f criminal proceedings, "a party bears the heavy burden of demonstrating that there would be a clear case of hardship if a stay did hot issue." GLL GmbH & Co. Messeturm KG v. La Vecchia, 247 F.R.D. 231, 233 (D. Me. 2008) (internal quotations omitted). Epstein's motion fails for at least three reasons. Fir

f criminal proceedings, "a party bears the heavy burden of demonstrating that there would be a clear case of hardship if a stay did not issue." GLL GmbH & Co. Messeturm KG1 LaVecchia, 247 F.R.D. 231, 233 (D. Me. 2008) (internal quotations omitted). Epstein's motion fails for at least three reasons. First,

f criminal proceedings, "a party bears the heavy burden of demonstrating that there would be a clear case of hardship if a stay did not issue." GLL GmbH & Co. Messeturm KG v. La Vecchia, 247 F.R.D. 231, 233 (D. Me. 2008) (internal quotations omitted). Epstein's motion fails for at least three reasons. Fir