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mitted, STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP By /s/ Michael Miller Justin Y.K. Chu Attorneys for Defendants JEFFREY EPSTEIN & To: FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L. Brad Edwards Attorney for Plaintiff Jane Doe 43 ALSTON & BIRD, LLP Alexander S Lorenzo John E. Stephenson, Jr. (Applic
By /s/ Michael Miller Justin Y.K. Chu Attorneys for Defendants JEFFREY EPSTEIN & To: FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L. Brad Edwards Attorney for Plaintiff Jane Doe 43 ALSTON & BIRD, LLP Alexander S Lorenzo John E. Stephenson, Jr. (Application for admission pro hac vice pend
re relaxed pleading standards set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 127 S.Ct. 1955 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Igbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (2009). These two decisions set forth the basic requirements for pleading a claim. As explained and applied by the Second Circuit:
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fendant's liability, it stops short of the line between possibility and plausibility of entitlement to relief. Wood, 328 Fed.Appx. at 747 (quoting Igbal, 129 S.Ct. at 1949). Here, at best, the Complaint merely parrots the statutory elements of a Section 1595 claim regarding fraud and coercion withou
Michael C. Miller 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York. NY 10036 main www.steploe.com May 2017 Brad Edwards, Esq. Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. 425 North Andrews Avenue, Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Re: Jane Doe 43 v. Je
Michael C. Miller 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York. NY 10036 main www.steploe.com May 2017 Brad Edwards, Esq. Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. 425 North Andrews Avenue, Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Re: Jane Doe 43 v. Jeffery Epstein, et al. Civil Action No.
fendant's liability, it stops short of the line between possibility and plausibility of entitlement to relief. Wood, 328 Fed.Appx. at 747 (quoting Igbal, 129 S.Ct. at 1949). Here, the Complaint merely parrots the statutory elements of a Section 1595 claim regarding fraud and coercion. As described i
Entities connected to both Bradley Edwards and Igbal

Jeffrey Epstein
PERSONJane Doe
PERSONMaria Farmer
PERSON
Ghislaine Maxwell
PERSON
United States
LOCATIONthe Southern District
LOCATIONFISTOS & LEHRMAN
ORGANIZATION
Marc Rich
PERSON
New York
LOCATION
U.S. Virgin Islands
LOCATION
Michael Cohen
PERSONAce Greenberg
PERSONSecond Circuit
ORGANIZATION
Anderson
PERSONthe Upper East Side
LOCATION
Ashcroft
PERSONO'Brien
PERSON
Michael C. Miller
PERSONTwombly
PERSONBell Atlantic Corp.
ORGANIZATION