EFTA00728094.pdf

Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 250 Entered on FLSD Docket 08,0712009 Page 1 of 6 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. 1 EFTA00728094 Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 250 Entered on FLSD Docket 08,07.2009 Page 2 of 6 JANE DOE NO. 6, CASE NO.: 08-CV-80994-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 7, CASE NO.: 08- CV-80993-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. C.M.A., CASE NO.: 08- CV-80811 -MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE, CASE NO.: 08- CV-80893-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, et al., Defendant. DOE II, CASE NO.: 08-CV- 80469-MARRA/JOHNSON 2 EFTA00728095 Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 250 Entered on FLSD Docket 08,07/2009 Page 3 of 6 Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN et al., Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 101, CASE NO.: 08- CV-80591-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. JANE DOE NO. 102, CASE NO.: 08- CV-80656-MARRA/JOHNSON Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. PLAINTIFFS JANE DOES' 2- 7 REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS' PENDING MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER Plaintiffs, Jane Does 2-7, by and through undersigned counsel, hereby file this Request for Emergency Hearing on Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order, pursuant to S.D.F1a.L.R. 7.1(E), and state as follows: I. Plaintiffs Jane Does 2-7 filed a Motion for Protective Order on July 29, 2009 (DE 226). That Motion concerns the acts and conduct of Defendant Epstein's investigators in interviewing nonparties. 2. Since the filing of Plaintiffs' Motion, Defendant's investigators have continued aggressively to contact nonparties seeking extensive personal information about the Plaintiffs. In 3 EFTA00728096 Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 250 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/07/2009 Page 4 of 6 doing so, the Plaintiffs' anonymity is being seriously and unnecessarily compromised. The acts and conduct of the investigators are intimidating the Plaintiffs. Filed simultaneously herewith is the Declaration of Jane Doe No. 7 in further support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order, which specifically describes the conduct of one of Defendant's investigators. 3. Under the circumstances, immediate relief is necessary to protect the Plaintiffs' anonymity. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the time requirements of S.D.Fla.L.R. 7.1 be waived and that an immediate hearing be scheduled on Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order. Dated: August 7, 2009 Respectfully submitted, By: s/ Stuart S. Mermelstein Stuart S. Mermelstein (FL Bar No. 947245) Adam D. Horowitz (FL Bar No. 376980) MERMELSTEIN & HOROWITZ, P.A. Attorneys for Plaintiffs 18205 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2218 Miami Florida 1 Tel: Fax: 4 EFTA00728097 Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 250 Entered on FLSD Docket 08:07/2009 Page 5 of 6 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on August 7, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served this day to all parties on the attached Service List in the manner specified, either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or in some other authorized manner for those parties who are not authorized to receive electronically Notices of Electronic Filing. Is/ Stuart S. Mermelstein 5 EFTA00728098 Case 9:08-cv-80119-KAM Document 250 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/07/2009 Page 6 of 6 SERVICE LIST DOE vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Jack Alan Goldberger. Esq. Robert D. Critton. E . Bradley James Edwards Isidro Manuel Garcia Jack Patrick Hill Katherine Warthen Ezell Michael James Pike Paul .Cassell Richard Horace Willits Robert C. Josefsberg 6 EFTA00728099