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Case 1:19-cv-10577-LJL-DCF Document 17 Filed 01/02/20 Page 1 of 2 Troutman Sanders LLP 875 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 troutman.com Bennet J. Moskowitz [Email Redacted] January 2, 2020 Application GRANTED. A referral order will issue separately. The initial pretrial conference, scheduled for January 9, 2020, is canceled. ECF Dated: January 2, 2020 Hon. Lorna G. Schofield New York, New York Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse 40 Foley Square New York, NY 10007 troutmaril sanders USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILED: 1/2/2020 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE LOR A G. SCHOFIEL Re: Jane Doe 1000 v. Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn in their capacities as the executors of the Estate of Jeffrey Edward Epstein, Case No. 19-cv-10577-LGS Dear Judge Schofield: We represent Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, Co-Executors of the Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein (together, "Defendants") in the referenced action. Defendants respectfully request that the Court refer this action to Magistrate Judge Debra C. Freeman for General Pretrial (including scheduling, discovery, non-dispositive pretrial motions, and settlement). Plaintiff consents to this request. As a matter of context, several other Judges in this District have collectively referred to Magistrate Freeman for General Pretrial numerous actions against Defendants in their capacities as Co-Executors of the Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein, including two actions in which the parties are represented by the respective counsel of record in this action.' Magistrate Freeman held a status conference on November 21, 2019, which counsel of record for the parties to this action attended. Magistrate Freeman requested the parties in the matters referred to Her Honor to submit status reports on January 10, 2020. 'See v. Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, in their capacities as the executors of the Estate of Jeffrey Edward E tin No. 19-cv-10476-PGG-DCF, Order of Reference (ECF Doc. 6) (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 21, 2019); v. Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, in their capacities as the executors of the Estate of Jeffrey Edward Epstein, Case No. 19-cv-10479-ALC-DCF, Order of Reference (ECF Doc. 8) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 26, 2019). EFTA02737532 Case 1:19-cv-10577-LJL-DCF Document 17 Filed 01/02/20 Page 2 of 2 January 2, 2020 Page 2 troutmaril sanders The parties are aware that this Court had planned for the parties to submit Joint Letters and Civil Case Management Plans and Scheduling Orders today. However, in light of this request for referral to Magistrate Judge Freeman, the parties request the Court's guidance on whether these documents should be submitted. Respectfully submitted, s/Bennet J. Moskowitz Bennet J. Moskowitz EFTA02737533