UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 08-80736-Civ-Marra/Matthewman JANE DOE #1 AND JANE DOE #2, Petitioners, 1. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent, UNITED STATES' MEMORANDUM OF LAW REGARDING INTERVENORS' RIGHTS TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE The Respondent, United States of America, by and through the undersigned Assistant United States Attorney, hereby files this Memorandum of Law regarding the rights of intervenors in this suit to observe and participate in the court-ordered settlement conference. For the reasons set forth below, the United States requests that the Court limit the observation and participation in the private settlement negotiations to the Petitioners, the Respondent, and their counsel. If the Court is inclined to include any intervenor, the United States requests that only intervenor Jeffrey Epstein be included and that, consistent with the Court's and Local Rule 16.2(e)'s mandates that all the parties appear in person, Mr. Epstein be required to attend in person. PROCEDURAL HISTORY REGARDING INTERVENTION This action involves a petition filed on behalf of two individuals ("Jane Doe #1" and "Jane Doe #2") alleging that they were deprived of certain rights contained in the Crime Victims Rights act ("CVRA"), 18 U.S.C. § 3771, by the U.S. government. Since the filing of the suit in 2008, a number of individuals and entities have sought to intervene pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 24.E For As will be explained below, the Eleventh Circuit has determined that this is not a civil EFTA00211680