Strassman v. <mark>Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc</mark>. — Entry #33: Joint STIPULATION re Discovery Concerning Discovery Plan (First Request) re 32 Order, by Defendants Georges Antoun, Kevin Denuccio, Sarita James, Jay Leupp…
Case: Strassman v. <mark>Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc</mark>. nvd · 2:22-cv-00724
filed May 05, 2022
What this document is
Docket entry #33 · filed June 30, 2022
Joint STIPULATION re Discovery Concerning Discovery Plan (First Request) re 32 Order, by Defendants Georges Antoun, Kevin Denuccio, Sarita James, Jay Leupp, Merrick D. Okamoto, Said Ouissal, Simeon Salzman, Fred Theil, Nominal Defendant Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.. (Mercera, Maria) (Entered: 06/30/2022)
Who is involved
- Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. [tracked: Marathon Digital]
- Fred Theil
- Georges Antoun
- Jay Leupp
- Kevin Denuccio
- Merrick D. Okamoto
- Roy Strassman
- Said Ouissal
- Sarita James
- Simeon Salzman
Why we have it
We follow this case because a company we track is a party: Marathon Digital (listed as “Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.”). We checked the full party list on September 29, 2026 and confirmed the match.
A free copy from the RECAP archive of federal court filings (mirrored at the Internet Archive), retrieved November 02, 2026. Federal court filings are public records.
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Case 2:22-cv-00724-RFB-NJK Document 33 Filed 06/30/22 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,
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400 SOUTH 7TH STREET, SUITE 300
Merrick D. Okamoto, Said Ouissal, Simeon
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 Behalf
18 of MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. Case No.: 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK
(f/k/a MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.),
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Plaintiff, JOINT STIPULATION AND
20 [PROPOSED] ORDER
v. CONCERNING DISCOVERY PLAN
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FRED THIEL, GEORGES ANTOUN, KEVIN (First Request)
22 DENUCCIO, SARITA JAMES, JAY LEUPP,
SAID OUISSAL, MERRICK D. OKAMOTO, and
23 SIMEON SALZMAN,
24 Defendants,
25 -and-
26 MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a
MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.),
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Nominal Defendant.
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ROY STRASSMAN, Derivatively on Behalf of Case No.: 2:22-cv-00724-RFB-NJK
1 MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a
MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.),
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Plaintiff,
3 v.
4 FRED THIEL, GEORGES ANTOUN, KEVIN
DENUCCIO, SARITA JAMES, JAY LEUPP,
5 SAID OUISSAL, MERRICK D. OKAMOTO, and
SIMEON SALZMAN,
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Defendants,
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-and-
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MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a
9 MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.),
10 Nominal Defendant.
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12 WHEREAS on May 25, 2022, the Court entered an order consolidating the Bernard
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13 and Strassman Actions captioned above, both of which are stockholder derivative actions alleged
14 to have been brought on behalf of Nominal Defendant Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.
400 SOUTH 7TH STREET, SUITE 300 15 (“Marathon”), after determining “that these actions are related and that there is good cause to
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101
16 reassign them to one District Judge,” and stating that “all future pleadings must bear case number
17 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK” (Bernard ECF No. 41; Strassman ECF No. 29);
18 WHEREAS the Bernard and Strassman Actions are also related to an earlier-filed
19 federal securities law action, Schlatre v. Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc., Action No. 2:21-cv-
20 02209-RFB-NJK, and the Bernard and Strassman Actions thus were assigned to the same judge
21 and magistrate judge hearing the Schlatre Action (Bernard ECF No. 19; Strassman ECF No. 29);
22 WHEREAS the Schlatre Action is governed by the Private Securities Litigation
23 Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”);
24 WHEREAS the PSLRA provides for the Court to appoint a lead plaintiff and lead
25 counsel for plaintiffs (15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3)(B));
26 WHEREAS on February 15, 2022, five motions for appointment of lead plaintiff
27 and lead counsel were filed in the Schlatre Action (Schlatre ECF Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14);
28 WHEREAS the PSLRA provides that all discovery and other proceedings are
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1 stayed while any motion to dismiss is pending (15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(b)(3)(B));
2 WHEREAS on March 10, 2022, the Court in the Schlatre Action entered an order
3 staying defendants’ time to answer, move or otherwise respond to the complaint pending the
4 Court’s decisions on the motions for appointment of a lead plaintiff and lead counsel in the Schlatre
5 Action and then the setting of a schedule for a consolidated or amended complaint and motions to
6 dismiss in the Schlatre Action (Schlatre ECF No. 25),
7 WHEREAS the motions for appointment of lead plaintiff and lead counsel in the
8 Schlatre Action have not yet been decided;
9 WHEREAS on April 4, 2022 and May 11, 2022, Nominal Defendant Marathon and
10 all Defendants in the Bernard and Strassman Actions filed motions to dismiss the Bernard and
11 Strassman Actions (Bernard ECF No. 11; Strassman ECF No. 11);
12 WHEREAS on May 18, 2022, Plaintiffs’ counsel in the Bernard and Strassman
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13 Actions informed counsel for Marathon and Defendants that Plaintiffs in the Bernard and
14 Strassman Actions intended to consolidate their actions and file a consolidated complaint after an
400 SOUTH 7TH STREET, SUITE 300 15 amended complaint is filed in the Schlatre Action;
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101
16 WHEREAS on June 13 2022, the Court in the consolidated Bernard and Strassman
17 Actions granted Plaintiffs leave to file a consolidated complaint in the Actions 30 days after an
18 amended complaint is filed in the Schlatre Action, and the Court also set a schedule for filing and
19 briefing motions to dismiss in the consolidated Bernard and Strassman Actions (Bernard ECF No.
20 47);
21 WHEREAS on June 27, 2022, the Court in the Strassman Action, No. 2:22-cv-
22 00724-RFB-NJK, entered an order requiring parties to file a joint proposed discovery plan in the
23 Strassman Action pursuant to Local Rule 26-1(a) no later than July 5, 2022 (Strassman ECF No.
24 32);
25 WHEREAS the parties have discussed scheduling in light of the Court’s June 27,
26 2022 Order and coordination of the related Bernard, Strassman, and Schlatre Actions, and the
27 parties have agreed that any discovery in the Strassman Action should await the filing of
28 consolidated complaints in and resolution of motions to dismiss the Bernard, Strassman, and
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1 Schlatre Actions and then should be coordinated;
2 WHEREAS this is the parties’ first request for relief with respect to the Court’s
3 June 27, 2022 Order;
4 WHEREAS this Stipulation is made in good faith, with good cause, and not for
5 purposes of unduly delaying discovery or trial;
6 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned
7 counsel for the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that the deadline for the filing of a
8 stipulated discovery plan pursuant to Local Rule 26-1(A) is extended until 30 days following
9 rulings resolving motions to dismiss in the Bernard, Strassman, and Schlatre actions.
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1 Dated this 30th day of June, 2022. Dated this 30th day of June, 2022.
2 MATTHEW L. SHARP, LTD. PISANELLI BICE PLLC
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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,
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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 MAGISTRATE JUDGE
27 DATED:
28 Case No.: 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK
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