Copr. (C) West 1998 No Claim to Orig. U.S. Govt. Works Not Reported in F.Supp. (Cite as: 1998 WL 159055 (S.D.N.Y.)) United States of America, Plaintiff, I. Jeffrey E. EPSTEIN, Ivan S. Fisher, Ellyn Bank, Debra Elisa Cohen, Diane Fisher d/b/a the Fisher Group, Fisher & Soffer a/k/a Fisher & Sophir, D. Gerzog, Robert Heilbrun, Suzanne McDermott, Christopher H. Martin, Jesse Siegel a/k/a Jessie Siegel, Siegel, Martin & Heilbrun, Ron Soffer, and Carmen Tausik, Defendants. No. 96 CIV. 8307(DC). United States District Court, S.D. New York. April I, 1998. Mary Jo White, Esq., United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, By Serene K. Nakano, Esq., Assistant United States Attorney, New York, for the United States. Wachtel & Masyr, LLP, By Steven J. Cohen, Esq., New York, for Jeffrey E. Epstein. Gage & Pavlis, By G. Robert Gage, Jr., Esq., Ellen J. Casey, Esq., New York, for Ivan S. Fisher, Diane Fisher d/b/a The Fisher Group, and Fisher & Soffer a/k/a Fisher & Sophir. Ellyn Bank, Esq., New York, Pro Se. Debra Elisa Cohen, Esq., New York, Pro Se. D. Gerzog, Esq., New York, Pro Se. Robert Heilbrun, Esq., New York, Pro Se. Suzanne McDermott, Esq., New York, Pro Se. Christopher H. Martin, Esq., New York Defenders Service, New York, Pro Se. Jessie Siegel a/k/a Jesse Siegel, Esq., New York, Pro Se. Siegel, Martin & Heilbrun, By Robert Heilbrun, Esq., A Partner of the Finn, New York, Pro Se. Ron Soffer, Esq., New York, Pro Se. Carmen Tausik, Esq., New York, Pro Se. OPINION CHIN, D.J. *1 In this case, the United States (the "Government") seeks to evict defendants from a building formerly used as a residence by the Deputy Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran ("Iran"). After diplomatic and consular relations with Iran were severed in 1980, the Office of Foreign Missions ("OFM") of the United States Department of State took possession of the building pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, 22 U.S.C. s 4301 et seq. OFM leased th