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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1320-28 Filed 01/03/24 Page 16 of 32 with her previously theretofore, she had a duty to follow up on that inquiry. A failure to do so is plain vanilla neglect. Even after agreeing to the terms proposed by Epstein’s counsel on May 27, that is, location of the deposition in the U.S. Virgin Islands and subject to right to oppose the subpoena, Plaintiff then waited an additional three weeks until June 12, to even attempt to schedule Epstein’s deposition. Epstein Memorandum in Support of Mot. to Quash at 2 (Doc. # 222). Agreeing to take a deposition in the Virgin Islands on May 27, then waiting until June 12, to try to schedule a date for that deposition, when numerous other depositions had already been scheduled in New York, Florida, and California for the balance of June, is either neglect or strategic posturing by Plaintiff. Either way, it does not amount to “good cause” for such a deposition to take place beyond July 1. Finally, Plaintiff suggests, without factual foundation, that Ms. Maxwell played some role in Mr. Epstein’s counsel’s refusal to accept service. See Mot. at 2 (“forced to personally serve the Defendant’s former boyfriend, employer, and co-conspirator”). As the timeline and documents now reveal, however, Plaintiff failed to provide notice to Ms. Maxwell that she was attempting to serve a Rule 45 subpoena on Mr. Epstein for more than 7 weeks! Jd. Plaintiff states that she began her service attempts on March 7, 2016. The very first Notice of Subpoena and Deposition served on Ms. Maxwell, however, is dated April 27. Menninger Decl. Ex. H. Thus, between March 7 and April 27, Ms. McCawley engaged in repeated attempts to serve Mr. Epstein a Rule 45 subpoena (including a request for documents) without providing the proper notice to the parties pursuant to Rule 45(a)(4) (“If the subpoena commands the production of documents... , then before it is served on the person to whom it is directed, a notice and a copy of the subpoena must be served on each party.””) (emphasis added). As detailed below, this was 13