Court filing · Aug. 21, 2019

Judge Berman order setting hearing on dismissal of Epstein indictment, Aug. 2019

Judge Richard Berman orders a hearing on the government's proposed nolle prosequi dismissal of Jeffrey Epstein's indictment after his death, allowing victims and counsel to be heard.Machine-written summary

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, -X¶

-against-Government. ORDER
¶

JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. X¶

USDC SDNY I DOCUMENT i ELECTRONICALLY FILED i DOC #: II DATE FILED:¶

19 Cr 490¶

The Court will conduct a brief hearing on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 10:30 am. in connection with the nolle prusequi order proposed to the Court on August 19, 2019 by the United States Attorney.¶

The Court believes that where, as here, a defendant has died before any judgment has been entered against him, the public may still have an informational interest in the process by which the prosecutor seeks dismissal of an indictment.¶

At the hearing, Counsel for the Government and for the deceased Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, will be heard. Counsel for the victims and the victims will also be heard, if they wish to be.¶

The hearing will be held in Courtroom 17B.¶

Dated: New York, New York August 21, 2019¶

RICHARD M. BERMAN, U.S.D.J.¶

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Judge Berman order setting hearing on dismissal of Epstein indictment, Aug. 2019