Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 13 Entered on FLSD Docket 07:15:2008 Page 1 of 8 Nee UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 08-80736-CIV-MAFtRA/JOHNSON IN RE: JANE DOE, Petitioner. I GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO VICTIM'S EMERGENCY PETITION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CRIME VICTIM RIGHTS ACT. 18 U.S.C. § 3771 FILED Dy D.C. JUL 0 9 2008 STE /EN M. LARIMORE E RA U S LIST. CT. S.D. OF P.A. . wPB. The United States of America, by and through its undersigned counsel, files its Response to Victim's Emergency Petition for Enforcement of Victim Rights Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3771, and states: I. THERE IS NO "COURT PROCEEDING" UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3771(b) Petitioner complains that she has been denied her rights under the Crime Victims Rights Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3771. In the emergency petition filed by the victim, she alleges the Government has denied her rights since she has received no consultation with the attorney for the government regarding possible disposition of the charges (18 U.S.C. § 3771(aX5)); no notice of any public court proceedings (18 U.S.C. § 3771(aX2)); no information regarding her right to restitution (18 U.S.C. § 3771(0(6)); and no notice of rights under the Crime Victim Rights Act (CVRA). Emergency Petition, ¶ 5. The instant case is unique in several respects. First, in 2006, Jeffrey Epstein was charged with felony solicitation of prostitution in the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, Florida. This charge was based upon the offenses alleged in paragraph 1 of the petition. Second, while Epstein has been under federal investigation, he has not been charged in EFTA00235078