Epstein Secrets

736-KAM Document 77 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/02/2011 Page 10 of 29 attach after an indictment. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has agreed with the Fifth Circuit's ruling in Dean: "Mite Fifth Circuit has noted that victims acquire rights under the CVRA even before prosecutio

sovereign capacity dealt with a different subject entirely: when an agent of the Government can bind the Government. For instance, United States v. Vondereau, 837 F.2d 1540 (11th Cir. 1988), held that a government loan officer had no authority to waive payment on a government loan. The reason was that ag

charges, would register as a sex offender for life, and "he had made certain concessions related to the payment of damages to the victims, including Jane Doe #I." (DE48 at 12.) Despite this, Petitioners suggest that it was "quite reasonable" for Jane Doe #1 to believe that "Jane Doe #1 also understood her ow

l while actions involving the exercise of exclusively governmental or sovereign powers are not." Id. at 411. In a subsequent case, United States v. Vondereau, 837 F.2d 1540 (11t Cir. 1988), the Eleventh Circuit observed: This Court has held that for estoppel to apply against the Government (1) the tradi

llow the Fifth Circuit's holding in Dean (and the view of the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of New York and the Eastern District of Virginia) and conclude that the CVRA extends rights to Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2 under the facts of this case. C. The U.S. Attorney's Office Has Previous

pel while actions involving the exercise of exclusively governmental or sovereign powers are not." Id. at 411. In a subsequent case, United States' Vondereau, 837 F.2d 1540 (I I th Cir. 1988), the Eleventh Circuit observed: This Court has held that for estoppel to apply against the Government (I) the tra