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_ Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 403 _ Filed 11/02/21 Page1of4 a U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of New York The Silvio J. Mollo Building One Saint Andrew’s Plaza New York, New York 10007 November 2, 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, New York 10007 Re: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) Dear Judge Nathan: The Government respectfully submits this letter in response to the Court’s Order dated October 29, 2021 (Dkt. No. 420) ordering the Government to respond to the defendant’s October 29, 2021 letter regarding delivery of the defendant’s legal mail at the Metropolitan Detention Center (“MDC”) (Dkt. No. 381). The Government also writes in response to questions raised by the defense at the November 1, 2021 conference about materials sent to the defendant last week. The Government has conferred with legal counsel at the MDC, and was informed of the following: Legal mail from a defendant’s counsel sent through the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) has a different delivery process than that outlined in the Government’s October 15, 2021 letter as to electronic discovery provided by the Government (Dkt. No. 350). MDC’s Legal Department is not involved in the delivery of legal mail sent by a defendant’s counsel. Instead, MDC mail room staff must pick up such mail from the post office once every business day. The mail room staff picks up the mail in the morning. After picking up the mail, the mail room staff must log the mail. Once the mail is logged, the respective unit managers retrieve the mail from the mail room and deliver the mail to the inmates. If, for example, mail is delivered to the post DOJ-OGR- 00006032