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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 Case 9:08-cv-80380-KAM Document 41 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/06/2008 Page 1 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: 1. 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 HERMAN & MERMELSTEIN, P.A. Attorneys for Plaintiffs Jane Doe 2-5 Jeffrey M. Herman (FL Bar No. 521647) jherman@hermanlaw.com Stuart S. Mermelstein(FL Bar No 947245) ssm@hermanlaw.com Adam D. Horowitz (FL Bar No. 376980) ahorowitz@hermanlaw.com 18205 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2218 Miami, Florida 33160 Tel: (305) 931-2200 By: /s/ Michael R. Tein_______ LEWIS TEIN, P.L. Attorneys for Defendant Epstein Michael Tein, Esq. tein@lewistein.com 3059 Grand Avenue, Suite 340 Coconut Grove, FL 33133 Tel: (305) 442-1101 and ATTERBURY, GOLDBERGER, et al. Attorneys for Defendant Epstein Jack A. Goldberger, Esq. jagesq@bellsouth.net 250 Australian Ave., S., Suite 1400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 2 Case 9:08-cv-80380-KAM Document 41 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/06/2008 Page 2 of 2