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 8                              UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
 9                                      DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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     ERIC ATANASOFF, Derivatively on Behalf of             Case No.: 2:23-cv-00358-ART-BNW
11   CLEANSPARK, INC.,
                     Plaintiff,                            (Removal from District Court, Clark County,
12                                                         Nevada, Case No. A-23-866492-C)
     v.
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14   ZACHARY K. BRADFORD, S. MATTHEW                       ORDER APPROVING
     SCHULTZ, ROGER P. BEYNON, LARRY
15   MCNEILL, and THOMAS L. WOOD,                          JOINT STIPULATION EXTENDING
                                                           TIME TO REPLY TO OPPOSITION TO
16                          Defendants,                    MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE
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     CLEANSPARK, INC., a Nevada Corporation,
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                            Nominal Defendant.
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21           Plaintiff Eric Atanasoff (“Plaintiff”), derivatively on behalf of Nominal Plaintiff

22   CleanSpark, Inc. (“CleanSpark”) and Defendants Zachary K. Bradford, S. Matthew Schultz,

23   Larry McNeill, Thomas L. Wood, Roger P. Beynon (the “Individual Defendants”), and Nominal

24   Defendant CleanSpark (together with the Individual Defendants, “Defendants”) (collectively,

25   with Plaintiff, the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby enter into the

26   following joint stipulation and proposed order:

27           WHEREAS, on March 1, 2023, Plaintiff filed a shareholder derivative complaint (the

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

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 1   the State of Nevada in and for Clark County (the “State Court”), captioned Atanasoff v.

 2   Bradford, et al., Case No. A-23-866492-C (this “Action”); and

 3           WHEREAS, on March 7, 2023, the Defendant S. Matthew Schultz filed a Petition for

 4   Removal (ECF No. 1) and Notice of Removal, removing this Action from State Court to the

 5   United States District Court for the District of Nevada; and

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

 7   Consolidate, asking the Court to consolidate this Action into the consolidated shareholder

 8   derivative action pending in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, In re

 9   CleanSpark, Inc. Derivative Litigation, Case No. 2:21-cv-01181-GMN-BNW (the “Motion to

10   Consolidate”) (ECF No. 10); and

11           WHEREAS, on April 4, 2023, Plaintiff filed the Motion to Remand and for Attorney’s

12   Fees and Costs, which has been noticed for consideration by the Court in the normal course (the

13   “Motion to Remand”); and

14           WHEREAS, on April 7, 2023, Plaintiff filed the Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to

15   Consolidate (“Opposition”);

16           WHEREAS, to ensure judicial and party economy, the Parties agree to extend the

17   deadline for Defendants to reply to the Opposition until on or before April 24, 2023.

18           NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by the

19   Parties hereto, through their undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, as

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21           1.     Defendants’ deadline to reply to the Opposition is extended until on or before

22   April 24, 2023.

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

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 1   DATED: April 13, 2023                       DATED: April 13, 2023
 2   FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP                          ALDRICH LAW FIRM, LTD.
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     /s/ Colleen E. McCarty                      /s/John P. Aldrich
 4   MARK J. CONNOT (10010)                      JOHN P. ALDRICH (6877)
     COLLEEN E. MCCARTY (13186)                  CATHERINE HERNANDEZ (8410)
 5   1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Ste. 700         7866 West Sahara Avenue
     Las Vegas, NV 89135                         Las Vegas, Nevada 89117
 6   mconnot@foxrothschild.com                   jaldrich@johnaldrichlawfirm.com
 7   cmcarty@foxrothschild.com                   chernandez@johnaldrichlawfirm.com
     Counsel for Defendants                      Counsel for Plaintiffs
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                                                 THE WEISER LAW FIRM, P.C.
 9                                               James M. Ficaro
                                                 Pro Hac Vice application pending, Attorney
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                                                 has complied with L.R. IA 11-2
11                                               200 Barr Harbor Dr.
                                                 West Conshohocken, PA
12                                               Telephone: (610) 225-0206
                                                 jmf@weiserlawfirm.com
13                                               Counsel for Plaintiff Travis France
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                                           IT IS SO ORDERED.
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                                           Anne R. Traum
18                                         United States District Court Judge
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                                           DATED: April 17, 2023
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