IS THE SI PITRIOR COCK! (1l I Ill NIIS FILED March 17, 2021 ST-2021-RV-00005 TAMARA CHARLES CLERK OF THE COURT IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. AND ST. JOHN IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ) PROBATE NO. ST-19-PB-80 JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, deceased. ) GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS' NOTICE OF APPEAL & PETITION FOR REVIEW OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S ORDERS The Government of the United States Virgin Islands ("Government") hereby petitions pursuant to V.I. Super. Ct. R. 322(6)(1) and/or 322.1(b) for review of the Magistrate Judge's February 26, 2021 orders (published March I, 2021)1 in In Re: The Estate ofJeffrey E. Epstein, No. ST-2019-PB-00080, which: (1) Denied the Government's Motion to Intervene in the Probate action as a claimant against the Estate (order attached as Exhibit I); and (2) Struck the Government's Emergency Motion to Freeze All Estate Assets and Cash on Hand (order attached as Exhibit 2). In support thereof, the Government slates as follows: BACKGROUND & LEGAL ARGUMENT Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on August 10, 2019, while in custody in New York for sex crimes. Compl., Gov't U.S. Virgin Islands v. Estate opeffrey Epstein, et at, No. ST-2020-CV-14, r 7 (V.I. Super Ct. Jan. 15, 2020). On August 15, 2019, the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein ("the Estate") was created. Id.18. I Although the orders are dated February 26, 2021, the Government did not learn of them until it received a press inquiry on March 12, 2021. The Government contacted the Clerk of the Court, who confirmed that it appears that the Government had not been electronically served with the orders. The Clerk of the Court then served the Government with notice of the orders on March 17, 2021. Therefore, the time to appeal under Rule 322(bX1) and/or Rule 322.1(b)(2)(A) should be calculated from March 17, 2021, making the Government's Petition timely. EFTA02821562