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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 36 Filed 07/24/19 Page 7 of 74 7 1 So the question is the following: Mr. Epstein has 2 been required to register as a sex offender in several states 5 going back I believe to 2008 when he pled guilty to an offense 4 in Florida. 5 Those states include New York, Florida, and the Virgin 6 Islands. So one question I have for each side is what about 7 New Mexico. That's half of the question. 8 The rest of the question is as follows: Mr. Epstein 9 has applied in New York state to lower his sex offender status 10 from what's called a level 3, which is the highest level which 11 [ think carries with it a high risk of recidivism, according to 12 these levels and to sex offender regulation. 13 And he sought to have that lowered to level 1. His 14 application was denied, as I understand the proceedings, by the 15 Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders New York state and then in 16 state court by the courts and, particularly, a decision of the 17 Honorable Justice Ruth Pickholz on our about January 18, 2011. 18 [ believe that decision was appealed to the New York State 19 Appellate Division and was unanimously upheld. 20 I read this morning a copy of the transcript of the al proceedings before Judge Pickholz which I'm likely to place on 22 the docket after today's session. And the question is for each 23 side. First of all, they're free to comment on my description 24 of the proceeding before Judge Pickholz. 25 But the question is whether there were or are other SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00000517