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is an insufficient remedy. As the Second District explained in Gawker Media, LLC v. Bollea, 170 So. 3d 125 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015): It is true that the Gawker defendants have available to them the legal remedy of pursuing an appeal from any future final judgment, in which they could complain of the erran

anxiety" and "emotional distress" he suffered as a result of Epstein's filing and continuation of this lawsuit. At the March 8, 2018 hearing, Judge Hafele himself recognized no less than six times that Edwards' counterclaim for malicious prosecution against Epstein had its 4 EFTA00793696 genesis in

se or e en ant Scott Rothstein Plaintiff Bradley J. Edwards Jack A. Goldberger WA HAND DELIVERY Atterbu , Goldber er & Weiss, P.A. The Honorable Donald W. Hafele uite 1400 Palm Beach County Courthouse 1 205 N. Dixie Highway, Room 10.1216 o- outzse or amt minter- West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Defendant Jeffr

Schoof, 190 So. 3d 169, 170 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016) ("Strict compliance with rule 1.440 is required and failure to adhere to it is reversible error."); Gawker Media, LLC v. Bollea, 170 So. 3d 125, 131 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015) ("[A] party is absolutely entitled to strict conformance with the terms of rule 1.440,

Atterbury, Goldberger & Weiss, P.A. Suite 1400 01 Co-Counsel for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Jeffrey Epstein VIA U.S. MAIL ONLY The Honorable Donald W. Hafele 18 EFTA00793747 111111111 By: /s/ Kara Berard Rockenbach Scott J. Link (FRIse Kara Berard Rockenbach (FBN Rachel J. Glasser (FBN Primary: P

d Marine, Inc., 174 So. 3d 1037, 1039 (Fla. 15 EFTA00793744 4th DCA 2015) (emphasis added; citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Judge Hafele specifically cited this case and its holding at the March 8, 2018 hearing, but failed to explain how he could get around it. Again, "this matter,"

Schoof, 190 So. 3d 169, 170 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016) ("Strict compliance with rule 1.440 is required and failure to adhere to it is reversible error."); Gawker Media, LLC v. Bollea, 170 So. 3d 125, 131 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015) ("[A] party is absolutely entitled to strict conformance with the terms of rule 1.440,

l follow, addressing the severance order, and may be consolidated with the mandamus petition.' At the March 8, 2018 hearing, Epstein advised Judge Hafele of his intent to file the extraordinary writ petitions in this Court, and made an ore tenus motion for stay of the trial court proceedings pending

Atterbur , Goldber er & Weiss, P.A. Suite 1400 01 Co-Counsel for Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Jeffrey Epstein VIA U.S. MAIL ONLY The Honorable Donald W. Hafele Palm Beach County Courthouse 205 N. Dixie Highway, Room 10.1216 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 19 EFTA00793785 LINK & R KENBA H PA By: /s/ Kara B

ld not be entitled to enforce the rule under the circumstances of this case. Epstein relies almost exclusively on the Second District's decision in Gawker Media, LLC v. Baal, 170 So.3d 125, 127 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015); which is distinguishable. In Gawker, the plaintiff brought suit against multiple related

Bar No. 41232 28 EFTA00808546 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true copy of the foregoing was furnished by mail to The Honorable Donald W. Hafele, 205 N. Dixie Highway, Room 10.1216, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 and to all counsel on the attached service list, by email, on March 12, 2018. Jack