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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. ____________________________________/ PLAINTIFFS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO RESPOND TO DEFENDANT’S MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND FOR MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT Case 9:08-cv-80232-KAM Document 43 Entered on FLSD Docket 10/24/2008 Page 1 of 4 Plaintiffs, Jane Doe 2, Jane Doe 3, Jane Doe 4 and Jane Doe 5, by and through undersigned counsel, file this Motion for Enlargement of Time to Respond to Defendant’s Motions to Dismiss and for More Definite Statement, and state as follows: 1. Defendant Jeffrey Epstein filed a similar Motion to Dismiss and Motion for More Definite Statement (the “Motions to Dismiss”) in each of the above-captioned cases, on October 6, 2008. Plaintiffs’ response to the Motions to Dismiss under Local Rule 7.1 is presently due on October 24, 2008. 2. Plaintiffs seek an enlargement of time of five (5) business days, until October 31, 2008, to file their response to the Motions to Dismiss. This enlargement of time will synchronize the response date to the Motions to Dismiss in the above-captioned cases with the response date to the similar Motions to Dismiss filed in Jane Doe Nos. 6-7 v. Epstein , case nos. 08-80994-CIV-Marra and 08- 80993-CIV-Marra, which is October 31, 2008. 3. Additionally, this request for enlargement of time is necessitated by Plaintiffs’ counsel’s prior commitments and the demands of other cases and matters, including upcoming discovery cutoffs in Jane Doe v. School Board of Broward County and Scavella , case no. 07-21367- CIV-SEITZ, U.S. District Court, Southern District Court of Florida, and Doe v. Faerber , case no. 05-CV- 142-FTM-33DNF, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. 4. This Motion seeks a brief enlargement of time and is not brought for purposes of delay. 5. Plaintiff has conferred with Defendant’s counsel, Robert Critton, regarding this request for enlargement of time, and he has no objection to this request. WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests an Order granting an enlargement of time of five (5) business days, until October 31, 2008, to file the Plaintiffs’ response to the Motions to Dismiss. Case 9:08-cv-80232-KAM Document 43 Entered on FLSD Docket 10/24/2008 Page 2 of 4 Dated: October 24, 2008. Respectfully submitted, By: s/ Jeffrey M. Herman 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 HERMAN & MERMELSTEIN, P.A. Attorneys for Plaintiffs Jane Doe 18205 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2218 Miami, Florida 33160 Tel: 305-931-2200 Fax: 305-931-0877 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on October 24, 2008, 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. s/ Jeffrey M. Herman Case 9:08-cv-80232-KAM Document 43 Entered on FLSD Docket 10/24/2008 Page 3 of 4 SERVICE LIST DOE vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Jack Alan Goldberger, Esq. jgoldberger@agwpa.com Michael R. Tein, Esq. tein@lewistein.com Robert D. Critton, Esq. rcritton@bclclaw.com Michael Pike, Esq. mpike@bclclaw.com s/ Jeffrey M. Herman _ Case 9:08-cv-80232-KAM Document 43 Entered on FLSD Docket 10/24/2008 Page 4 of 4