Case 3:23-cv-02146-D Document 55 Filed 01/13/25 Page 1 of 3 PageID 403 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION § SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, § § Plaintiff, § § v. § Case No.: 3:23:cv-02146-D § PHILIP VERGES, JAMES D. TILTON, JR., § ROBERT F. MALIN, LINDA MALIN, and § BLUE CITI, LLC, § § Defendants, § § SMEA2Z, LLC, 143 PARTNERS LLC, WEST § CUCHARRAS, LLC, and JDT TRADING, LLC, § § Relief Defendants. § § PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF NON-OPPOSITION TO THE RELIEF REQUESTED IN DEFENDANT PHILIP VERGES’S MOTION TO STAY AND DEFENDANTS BLUE CITI LLC, ROBERT F. MALIN, AND LINDA MALIN’S MOTION TO STAY Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) files this notice of non- opposition to the relief requested in Defendant Philip Verges’s (“Verges”) Motion to Stay [Dkt. No. 51] (“Verges Motion”) and Defendants Blue Citi, LLC, Robert F. Malin, and Linda Malin’s (collectively, “Blue Citi Defendants”) Motion to Stay [Dkt. No. 52] (“Blue Citi Motion”). The Commission respectfully suggests that, if granted, any order concerning the Verges Motion or the Blue Citi Motion require Verges and the Blue Citi Defendants to notify the Court and counsel of record in writing within five (5) days of any order or judgment concluding United States v. Verges, No. 3:24-cr-00551-E (N.D. Tex.). 1 Case 3:23-cv-02146-D Document 55 Filed 01/13/25 Page 2 of 3 PageID 404 Dated: January 13, 2025 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Jason P. Reinsch Jason P. Reinsch Texas Bar No. 24040120 Patrick Disbennett Texas Bar No. 24094629 United States Securities and Exchange Commission Fort Worth Regional Office 801 Cherry Street, Suite 1900 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 (817) 900-2601 (phone) (817) 978-4927 (facsimile) reinschj@sec.gov disbennettpa@sec.gov ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 2 Case 3:23-cv-02146-D Document 55 Filed 01/13/25 Page 3 of 3 PageID 405 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on January 13, 2025, I electronically filed the foregoing via the Court's CM/ECF filing system, which will send a notice of electronic filing to all CM/ECF participants. I further certify that I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing document and the notice of electronic filing via electronic mail on all non-CM/ECF parties and/or their counsel as detailed below: Paul Coggins Mark David Hunter Locke Lord LLP 2 Alhambra Plaza, Suite 650 2200 Ross Ave, Suite 2800 Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Dallas, TX 75201 mhunter@htflawyers.com pccoggings@lockelord.com Counsel for Defendants Blue Citi, LLC, Linda Counsel for Defendants 143 Partner, LLC, Malin and Robert Malin SMEA2Z, LLC, Philip Verges, and West Cucharras Russell D. Duncan Clark Hill 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 1300 South, Washington, DC 20004 rduncan@clarkhill.com Counsel for Defendants JDT Trading, LLC and James D. Tilton, Jr. /s/Jason P. Reinsch JASON P. REINSCH 3