EFTA00035286.pdf

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From: "OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL <OGC®bop.gov>" [email protected]> 
To: 
Subject: BOP OFFICIAL - LEGAL HOLD NOTICE for (INMATE DEATH) 
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:08:00 +0000 
Importance: High 
Attachments: CustodianDocSearchCheckList LHN-CIV-2019-00204L 
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To: 
Subject: BOP OFFICIAL - LEGAL HOLD NOTICE for (INMATE DEATH) 
Legal Hold Notice: Record Custodians 
Privileged and Confidential 
D.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Aug 14 2019 NOTIFICATION FOR: 
FROM: The Office of the General Counsel Federal Bureau of Prisons 
Supervisory CLC Attorney EMAIL: 
DRESS: 150 P 
New or 
NEW YORK NY 10007 RE: Obligation to Preserve Records and Electronically Stored 
Information in INMATE DEATH, LHN-CIV-2019-00204 
The BOP and its employees are required to preserve any potentially relevant 
information pertaining to 
EFTA00035286


On Saturday, August 10, 2019, at around 6:30 am, EPSTEIN, Jeffrey, reg. no. 76318-
054, was found unresponsive in his cell in conjunction with an apparent suicide, 
and, subsequently, pronounced dead at the local hospital. No lawsuit has been filed 
yet, but one is anticipated. 
In this case, relevant information includes, but is not limited to: 
Please preserve all electronic files (e.g. emails, Word documents, TRUSCOPE 
entries, videos, BEMR records) and all handwritten or other physical documents 
pertaining to inmate Epstein. 
You have been identified as an individual likely to have information relevant to 
this matter. Therefore, you must take appropriate steps to preserve any such 
information in your possession, custody, or control even if it otherwise would be 
destroyed, deleted or overwritten, in the normal course of Agency operations. 
Knowingly altering, editing, or deleting potentially relevant information could 
result in court-ordered sanctions against the BOP and/or employment action 
against staff. 
Electronically stored information (ESI) includes all information stored in any 
digital medium, including the BOPA's compu…
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