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designated as complex and transferred to the same Superior Court Judge assigned to the CICO
matter so the Probate and CICO matters can be "coordinated together" to avoid "inconsistent
rulings."
ISSUES PRESENTED FOR REVIEW
1. Whether the Magistrate Judge properly denied the Government's Motion to Intervene
as a claimant against the Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein.
2. Whether the Magistrate Judge properly denied the Government's Emergency Motion
to Freeze All Estate Assets and Cash on Hand based on lack of standing because the
Government is not a party to and was denied intervention in the Probate action, even
though it has a claim against the Estate.
Dated: March 17, 2021
Respectfully Submitted,
DENISE N. GEORGE, ESQUIRE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
By:
Isl Carol Thomas-Jacobs
CAROL THOMAS-JACOBS, ESQUIRE
Chief Deputy Attorney General
Virgin Islands Department of Justice
Office of the Attorney General
34-38 Kronprindsens Gade
G.E.R.S. Complex, 2nd Floor
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00802
Email: carol.jacobs@doj.vi.gov
(340) 774-5666 ext. 10101
In the Matter of the Estate of: Jeffrey E. Epstein
Probate No. ST-19-PB-80
Gov't's Notice of Appeal & Petition for Review of Magistrate Judge's Orders
Page 4 of 4
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the foregoing Petition complies with the word-count
requirement ofV.I. Super. Ct. R. 322(b)(2) (773 words) and that a true and correct copy of this
petition was served via the electronic filing system and by email to counsel of record on March
17, 2021 to:
CHRISTOPHER ALLEN KROBLIN, ESQ.
ANDREW W. HEYMANN, ESQ.,
WILLIAM BLUM, ESQ.
SHARI D' ANDRADE, ESQ.
KELLERHALS FERGUSON KROBLIN PLLC
Royal Palms Professional Building
9053 Estate Thomas, Suite 101
St. Thomas, V.I. 00802-3602
Email: ckroblin@kellfer.com
aheymann@solblum.com
wblurn@solblum.com
sdandrade@kel !fer. com
mwhalen@kellfer.com
ANDREW TOMBACK
WHITE & CASE, LLP
1221 A venue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020-1095
United States
Email: an drew. tomback@whi tecase. com
DANIEL WEINER
MARC A. WEINSTEIN
HUGHES HUBBARD & REID, LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004-1482
United States
Email: daniel.weiner@hugheshubbard.com
mare. weinstein@hugheshubbard.com
By:
Isl Carol Thomas-Jacobs
CAROL THOMAS-JACOBS, ESQUIRE
OF THE VIRGlN ISLANDS
FILED
March 17, 202 1
ST-2019-PB-00080
TAMARA CHARLES
:LERK OF THE COURT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN
DJ
IN THE MA TIER OF THE ESTA TE OF:
JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN,
deceased.
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ORDER
PR OBA TE NO. ST-2019-PB-00080
ACTION FOR TESTATE
ADMINISTRATION
THIS MATTER is before the Comt on a Motion to Intervene filed on January 23, 2020, by
the Government of the United States Virgin Islands (hereinafter the "Government"), by and through
Ariel Smith, Esq., Chief of the Civil Division, Virgin Islands Department of Justice, wherein, in
pertinent pait, the Government moved to intervene in In the Matter of the Estate of Jeff,-ey E. Epstein,
Super. Ct. Prob. No. 80/2019 (STT), pursuant to Rule 24 of the Virgin Islands Rules of Civil
Procedure. This Motion was argued before the Cou1t on February 4, 2020, on which date the
Government was represented by Attonieys Ariel Smith and Pamela Tepper. Consistent with the
Court's ruling on even date, this Motion is denied without prejudice.' Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that the Motion to Intervene filed January 23, 2020, is DENIED without
prejudice; and it is further
ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be directed to counsel of record.
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Dated: Februarydfl!__, 2021
Nunc pro tune to February 4, 2020
ATTEST:
TAMARA CHARLES
Clerk of the Comt
EDOTCIA T~ AS-HODGE
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Court Clerk Supervisor __;}_!_{ _I~
Notwithstanding the Court's denial of said Motion at the February 4, 2020 hearing, the Government continued to file
pleadings with the Court concerning its requested intervention. The Court considers the pleadings filed subsequent to the
February 4, 2020 hearing to be advisory or informational in nature. Therefore, the Court will take no action upon said
pleadings. The Court notes that at said hearing, it requested that the Co-Executors and the Government resolve their
differences concerning the Voluntary Claims Resolution Program.
OFTH.E "IRGIN ISLANDS
FILED
Marc h 17, 2D21
ST-2019-PB-00080
TAMARA CHARLES
:LERK OF THE COURT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:
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PROBATE NO. ST-2019-PB-00080
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JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN,
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ACTION FOR TESTATE
deceased.
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ADMINISTRATION
ORDER
THIS MATTER is before the Court on an Emergency Motion to Immediately Freeze
All Estate Assets and Cash on Hand (hereinafter the "Emergency Motion") filed on Febrnary
4, 2021, by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands (hereinafter the "Government"),
by and through Carol Thomas-Jacobs, Esq., Chief Deputy Attorney General, wherein, the