Epstein Secrets

espondence relating to plea discussions between Epstein's counsel and federal government prosecutorial authorities, are DENIED. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Florida this 18th day of June, 2013. ,en Kenneth Marta United States District Judge cc. All counsel 11 EFTA00600064 Cas

nly whcn it would achieve a public good transcending the normally predominant principle of utilizing all rational means for ascertaining the truth, Adkins v. Christie, 488 F.3d 1324 (11" Cir. 2007), citing United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 710, 94 S. Ct 3090, 3108, 41 L.Ed. 2d 1039 (1974)( privileg

espondence relating to plea discussions between Epstein's counsel and federal government prosecutorial authorities, are DENIED. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Florida this 18ih day of June, 2013. Kenneth Marra United States District Judge cc. All counsel II EFTA00602817

ict -2, this court declines the intervenors' invitation to expand Rule 410 by crafting a federal common law privilege for plea discussions. See e.g. Adkins v. Christie, 488 F.3d 1324 (11ih Cir. 2007)(declining to recognize medical peer review privilege in federal discrimination cases); Weiss ex reL Est

D. 2. The stay of discovery pending ruling on the government's motion to dismiss entered November 8, 2011 [DE# 123] is LIFTED. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Florida this 18th day of June, 2013. United States District Judge cc. All counsel 14 _SEALED /' NOT SEALED EFTA00177806

refers to Federal Rule of Evidence 501, which "empower[s] the federal courts to `continue the evolutionary development of [evidentiary] privileges." Adkins v. Christie, 488 F.3d 1324, 1328 (11th Cir. 2007), quoting Trammel v. United States, 445 U.S. 40, 47 (1980). The "central feature" of Rule 410 "is