Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 177 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/06/2012 Page 1 of 4

Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 177 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/06/2012 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE No. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON JANE DOE I and JANE DOE 2, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. MOTION TO STRIKE NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY This is a motion by limited intervenors Jeffrey Epstein and attorneys Black, Weinberg, and Lefkowitz, to strike the plaintiffs' notice of supplemental authority [DE 173] because the "authority" cited by the plaintiffs - a comment by attorney Tonja Haddad to attorney Jack Scarola - is neither pertinent, significant, nor authoritative to the issues before this Court. Ms. Haddad's comment to Mr. Scarola does not pertain to plea negotiations and therefore her comment is irrelevant. The facts leading up to Ms. Haddad's comment are these: In a separate civil proceeding, Mr. Epstein has sued attorney Bradley Edwards in state court for abuse of process. Jeffrey Epstein is repre