EFTA00809154.pdf

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA CIRCUIT CIVIL DIVISION AG CASE NO. 50-2009-CA-04080040D0C-MB JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, v. SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, and BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, individually. L M, Defendants/Counter-Plaintiff. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF/COUNTER-DEFENDANT, JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S, MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE OF TRIAL, SETTING HEARINGS AND RESETTING CASE FOR SPECIAL SET TRIAL THIS CAUSE came before this court on the Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, JEFFREY EPSTEIN's, Motion for Continuance of Trial and to Extend Pre-Trial Deadlines or, in the Alternative, Bifurcation of Trial, and the court, having heard arguments of counsel, having reviewed the motion and the attachments as well as the court file, and being fully advised of the premises it is: ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the motion to continue is granted thereby mooting the remaining motions. Under the circumstances of this unusual and relatively complex case, the court finds that there are simply too many significant, lengthy motions that are pending and need to be heard prior to December 5, 2017, the date that the trial was originally scheduled to commence. The court and counsel have tried to schedule these extensive and numerous pretrial motions but due to the busy schedules of all concerned, trying to hear all of the motions between now (November 14, 2017) and prior to December 5, 2017, would cause undue strain on the part of the court and counsel. At this late juncture, not knowing how the court will rule on critical issues would require counsel to try to strategize and plan their respective cases under extreme uncertainty and duress. To stem this overriding concern but also taking into account the age of the case (the case's extensive appellate history is well known to the parties and will not be repeated here), the court specially sets this case Number I for the ten (10) day period commencing March 13, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom IOC. In the interim, lead counsel of record shall prepare a list of the parties' respective motions and the agreed sequence of the motions to be heard as well as the total anticipated time for argument (motion, response and rebuttal only). As to the written motions, only the motion and a response will be permitted. No reply briefs will be allowed Page 1 of 3 EFTA00809154 absent court order. This schedule shall be prepared and presented to the court no later than noon on November 17. 2017 as the court will be on vacation during Thanksgiving week. In addition to the November 29, 2017 date already provided (10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and allowing one hour and fifteen minutes for lunch), the court is opening up December 5. 2017 (10:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.) and December 7. 2017 (10:00 a.m. — noon) so that all Nag lin motions (only) can be heard. DONE AND ORDERED in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County. Florida, this 14th day of November. 2017. W-Z009-Ce15+:- CIRCUIT Id 1.0010 Circult. ASO .. . . . .. . .. .. DONALD 11AFELE Circuit Judge Copies furnished to: I7 Andrew A. Harris Fro Bradley James Edwards ( MM) Fred Haddad ( ) re John Scarola P. JOSE PH E ACKFRMAN. JR 17 KARA BERARD ROCKENBACH R-0 Maria Kelljchian Matthew D Weissing Fre Nichole Johnston Segal ( ) M 17 SCOTT J INK 1.7 [email protected] Russell S. Adler Tonja Haddad Coleman la William Bennett King William Chester Brewer, Jr. ( ) William B. King John Scarola Rodney G Romano ( ) Angela Marie Many ( ) Page 2 of 3 EFTA00809155  ▪ Kara Berard Rockenbach John R. Beranek ) Fred Haddad =~~) • James B Chaplin ) • Tonja Haddad Coleman 71. NICHOLE J SEGAL ~~) • Fred Haddad W~S • Jayme Lynn Day ) • John R. Beranek ) • Jack A Goldberger ) Iro Andrew A Harris P Kara Berard Rockenbach • NICHOLE J SEGAL ) Marc Nurik • Jack A Goldberger ) Bradley Edwards ) • Angela M. Many ) • Scott Jeffrey Link ) • Kara Gerard Rockenbach • W Chester Brewer Jr ~~) Page 3 of 3 EFTA00809156