stein's Case Should Not Turn the Dismissal Into a Drama for the Victims NY Law Journal By Bruce Green and Rebecca Roiphe 8/26/19 Last week, Judge Richard Berman ordered a hearing on the prosecutors' decision to dismiss the indictment against Jeffrey Epstein, who had been charged with multiple counts of sex t

rder in the criminal matter against him because it was required by law to do so after Epstein was deceased. On August 29, 2019, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman formally dismissed SDNY's indictment against Epstein, terminating the criminal action against him. Plaintiff's claims are therefore timely under N.