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Case 1:17-mc-00025-RWS Document 10-3 Filed 06/30/16 Page 1 of 11
EXHIBIT C
Case 1:17-mc-00025-RWS
Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document
Document 324 10-3
Entered Filed Docket
on FLSD 06/30/16 Page 2 ofPage
04/07/2015 11 1 of 10
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO.:08-CV-80736-KAM
JANE DOE 1 and JANE DOE 2,
Petitioners,
vs.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent.
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ORDER DENYING PETITIONERS’ MOTION TO JOIN UNDER RULE 21 AND
MOTION TO AMEND UNDER RULE 15
This cause is before the Court on Jane Doe 3 and Jane Doe 4’s Corrected Motion
Pursuant to Rule 21 for Joinder in Action (“Rule 21 Motion”) (DE 280), and Jane Doe 1 and Jane
Doe 2’s Protective Motion Pursuant to Rule 15 to Amend Their Pleadings to Conform to
Existing Evidence and to Add Jane Doe 3 and Jane Doe 4 as Petitioners (“Rule 15 Motion”) (DE
311). Both motions are ripe for review. For the following reasons, the Court concludes that they
should be denied.
I. Background
This is an action by two unnamed petitioners, Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, seeking to
prosecute a claim under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3771. (DE 1).
Generally, they allege that the respondent Government violated their rights under the CVRA by
failing to consult with them before negotiating a non-prosecution agreement with Jeffrey Epstein,
who subjected them to various sexual crimes while they were minors. (Id.). Petitioners initiated
this action in July 2008.
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