A federal appeals court issued a show-cause order questioning a sealed summary judgment and other hidden court papers in a defamation case flowing from human trafficking claims against former Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered parties to explain why the court shouldn’t follow its own precedent and unseal the order and related documents in the lawsuit accusing a former Epstein associate of procuring underage girls for sex.