Smith v. Bradford — Entry #14: ORDER Granting 11 Stipulation to Extend Deadline to Respond to 5 Motion to Consolidate Cases

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 1    MARK J. CONNOT (10010)
      COLLEEN E. MCCARTY (13186)
 2    FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
      1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Ste. 700
 3    Las Vegas, NV 89135
      Telephone: 702.262.6899
 4    Facsimile: 702.597.5503
      mconnot@foxrothschild.com
 5    cmccarty@foxrothschild.com
      Counsel for Defendants Zachary K. Bradford, Lori L. Love,
 6    S. Matthew Schultz, Robert P. Beynon, Larry McNeill, and
      Thomas L. Wood, and Nominal Defendant Cleanspark, Inc.
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 8                               UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
 9                                       DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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      BRANDON SMITH, Derivatively on Behalf               Case No.: 2:23-cv-00445-GMN-BNW
11    of CLEANSPARK, INC.,
                       Plaintiff,                         (Removal from District Court, Clark County,
12                                                        Nevada, Case No. A-23-866051-C)
      v.
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14    ZACHARY K. BRADFORD, LORI L. LOVE,                  JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER
      S. MATTHEW SCHULTZ, LARRY                           ADJOURNING TIME TO RESPOND
15    MCNEILL, THOMAS L. WOOD, and                        TO MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE
      ROGER P. BEYNON,
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17                           Defendants,
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      -and-
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      CLEANSPARK, INC., a Nevada Corporation,
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                             Nominal Defendant.
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22            Plaintiff Brandon Smith (“Plaintiff”), derivatively on behalf of Nominal Plaintiff
23    CleanSpark, Inc. (“CleanSpark”) and Defendants Zachary K. Bradford, Lori L. Love, S.
24    Matthew Schultz, Larry McNeill, Thomas L. Wood, Roger P. Beynon (the “Individual
25    Defendants”), and Nominal Defendant CleanSpark (together with the Individual Defendants,
26    “Defendants”) (collectively, with Plaintiff, the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned
27    counsel, hereby enter into the following stipulation and proposed order:
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 1            WHEREAS, on February 21, 2023, Plaintiff filed a shareholder derivative complaint (the

 2    “Complaint”) on behalf of Nominal Plaintiff CleanSpark in the Eighth Judicial District Court of

 3    the State of Nevada in and for Clark County (the “State Court”), captioned Smith v. Bradford, et

 4    al., Case No. A-23-866051-C (this “Action”); and

 5            WHEREAS, on March 23, 2023, the Individual Defendants filed a Petition for Removal

 6    and Notice of Removal (Dkt. No. 1), removing this Action from State Court to the United States

 7    District Court for the District of Nevada; and

 8            WHEREAS, on March 24, 2023, the Individual Defendants filed a Motion to

 9    Consolidate (Dkt. No. 5) asking the Court to consolidate this Action into the consolidated

10    shareholder derivative action pending in the United States District Court for the District of

11    Nevada, In re CleanSpark, Inc. Derivative Litigation, Case No. 2:21-cv-01181-GMN-BNW (the

12    “Motion to Consolidate”); and

13            WHEREAS, the Parties agree to extend the deadline for Plaintiff to oppose the Motion

14    to Consolidate (Dkt. No. 6) until on or before April 17, 2023.

15            NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by the Parties

16    hereto, through their undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, as follows:

17            1.     Plaintiff’s deadline to oppose the Motion to Consolidate is extended until on or

18    before April 17, 2023.

19            2.     Other than as agreed herein, the Parties reserve all rights.

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      DATED: April 6, 2023                        DATED: April 6, 2023
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      FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP                          MUEHLBAUER LAW OFFICE, LTD.
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 4    /s/Colleen E. McCarty                       /s/Andrew R. Muehlbauer
      MARK J. CONNOT (10010)                      ANDREW R. MUEHLBAUER
 5    COLLEEN E. MCCARTY (13186)                  7915 West Sahara Avenue, Suite 104
      1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Ste. 700         Las Vegas, Nevada 89117
 6    Las Vegas, NV 89135                         andrew@mlolegal.com
      mconnot@foxrothschild.com                   Counsel for Plaintiff
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      cmcarty@foxrothschild.com
 8    Counsel for Defendants

 9    IT IS SO ORDERED.

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      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
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      DATED: ______________________
              April 16, 2023
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