• U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation In Reply, Please Refer to Pile No. Seth Lehrman, Esquire Rothstein Rosenfeldt, Adler Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Re: Jane Doe v. Jeffre Case No: 08-8089 Dear Mr. Lehrman: stein IN/ 16320 N.W. 2nd Avenue North Miami Beach, Florida 33169 October 20, 2009 We are in receipt of your subpoena in the above referenced civil action, received by this office on October 16, 2009. Please be advised that the FBI response to this subpoena is governed by the provisions of Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 16.21 et seq. and the Privacy Act (Title 5, United States Code, Section 552a). These regulations specify that no employee of the Department of Justice, past or present, shall in response to a demand, produce or disclose information unless there is compliance with the applicable provisions. The procedure is mandatory and governs state and federal proceedings and has been upheld in the United States Supreme Court. See U.S. ex rel, Touhv v. Ragen, 340 U.S. 462 (1951). To obtain FBI investigative information, the party making the request must provide to this office an affidavit, or statement which describes the nature of the litigation. To comply with the CFR, the statement should explain the specific information requested and its relevance to the proceedings. If testimony is being sought, then scope of that testimony should be explained. In accordance with these regulations, before any information from FBI files may be released, we must receive and have the opportunity to review you CFR statement. In addition, the Privacy Act (Title 5, U.S.C., Section 522a(b), prohibits the release of agency records pertaining to an individual, or information from those records, for a non-law enforcement purpose. The FBI may not disclose this information without the notarized written consent of each record subject, or an Order from a court of competent jurisdiction authorizing its disclos