DOJ-OGR-00008966.jpg

Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 604 _ Filed 02/17/22 Page1of6 Uspc SDNY DOCUMENT ace Be ee The request for leave to file an DATE FILED: 2/1//22 __ || UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT amicus brief in accordance with : FOR THE this Court's February 11, 2022 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK | order ig GRANTED. SO ORDERED. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Plaintiff, Ne ' i ae ) « v. ) Case No. 20-CR-330 (AJN) an ri22 GHISLAINE MAXWELL Defendant. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AN AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (““NACDL”), through undersigned counsel, moves the Court for leave to file an amicus brief according to the instructions in the Court’s February 11, 2022 order. In support of this motion, proposed amicus states as follows: L. NACDL is a nonprofit voluntary professional bar association made up of and working on behalf of criminal defense attorneys to ensure justice and due process for those accused of crime or misconduct. pn NACDL was founded in 1958. It has a nationwide membership of approximately 10,000 direct members in 28 countries, and 90 state, provincial and local affiliate organizations totaling approximately 40,000 attorneys. NACDL’s members include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, military defense counsel, and law professors. Se NACDL files numerous amicus briefs each year in the Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and other courts, seeking to address issues of broad importance to criminal defendants, criminal defense lawyers, and the criminal justice system as a whole. It does not ordinarily file in the district court but seeks leave to do so here pursuant to the approval DOJ-OGR-00008966