UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA¶
JANE DOE NO. 2, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80119- MARIZA¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
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JANE DOE NO. 3, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80232- MARR I¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
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JANE DOE NO. 4, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80380- MARRA¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
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JANE DOE NO. 5, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80381- MARRA¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
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JANE DOE NO. 6, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80994- MARRA/¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
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JANE DOE NO. 7, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80993- MARRA¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
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C.M.A., CASE NO.: 08-CV-80811-MARRA¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
JANE DOE, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80893-MARRA¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
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JANE DOE NO. II, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80469- MARRA¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
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JANE DOE NO. 101, CASE NO.: 09-CV-80591- MARRA¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
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JANE DOE NO. 102, CASE NO.: 09-CV-80656- MARRA,¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
PLAINTIFFS JANE DOE NO 101 AND JANE DOE NO 102's MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE UNDER SEAL RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STAY OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO UNSEAL THE NONPROSECUTION AGREEMENT¶
Pursuant to Rule 5.4 of the Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Plaintiffs Jane Doe No. 101 and Jane Doe No. 102 (together, the "Plaintiffs") by and through their undersigned attorneys, hereby file this Motion For Leave to File Plaintiffs Jane Doe No. 101 and Jane Doe No. 102's Response in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Stay and/or Continue Action for Time Certain Based on Parallel Civil and Criminal Proceedings With Incorporated Memorandum of Law Under Seal, and, as grounds, state as follows:¶
I. Undersigned counsel seek to file this Response in Opposition to Defendant Jeffrey Epstein's Motion to Stay under seal in order to abide by this Court's August 21, 2008 Order to Compel Production and Protective Order entered in Case No. 08-80736- CIV-MARRa (the "Protective Order"). The Protective Order prohibits Plaintiffs from disclosing the Non-Prosecution Agreement (the "NPA") or its terms to any third party. The sealed document should be maintained under seal for the duration of this Court's August 21, 2008 Protective Order.¶
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Undersigned counsel recognize that this Court has previously unsealed documents referring to the NPA. We seek to comply with the Protective Order for this new and independent filing in an abundance of caution, until directed otherwise by the Court.
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If this Court denies Plaintiffs' instant motion, Plaintiffs seek appropriate disclosure of the NPA pursuant to this Court's recent order in Case No. 08-80736-CIV-MARRa (DE #36) denying Plaintiffs Jane Doe No. 1 and Jane Doe No. 2's motion to unseal the NPA. As stated in that Order, the NPA has not been filed with the Court. Plaintiffs Jane Doe No. 101 and Jane Doe No. 102 would then have "a specific tangible need to be relieved of the restrictions" of the Protective Order because consideration of the terms of the NPA is necessary for this Court to resolve Defendant's Motion to Stay.
WHEREFORE,¶
I. Plaintiffs respectfully request this Court to enter an Order granting Plaintiffs Jane Doe No. 101 and Jane Doe No. 102 the right to file under seal their Response in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Stay and/or Continue Action for Time Certain Based on Parallel Civil and Criminal Proceedings With Incorporated Memorandum of Law.¶
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In the alternative, Plaintiffs respectfully request this Court to unseal the Non-Prosecution Agreement in order to allow Plaintiffs to concretely respond to Defendant's Motion to Stay.
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Finally, Plaintiffs respectfully request this Court to grant such other and further relief to which this Court finds the Plaintiff otherwise entitled.
Date: May 29, 2009¶
Respectfully submitted,¶
PODHURST ORSECK, P.A. Attorneys for Plaintiffs Jane Doe No. 101 and Jane Doe No. 102¶
By: s/Katherine W. Ezell Robert C. Josefsberg Fla. Bar No. 040856 rjosefsberg@podhurst.com Katherine W. Ezell Fla. Bar No. 114771 kezell@podhurst.com City National Bank Building 25 W. Flagler Street, Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 Telephone: (305) 358-2800 Facsimile: (305) 358-2382¶
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL RULE 7.1.A.3¶
On May 29, 2009, undersigned counsel conferred with counsel for Defendant in a good faith effort to resolve the issues raised in this motion, and Defendant's counsel advised that Defendant opposes this motion.¶
Date: May 29, 2009¶
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE¶
WE HEREBY CERTIFY that, on this 29th day of May, 2009, we electronically filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. We also certify that the foregoing document is being served this day on all counsel of record identified on the attached Service List either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or in some other authorized manner for those counsel or parties who are not authorized to receive electronically Notices of Electronic Filing.¶
Respectfully submitted,¶
PODHURST ORSECK, P.A. Attorneys for Plaintiffs Jane Doe No. 101 and Jane Doe No. 102¶
By: s/Katherine W. Ezell Robert C. Josefsberg Fla. Bar No. 040856 rjosefsberg@podhurst.com Katherine W. Ezell Fla. Bar No. 114771 kezell@podhurst.com City National Bank Building 25 W. Hagler Street, Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 Telephone: (305) 358-2800 Facsimile: (305) 358-2382¶
SERVICE LIST¶
JANE DOE NO. 2 v. JEFFREY EPSTEIN Case No. 08-CV-80119-MARRa United States District Court, Southern District of Florida¶
Robert Critton, Esq. Michael J. Pike, Esq. Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP 515 North Hagler Drive, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone: (561) 842-2820 Fax: (561) 515-3148 rcrit@bcIclaw.com mpike@bciclaw.com Counsel for Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein¶
Jack Goldberger, Esq. Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A. 250 Australian Avenue South, Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL, 33401 Phone: (561) 659-8300 Fax: (561) 835-8691 jagesq@bellsouth.net Co-Counsel for Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein¶
Bruce E. Reinhart, Esq. Bruce E. Reinhart, P.A. 250 South Australian Avenue, Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone: (561) 202-6360 Fax: (561) 828-0983 ecf@brucereinhartlaw.com Counsel for Co-Defendant,¶
Jack Scarola, Esq. Jack P. M, Esq. Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard West Palm Beach, Florida 33409 Phone: (561) 686-6300 Fax: (561) 383-9456 jsx@searcylaw.com jph@searcylaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff C.M.A.¶
Adam Horowitz, Esq. Stuart Mermelstein, Esq. Mermelstein & Horowitz, P.A. 18205 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2218 Miami, FL 33160 Phone: (305) 931-2200 Fax: (305) 931-0877 ahorowitz@sexabuseattomey.com smermelstein@sexabuseattomey.com Counsel for Plaintiffs in Related Case Nos. 08-80069, 08-80119,08-80232, 08-80380, 08- 80381, 08-80993, 08-80994¶
Spencer Todd Kuvin, Esq. Theodore Jon Leopold, Esq. Leopold Kuvin, P.A. 2925 PGA Boulevard, Suite 200 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 Phone: (561) 515-1400 Fax: (561) 515-1401 skuvin@leopoldkuvin.com tleopold@leopoldkuvin.com Counsel for Plaintiff in Related Case No. 08-08804¶
Richard Willits, Esq. Richard H. Willits, P.A. 2290 10th Ave North, Suite 404 Lake Worth, FL 33461 Phone: (561) 582-7600 Fax: (561) 588-8819 lawyerwillits@aol.com reelrhw@hotmail.com Counsel for Plaintiff in Related Case No. 08-80811¶
Brad Esq. Law Office of Brad & Associates, LLC 2028 Street, Suite 202 Hollywood, FL 33020 Phone: (954) 414-8033 Fax: (954) 924-1530 bedwards@rra-law.com be@bradedwardslaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff in Related Case No. 08-80893¶
Isidro Manuel Esq. Elkins & Boehringer¶
224 Datum Avenue. Suite 900 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone: (561) 832-8033 Fax: (561) 832-7137 isidrogarcia@hellsouth.net¶
Counsel for Plaintiff in Related Case No. 08-80469¶