EFTA00222397.pdf

Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 35 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/0612008 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JANE DOE NO. 2, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80119-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 3, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80232-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 4, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80380-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 5, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80381-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JOINT MOTION TO APPROVE STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS AND AGREED DATE FOR DEFENDANT'S RESPONSES TO COMPLAINTS EFTA00222397 Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 35 Entered on FLSD Docket 08(0612008 Page 2 of 2 Plaintiffs, Jane Doe 2, Jane Doe 3, Jane Doe 4 and Jane Doe 5, and Defendant Jeffrey Epstein, file this Joint Motion for Approval of Stipulation of Acceptance of Service of Process and Agreed Date for Defendant's Responses to Complaints, as follows: I. Plaintiffs and Defendant have entered into a Stipulation under which Defendant's counsel waives formal service of process and accepts service of process on behalf of Defendant on a date certain. The parties further agree to thirty (30) days (i.e., September 4) for Defendant to file answers or otherwise respond to the Complaints. 2. The Stipulation provides certainty regarding service of process and the response date, will move these lawsuits forward, and will avoid unnecessary costs of formal service of process on Defendant. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Defendant jointly respectfully request that the attached Stipulation be so ordered. Dated: August 6, 2008. Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Jeffrey M. Herman By: /s/ Michael R. Tein HERMAN & MERMELSTEIN, P.A. LEWIS TEIN, P.L. Attorneys for Plaintiffs Jane Doe 2-5 Attorneys for Defendant Epstein Jeffrey M. Herman (FL Bar No. 521647) Michael Tein, Esq. jherman @hermanlaw.com [email protected] Stuart S. Mermelstein(FL Bar No 947245) 3059 Grand Avenue, Suite 340 [email protected] Coconut Grove, FL 33133 Adam D. Horowitz (FL Bar No. 376980) Tel: (305) 442-1101 [email protected] 18205 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2218 and Miami, Florida 33160 Tel: (305) 931-2200 ATTERBURY, GOLDBERGER, et aL Attorneys for Defendant Epstein Jack A. Goldberger, Esq. [email protected] 250 Australian Ave., S., Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 2 EFTA00222398 Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 35-2 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/06/2008 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JANE DOE NO. 2, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80119-MARRVJOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 3, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80232-MARR)VJOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 4, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80380-MARR)VJOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 5, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80381-MARR)VJOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS AND AGREED DATE FOR DEFENDANT'S RESPONSES TO COMPLAINTS EFTA00222399 Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 35-2 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/06/2008 Page 2 of 2 Plaintiffs, Jane Doe 2, Jane Doe 3, Jane Doe 4 and Jane Doe 5, and Defendant Jeffrey Epstein, hereby enter into this Stipulation for Acceptance of Service of Process and Agreed Date for Responses to Complaints, as follows: 1. Defendant Jeffrey Epstein waives formal service of process under Fed.R.Civ.P. 4, and hereby accepts service of process in each of these cases through service on his attorney, Michael Tein, Esq. It is stipulated, agreed and acknowledged that the Summons and Complaint (DE I) in each of the above-referenced cases was duly served on Michael Tein, Esq. on August 5, 2008. 2. It is stipulated and agreed that Defendant Jeffrey Epstein shall have thirty (30) days from the date of service, until September 4, 2008, to serve an answer or otherwise respond to each of the Complaints in these cases. Dated: August 6, 2008. Respectfully submitted: By: /s/ Jeffrey M. Hennas By: Michael R. Tein HERMAN & MERMELSTEIN, P.A. LEWIS TE1N, P.L. Attorneysfor Plaintiffs Jane Doe 2-5 Attorneysfor Defendant Epstein Jeffrey M. Herman (FL Bar No. 521647) Guy A. Lewis (FL Bar No. 623740) [email protected] [email protected] Stuart S. Mermelstein (FL Bar No. 947245) Michael Tein, Esq. (FL Bar No. 993522) [email protected] [email protected] Adam D. Horowitz (FL Bar No. 376980) 3059 Grand Avenue, Suite 340 [email protected] Coconut Grove, FL 33133 18205 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2218 Tel: (305) 442-1101 Miami, Florida 33160 Tel: (305) 931-2200 and ATTERBURY, GOLDBERGER, et aL Attorneysfor Defendant Epstein Jack A. Goldberger [email protected] 250 Australian Ave. S, Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 2 EFTA00222400 Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 35-3 Entered on FLSD Docket 08'06'2008 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JANE DOE NO. 2, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80119-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 3, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80232-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 4, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80380-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 5, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80381-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. jPROPOSED1 ORDER 1 EFTA00222401 Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 35-3 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/06/2008 Page 2 of 2 Upon the parties Joint Motion to Approve Stipulation for Acceptance of Service of Process and Agreed Date for Defendant's Responses to Complaints, and good cause being shown, said Stipulation is hereby SO ORDERED. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, in Ft. Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, this day of 2008. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE LAPIcadinsgOrd-Shp Sery of Procen.doe -2- EFTA00222402