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Haddon, Morgan and Foreman, P.C Laura A. Menninger 150 East 10th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80203 PH 303.831.7364 FX 303.832.2628 www.hmflaw.com lmenninger@hmflaw.com February 14, 2018 Via ECF Hon. John G. Koeltl United States District Judge United States District Court Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse Southern District of New York 500 Pearl Street, Room 1940 New York, New York 10007-1312 Re: Sarah Ransome v. Jeffrey Epstein, et al., 17-cv-00616 (JGK) Dear Judge Koeltl: On January 30, 2018, this Court granted Plaintiff’s motion for alternative service. ECF No. 107. Under this Court’s order, Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell has until February 20, 2018 to respond to or answer the amended complaint. On behalf of Ms. Maxwell, I respectfully request a twenty-one day extension of time to respond to or answer the amended complaint in this case. I am presently in the process of securing local counsel for Ms. Maxwell. I have conferred with Bradley J. Edwards, counsel for Ms. Ransome, who has agreed to this request. Accordingly, I respectfully request that this Court grant a twenty-one day extension of time, up to and including March 13, 2018, within which to respond to or answer the amended complaint. Case 1:17-cv-00616-JGK-SN Document 113 Filed 02/14/18 Page 1 of 2 HADDON MORGAN FOREMAN Hon. John G. Koeltl February 14, 2018 Page 2 Respectfully submitted, HADDON, MORGAN AND FOREMAN, P.C. /s/ Laura A. Menninger Laura A. Menninger CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on February 14, 2018, I served the accompanying Letter Motion on the following counsel of record: Sigrid S. McCawley Meredith Schultz BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER, LLP 401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Ste. 1200 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 smccawley@bsfllp.com mschultz@bsfllp.com Paul G. Cassell 383 S. University Street Salt Lake City, UT 84112 cassellp@law.utah.edu Bradley J. Edwards FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L. 425 North Andrews Ave., Ste. 2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 brad@pathtojustice.com Michael C. Miller Justin Y.K. Chu STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 mmiller@steptoe.com jchu@steptoe.com John E. Stephenson, Jr. Alexander S. Lorenzo ALSTON & BIRD, LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 john.stephenson@alston.com alexander.lorenzo@alston.com /s/ Nicole Simmons Nicole Simmons Case 1:17-cv-00616-JGK-SN Document 113 Filed 02/14/18 Page 2 of 2