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| From: | [Image] | [Image] | [Image] | (USAFLS) |
| Sent: | Friday, January 06, 2012 12:37 PM | |||
| To: | [Image] | [Image] | (USAFLS); | [Image] |
| Subject: | Status of Outstanding Motions/Discovery issue | |||
There are several motions that are fully briefed but have not been decided:¶
DE50: Petitioners’ Motion for an Order Directing the U.S. Attorney’s Office Not to Withhold Relevant Evidence (this was “held in abeyance” while the Court ordered “limited discovery”).¶
DE51: Petitioners’ Motion to Use Correspondence to Provide Violations of the CVRA and to Have their Unredacted Pleadings Unsealed.¶
DE56: Motion to Intervene by Roy Black, Martin Weinberg, and Jay Lefkowitz¶
DE93: Motion for Limited Intervention by Jeffrey Epstein¶
The first three were all addressed by the Court at the August 12, 2011 hearing, although the Court allowed supplemental briefing after the hearing on DE56. The last of that supplemental briefing was filed on 10/31/2011.¶
DE93 was fully briefed on 10/14/2011.¶
The 90-day mark on DE93 will be January $ 12^{\mathrm{th}} $ . My reading of Rule 7.1(b)(3)(B) is that if there is a hearing, even with supplemental briefing thereafter, one counts from the date of the hearing, and that date has long since passed, so there is nothing to report on DE50, DE51, and DE56.¶
With regard to the outstanding motions, there are:¶
DE119: Our motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction was filed on 11/8/2011. The Jane Does’ Opposition was filed on 12/5/2011. Our Reply has not yet been filed.¶
DE121: Our motion to stay discovery was filed on 11/8/2011. The Jane Does’ Opposition was filed on 12/5/2011. Our Reply has not yet been filed.¶
DE128: Petitioners’ Protective Motion for Remedies was filed on 12/5/2011. Our Opposition has not yet been filed.¶
DE130: Petitioners’ Protective Motion to Compel was filed on 12/5/2011. We have not yet filed our Opposition.¶
One does not begin calculating the 90 days on these motions until briefing is completed.¶
As to the rest of Mr. Cassell’s email, I don’t recall promising early discovery, I only remember promising that, if the motion to stay was denied, we would be ready with our production. Is my memory off? I was going to recommend that I talk to Brad about some of the requests and ask if they have information that leads them to believe that there is evidence to be found (for example, re Bill Clinton or Prince Andrew) so that they can point us in the right direction. I would hate for us to deny something based on my knowledge and find out later about some obscure contact in DC. Thoughts?¶
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To be ready with our production, though, I really need a legal assistant or attorney from Miami to come up here and sort through all of my boxes with me. And someone needs to order Jeff and Alex’s records back from Archives (I don’t know if Matt or Andy’s materials are in archives or any closed file rooms). And someone needs to reach out to CEOS and the DAAG and AAG’s offices, as well as DOJ Appellate.¶
This discovery issue is going to be massive if we are ordered to respond, so it would help to have a civil legal assistant assigned.¶
Assistant U.S. Attorney¶
500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400¶
West Palm Beach, FL 33401¶
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Friday, December 09, 2011 11:22 AM¶
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FW: Jeffrey Epstein lawyers want to depose Scott Rothstein¶
Endless…¶
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 11:20 AM¶
To: Sheehan, Evelyn B. (USAFLS)¶
Subject: Jeffrey Epstein lawyers want to depose Scott Rothstein¶
http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/PubArticleDBR.jsp?¶
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Jeffrey Epstein lawyers want to depose Scott Rothstein¶
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Lawyers for convicted billionaire Jeffrey Epstein will ask a bankruptcy judge for permission to depose Ponzi scammer Scott Rothstein during his two-week deposition beginning next week.¶
U. S. Bankruptcy Judge Raymond Ray in Fort Lauderdale set the hearing on Epstein’s arguments.¶
Epstein, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution following accusations that he had sex with girls, completed his year of house arrest last year.¶
Epstein also is suing Rothstein and former Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler attorney Bradley Edwards for allegedly filing a frivolous case.¶
Rothstein’s deposition begins Monday in Miami and is set to last through Christmas Eve with about 30 lawyers in line to question the former lawyer convicted of masterminding a $1.2 billion settlement financing fraud.¶
Rothstein, who is in protective custody, is serving a 50-year sentence at an undisclosed location.¶
Friday, January 06, 2012 2:45 PM¶
Subject:¶
RE: Status of Outstanding Motions/Discovery issue¶
Yes. Has Brad asked for preliminary responses? Can we actually respond in writing within the allotted 30 days? If we can, I think we should do so.¶
From: [blank], [blank], [blank]. (USAFLS)¶
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 2:42 PM¶
To: ■, ■ (USAFLS); ■, ■ (USAFLS)¶
Subject: RE: Status of Outstanding Motions/Discovery issue¶
Am I authorized to talk through the Requests for Admissions with Brad and give him my preliminary responses?¶
Assistant U.S. Attorney¶
500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400¶
West Palm Beach, FL 33401¶
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Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 2:36 PM¶