UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA¶
JANE DOE NO. 2, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80119-MARRA/¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
JANE DOE NO. 3,¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
JANE DOE NO. 4,¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
JANE DOE NO. 5,¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
CASE NO.: 013-CV-80232-MARRA¶
CASE NO.: 08-CV-80380-MARRA¶
CASE NO.: 08-CV-80381-MARRA/¶
Defendant.¶
JANE DOE NO. 6,¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
JANE DOE NO. 7,¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
CASE NO.: 08-80994-CIV-MARRA¶
CASE NO.: 08-80993-CIV-MARRA¶
C.M.A., CASE NO.: 08-8081 I -CIV-MARRA¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
JANE DOE, CASE NO.: 08- 80893-CIV-MARRA/¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN et al,¶
Defendants.¶
DOE II, CASE NO.: 09- 80469-CIV-MARRAi¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN et al,¶
Defendants.¶
JANE DOE NO. 101, CASE NO.: 09- 80591-CIV-MARRa¶
Plaintiff,¶
vs.¶
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,¶
Defendant.¶
ORDER¶
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Plaintiff? Motion for Protective Order Against Piecemeal Depositions of Jane Doe No.'s 2, 3, 4, and 7 and Motion to Consolidate Cases for Purposes of Discovery (DE 66 in 08-80119; DE 58 in 08-80232; DE 73 in 08-80380; DE 23 in 08-80993). The Court has reviewed the motions, responses, replies, and is otherwise fully advised in the premesis. It is hereby¶
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:¶
Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order Against Piecemeal Depositions is GRANTED, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). As to each of the ten above-styled cases, Defendant is limited to a single deposition of each Plaintiff, during which Defendant may depose the plaintiff as both a party and a witness to all other cases of a similar nature of which the plaintiff deposed is aware. Defendant should not expect to be able to re-depose any plaintiff relative to any new cases that may be filed. Therefore, Defendant should examine each plaintiff about the facts relating to all individuals of whom they are aware, regardless of whether an individual has in fact filed a claim against Defendant. In the event additional cases are filed, upon a showing of good cause, the Court will determine whether Defendant will be permitted to re-depose any of the plaintiffs as witnesses to the allegations made in those newly filed cases.¶
Plaintiffs' Motion to Consolidate Cases for Purposes of Discovery is GRANTED. In the interests of judicial economy and efficiency, cases 08-80119, 08-80232, 08-80380, and 08-80993 are hereby CONSOLIDATED for purposes of discovery only.¶
Additionally, the parties in the other six above-styled causes (08-80381, 08-80994, 08-80811, 08-80893 09-80469, 09-80591) are hereby ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE on or before May 5, 2009 why all of the cases should not be consolidated for discovery purposes.¶
DONE AND ORDERED in Florida, this 28th day of April, 2009 at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,¶
Copies furnished to: all counsel of record¶
rZ KENNETH A. MARRA United States District Judge¶