Why did Judge Loretta Preska order the unsealing of the Doe v. Maxwell documents?

Judge Loretta Preska ordered the unsealing of the Doe v. Maxwell documents because she determined that the deposition materials, including Maxwell’s April 2016 deposition transcript, were judicial documents to which the presumption of public access attaches EFTA00095067. The Second Circuit later found that Judge Preska “correctly held that the deposition materials are judicial documents to which the presumption of public access attaches, and did not abuse its discretion in rejecting Maxwell’s meritless arguments that her interests superseded the presumption of access” EFTA00095067.