UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK¶
Plaintiff; v. DARREN K. INDYKE and RICHARD D. KAHN in their capacities as the executors of the ESTATE OF JEFFREY EDWARD EPSTEIN, and GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendants.¶
Case No. 1:19-cv-10475-LGS-DCF¶
IPROPOSEDI ORDER STAYING ACTION¶
WHEREAS independent claims administration experts have designed and are implementing the Epstein Victims' Compensation Program (the "Program") to resolve sexual abuse claims against decedent Jeffrey E. Epstein ("Decedent") in a non-adversarial alternative to litigation; and¶
WHEREAS Plaintiff ("Plaintiff," and together with Defendants, Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, as Co-Executors of the Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein, the "Participating Parties"),seeks to participate in the Program; and¶
WHEREAS the Participating Parties and Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell ("Maxwell") seek to preserve their resources and judicial economy by staying this action for sixty (60) days while Plaintiff participates in the Program; and¶
WHEREAS should Plaintiff resolve her claims against Decedent and Maxwell via the Program, Plaintiff will promptly discontinue this action with prejudice.¶
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned counsel for the Participating Parties and Maxwell, that:¶
- I. The captioned action is hereby stayed, both as to discovery and to the resolution of any pending motions, for sixty (60) days from the date of entry of this Order.
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- After expiration of the stay, if any, the parties will confer on a schedule for the remaining discovery in this action and a briefing schedule on Maxwell's Motion to Dismiss or to Transfer (ECF No. 75).
SO ORDERED:¶
Date: , 2020¶
New York, New York HON. DEBRA C. FREEMAN United States Magistrate Judge¶