UNI TED STATES DI STRI CT COURT SOUTHERN DI STRI CT OF ORI DA CASE NO RRA/J OHNSON Plaintiff vs EFF REY EPSTEI Def endant Re la te a se OR DE File Reda cted Ve rsions of Sensitive Fifth Amendme nt Arg uments and Submit Un-Redacte Def endant iled a re ply DE The motion is fully briefe and ripe for eview he Court has revie wed the motion re sponse re ply and the ecor and is otherwise fully advised in the premises portions of Mag istrate Judge Johnson?s Order dated ebrua ry DE Marc reda cted ve rsions of sensitive Fif th Amendment ar uments and submit origina un-reda cted Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Def endant points out that it previously filed brief befor Judge Johnson in which substantial portions of the arg uments were blacke out and unre dacte briefs ere submitt ed for in am ra revie See DE Howe ver efe ndant did not seek lea ve to file his leg al arg uments in a reda cted ormat nor did Judge Johnson formally approve such a pr ocedur The me re fa th a Judg John so re vio us ly a qu ie sc to De fe nd a nt ili ng of me mor a nd a wi th is le a a rg ume nts re da te is no a ny ind ic a tio th a it wa ro pe ha th is ou rt wi ll a llo i in connec tion with the inst ant appe al arg uments to the Court for in-ca mera inspection Mot a ir st the Cou rt de nie fe nd a nt mo tio or pe rm iss ion to da le a a rg ume nts in is me mor a nd a to fi le a pp a he Cou rt a re ith Pla int if fs tha it wo uld un fa ir ly prejudice Plaintiffs as it would be difficult if not impossibl to re spond adequa tel to critical leg al ar uments which have been edac ted Def endant elies upon ca ses that do not support allowing the filing of leg al memora nda with re da te a rg um nts See U.S aez-Alc aino F.Supp M.D la a llowing the ta king of pleas in ca mera and the iling of edac ted a a a a i i a i a i i i In re uque S.D Fla af firming bankruptc court proce dure by which appellants may reda ct the communica tive materia ls from the docume nts produced to a ppellee a nd submit he orig inal documents under seal for the bankr uptcy court in camer a inspec tion Sterling Me rcha ndising I nc Ne stle S.A Puerto Rico a kn ow le dg ing tha pa rt ie a ile rt a in ri vil in fo rm a tio in a re da te or ma Methodist Hospitals I nc Sullivan F.3d Cir allowing reda ction of th phy sician salar ies from brie as ratuitous ra ther than se al entire memorandum Second the Court will not consider in De fenda nt?s appea any leg al ar uments or documentar evidenc which ere not previously provided to Judge Johnson in he discove ry motions and moti ons for re considera tion being a ppeale Sy stemic eff iciencie would be Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of frustra ted and the ma istrate judg role re duced to that of a mer dre ss rehe arsa if a par ty wer allowed to fe int and wea ve at the initial hea ring and save its knockout punch for the second round Williams McNeil F.3d 11th Cir quoting United States Ho we ll th ir hu the Di str ic Co ur ha isc re tio to re fu se to consider efe ndant?s ar ument that is raised for the first time on appe al See Williams cN ei at a i ri ct co rt as i cr et i ec i co i er a ar arg ument when that a rg ument was not first pre sented to the mag istrate judg see Thomas Har ris WL S.D Fla Dec the Court declines to onsider a non-jurisdictional arg ument that Dr Poveda raises or the fir st tim in his Objections to the Report Finally the Court denies De fenda nt?s reque st that this ourt provide in its order the proce dure or submitting in came ra Rule Appe als for both Jane Doe a nd ane oe Nos a well as a rea sonable de adline for submitt ing a nd filing sa me See Reply at Plaintiffs have not even equeste permission to file in ca mera Rule Appea ls a i i i ORDERED AND AD JUDG ED that Def endant eff rey Epstein?s Motion for eave to File Reda cted Ve rsions of Sensitive Fifth Amendme nt Ar ume nts a nd Sub mit Un da te A rg ume nts to he Cou rt i DE NI ED The deadline or De fenda nt to file his appeal if he so chooses is extended to May DO NE AN RD ER ED in Chambers at West Palm Bea ch Palm Be ach County Florida this day of April th KE TD NN Un TD i ed at es Di ri ct ge Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of Copies to all counsel of ecor Case Document Entered on FLSD Docket Page of
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