Subject: BOP OFFICIAL - LEGAL HOLD NOTICE for (INMATE DEATH)¶
Legal Hold Notice: Record Custodians¶
Privileged and Confidential¶
U.S. Department of Justice¶
Federal Bureau of Prisons¶
Aug 14 2019¶
CONFIDENTIAL¶
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FROM: The Office of the General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Prisons Supervisory CLC Attorney¶
EMAIL: 150 PARK ROW New York NEW YORK NY 10007¶
RE: Obligation to Preserve Records and Electronically Stored Information in INMATE DEATH, LANN-CIV-2019-00204¶
The BOP and its employees are required to preserve any potentially relevant information pertaining to:¶
On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at around 6:30 am, EPSTEIN, Jeffrey, reg. no. 76318-054, was found unresponsive in his cell in conjunction with an apparent suicide, and, subsequently, pronounced dead at the local hospital. No lawsuit has been filed yet, but one is anticipated.¶
In this case, relevant information includes, but is not limited to:¶
Please preserve all electronic files (e.g. emails, Word documents, TRUSCOPE entries, videos, BEMR records) and all handwritten or other physical documents pertaining to inmate Epstein.¶
You have been identified as an individual likely to have information relevant to this matter. Therefore, you must take appropriate steps to preserve any such information in your possession, custody, or control even if it otherwise would be destroyed, deleted or overwritten, in the normal course of Agency operations. Knowingly altering, editing, or deleting potentially relevant information could result in court-ordered sanctions against the BOP and/or employment action against staff.¶
Electronically stored information (ESI) includes all information stored in any digital medium, including the BOPA’s computer network, any PCs, laptop computers, all back-up media, email, calendars, word processing documents, scanned documents, spreadsheets, photos and drafts.¶
DO NOT DISCARD OR DESTROY ANY RECORDS (ELECTRONICALLY STORED OR OTHERWISE) RELATING TO THIS MATTER.¶
Action Required:¶
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Complete the attached Custodian Document Search Checklist and return to a10johnson@bop.gov by 08/21/2019.
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Preserve Relevant Information
a. Do not alter, edit, delete, or otherwise destroy potentially relevant information in either paper or digital documents. All auto-deletion functions should be turned off and any retention policy should be suspended if execution would cause the loss of potentially relevant information. Do not move or alter electronic documents as this will
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CERTIFICATION¶
I certify that I have read the above, and I am complying with my preservation obligations.¶
(PLEASE CERTIFY BY CLICKING “CONFIRMATION LINK” below.)¶
Confirmation Link¶
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