The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit addressed whether the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) grants crime victims rights that attach before formal charges are filed and whether the CVRA provides a statutory remedy for victims to enforce those rights. The court held that the CVRA does not create a private right of action authorizing crime victims to file a stand-alone civil lawsuit to enforce CVRA rights before the commencement of criminal proceedings. The court denied the petition for writ of mandamus filed by the alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein, who claimed her CVRA rights were violated when the government entered into a non-prosecution agreement with Epstein without her knowledge.
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