cases. (A. 101). Judge Nathan concluded that absent any “coherent explanation” of how the criminal discov- ery materials related to any argument Maxwell in- tended to make in civil litigation, Maxwell had “plainly” failed to establish good cause to modify the Protective Order. (A. 101). Further, Judge Nathan noted that the basic facts Maxwell sought to introduce in civil litigation were already made public through the Government’s letter in opposition to her motion. (A. 101-02). Accordingly, even though Judge Nathan “remain[ed] in the dark as to why this information will be relevant” to the courts adjudicating the civil cases, Judge Nathan expressly permitted Maxwell to inform the tribunals overseeing her civil cases, under seal, of the basic factual background regarding the confiden- tial criminal discovery materials at issue. (A. 101-02). E. Maxwell’s Appeal of the Order On September 4, 2020, Maxwell filed a notice of ap- peal from the Order. (A. 121-23). On September 10, 2020, Maxwell filed a motion to consolidate this appeal DOJ-OGR-00019620