Case 2:23-cv-00445-GMN-BNW Document 14 Filed 04/16/23 Page 1 of 3 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. 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 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. 13 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, 16 17 Defendants, 18 -and- 19 CLEANSPARK, INC., a Nevada Corporation, 20 Nominal Defendant. 21 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: 28 /// 1 144448618.1 Case 2:23-cv-00445-GMN-BNW Document 14 Filed 04/16/23 Page 2 of 3 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. 20 21 [Signatures on following page] 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 144448618.1 Case 2:23-cv-00445-GMN-BNW Document 14 Filed 04/16/23 Page 3 of 3 1 DATED: April 6, 2023 DATED: April 6, 2023 2 FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP MUEHLBAUER LAW OFFICE, LTD. 3 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 7 cmcarty@foxrothschild.com 8 Counsel for Defendants 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 _____________________________________ 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 12 DATED: ______________________ April 16, 2023 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 144448618.1