Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 46 Filed 06/10/22 Page 1 of 5 1 James J. Pisanelli, Bar No. 4027 Debra L. Spinelli, Bar No. 9695 2 M. Magali Mercera, Bar No. 11742 PISANELLI BICE PLLC 3 400 South 7th Street, Suite 300 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 4 Telephone: 702.214.2100 Facsimile: 702.214.2101 5 Email: jjp@pisanellibice.com Email: dls@pisanellibice.com 6 Email: mmm@pisanellibice.com 7 Jonathan D. Polkes (admitted pro hac vice) Stephen A. Radin (admitted pro hac vice) 8 Caroline Hickey Zalka (admitted pro hac vice) WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 9 767 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10153 10 Telephone: 212.310.8770 Facsimile: 212.310.8007 11 Email: jonathan.polkes@weil.com Email: stephen.radin@weil.com 12 Email: caroline.zalka@weil.com PISANELLI BICE 13 Attorneys for Defendants Georges Antoun, Kevin DeNuccio, Sarita James, Jay Leupp, 14 Merrick D. Okamoto, Said Ouissal, Simeon 400 SOUTH 7TH STREET, SUITE 300 Salzman, and Fred Thiel, and Nominal Defendant 15 Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 17 DISTRICT OF NEVADA KIMBERLY BERNARD, Derivatively on Case No.: 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK 18 Behalf of MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a MARATHON 19 PATENT GROUP, INC.), STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RESOLVING PENDING 20 Plaintiff, MOTIONS AND SETTING SCHEDULE v. FOR FILING CONSOLIDATED 21 COMPLAINT AND MOTIONS TO FRED THIEL, GEORGES ANTOUN, KEVIN DISMISS CONSOLIDATED 22 DENUCCIO, SARITA JAMES, JAY LEUPP, COMPLAINT SAID OUISSAL, MERRICK D. OKAMOTO, 23 and SIMEON SALZMAN, (First Request) 24 Defendants, -and- 25 MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. 26 (f/k/a MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.), 27 Nominal Defendant. 28 1 WEIL:\98664780\1\61707.0006 Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 46 Filed 06/10/22 Page 2 of 5 1 ROY STRASSMAN, Derivatively on Behalf of Case No.: 2:22-cv-00724-RFB-NJK MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. 2 (f/k/a MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.), 3 Plaintiff, v. 4 FRED THIEL, GEORGES ANTOUN, KEVIN 5 DENUCCIO, SARITA JAMES, JAY LEUPP, SAID OUISSAL, MERRICK D. OKAMOTO, 6 and SIMEON SALZMAN, 7 Defendants, 8 -and- 9 MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.), 10 Nominal 11 Defendant. 12 WHEREAS on February 18, 2022, Plaintiff Kimberly Bernard commenced Action PISANELLI BICE 13 No. 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK (the “Bernard Action”) (Bernard ECF No. 1); 14 WHEREAS on April 4, 2022, Defendants Georges Antoun, Kevin DeNuccio, 400 SOUTH 7TH STREET, SUITE 300 15 Sarita James, Jay Leupp, Merrick D. Okamoto, Said Ouissal, Simeon Salzman, and Fred Thiel, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 16 and Nominal Defendant Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (“Marathon”) moved to dismiss the 17 Bernard Action (Bernard ECF No. 11); 18 WHEREAS on April 11, 2022, the parties agreed to a May 31, 2022 due date for 19 plaintiff’s opposition, and on April 18, 2022, the Court so-ordered the schedule (Bernard ECF 20 Nos. 18, 26); 21 WHEREAS on May 5, 2022, Plaintiff Roy Strassman commenced Action No. 2:22- 22 cv-00724-RFB-NJK (the “Strassman Action”) (Strassman ECF No. 1); 23 WHEREAS on May 11, 2022, Defendants and Marathon moved to dismiss the 24 Strassman Action (Strassman ECF No. 11); 25 WHEREAS on May 18, 2022, Plaintiffs’ counsel informed counsel for Defendants 26 and Marathon that Plaintiffs intend to file a consolidated complaint; 27 WHEREAS on May 23, 2022, Plaintiffs filed motions to consolidate the Bernard 28 and Strassman Actions, to appoint their counsel, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP 2 WEIL:\98664780\1\61707.0006 Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 46 Filed 06/10/22 Page 3 of 5 1 and Gainey McKenna & Egleston, as co-lead counsel for Plaintiffs, and to stay briefing on motions 2 to dismiss pending consolidation of the Bernard and Strassman Actions, as more specifically 3 stated in the motions and briefing on the motions (Bernard ECF Nos. 34–36; Strassman ECF Nos. 4 19–21); 5 WHEREAS on May 27, 2022, Defendants and Marathon filed their response to 6 Plaintiffs’ motions, stating their willingness to stipulate to consolidation and the requested lead 7 plaintiff designation and opposing an indefinite stay of briefing, as more specifically stated in 8 Defendants’ and Marathon’s papers (Bernard ECF Nos. 37–40; Strassman ECF Nos. 25–27); 9 WHEREAS on June 1, 2022, the Court entered an Order consolidating the Bernard 10 and Strassman Actions (Bernard ECF No. 41; Strassman ECF No. 29); 11 WHEREAS on June 3, 2022, Plaintiffs filed reply papers responding to 12 Defendants’ and Marathon’s response to Plaintiffs’ May 23, 2022 motions (Bernard ECF No. 42). PISANELLI BICE 13 WHEREAS the parties have discussed scheduling in light of the procedural posture 14 of the action and the positions the parties have stated in their motion papers; 400 SOUTH 7TH STREET, SUITE 300 15 WHEREAS the parties have agreed to the following resolution of their disputes LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 16 concerning deadlines for filing a consolidated complaint and answers or motions to dismiss the 17 consolidated complaint; 18 WHEREAS this is the parties’ first request for relief resolving pending motions and 19 to set a schedule for proceedings in this action in light of the Court’s consolidation of these actions 20 on June 1, 2022; 21 WHEREAS this Stipulation is made in good faith, with good cause, and not for 22 purposes of unduly delaying discovery or trial; 23 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned 24 counsel for the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that: 25 1. All pending motions (Bernard ECF Nos. 11, 34–36; Strassman ECF Nos. 11, 19–20) are 26 withdrawn without prejudice. 27 2. The law firms Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP and Gainey McKenna & 28 Egleston are designated co-lead counsel for Plaintiffs. 3 WEIL:\98664780\1\61707.0006 Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 46 Filed 06/10/22 Page 4 of 5 1 3. Plaintiffs are granted leave to file a consolidated complaint 30 days after an amended 2 complaint is filed in Schlatre v. Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc., 2:21-cv-02209-RFB-NJK 3 (D. Nev.). 4 4. Answers or motions to dismiss are due 30 days after the consolidated complaint is filed. 5 5. If motions to dismiss are filed, opposition to the motions to dismiss is due 30 days after 6 they are filed. 7 6. If motions to dismiss are filed, replies are due 21 days after any opposition. 8 /// 9 10 11 12 PISANELLI BICE 13 14 400 SOUTH 7TH STREET, SUITE 300 15 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 WEIL:\98664780\1\61707.0006 Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 46 Filed 06/10/22 Page 5 of 5 1 Dated this 10th day of June 2022. Dated this 10th day of June 2022. 2 MATTHEW L. SHARP, LTD. PISANELLI BICE PLLC 3 By: /s/ Matthew L. Sharp By: /s/ M. Magali Mercera 4 Matthew L. Sharp, Bar No. 4746 James J. Pisanelli, Bar No. 4027 432 Ridge Street Debra L. Spinelli, Bar No. 9695 5 Reno, Nevada 89501 M. Magali Mercera, Bar No. 11742 Telephone: 775.324.1500 400 South 7th Street, Suite 300 6 Email: matt@mattsharplaw.com Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 7 Thomas J. McKenna Jonathan D. Polkes Gregory M. Egleston (admitted pro hac vice) 8 GAINEY McKENNA & EGLESTON Stephen A. Radin 501 Fifth Avenue, 19th Floor (admitted pro hac vice) 9 New York, New York 10017 Caroline Hickey Zalka Telephone: 212.983.1300 (admitted pro hac vice) 10 Facsimile: 212.983.0383 WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP Email: tjmckenna@gme-law.com 767 Fifth Avenue 11 Email: gegleston@gme-law.com New York, New York 10153 12 Attorneys for Plaintiff Kimberly Bernard Attorneys for Defendants Georges Antoun, PISANELLI BICE Kevin DeNuccio, Sarita James, Jay Leupp, 13 G. Mark Albright, Bar No. 1394 Merrick D. Okamoto, Said Ouissal, Simeon Daniel R. Ormsby, Bar No. 14595 Salzman, and Fred Thiel, and Nominal 14 ALBRIGHT, STODDARD, WARNICK Defendant Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. 400 SOUTH 7TH STREET, SUITE 300 & ALBRIGHT 15 801 S Rancho Dr., Ste D4 Las Vegas, Nevada 89106 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101 16 Telephone: (702) 384-7111 Email: gma@albrightstoddard.com 17 Email: dormsby@albrightstoddard.com 18 Mark C. Rifkin WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER 19 FREEMAN & HERZ LLP 270 Madison Ave., 9th Fl 20 New York, New York 10016 Telephone: (212) 545-4600 21 Email: rifkin@whafh.com 22 Attorneys for Plaintiff Roy Strassman 23 ORDER 24 Having considered the Parties' Stipulation and finding good cause appearing, 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 27 DATED: 28 Case No.: 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK 5 WEIL:\98664780\1\61707.0006