Case 2:21-cv-02209-RFB-NJK Document 53 Filed 10/21/22 Page 1 of 4 1 John P. Aldrich, Esq. (Resident Counsel) Nevada State Bar #6877 2 Aldrich Law Firm, Ltd. 7866 West Sahara Ave. 3 Las Vegas, NV 89117 Tel: (702) 853-5490 4 jaldrich@johnaldrichlawfirm.com 5 Liaison Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Carlos Marina 6 Reed R. Kathrein (to be admitted pro hac vice) 7 Lucas E. Gilmore (admitted pro hac vice) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 8 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 300 Berkeley, CA 94710 9 Telephone: (510) 725-3000 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 10 reed@hbsslaw.com lucasg@hbsslaw.com 11 Attorneys for 12 Lead Plaintiff Carlos Marina 13 [Additional counsel on signature page] 14 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 16 TAD SCHLATRE, Individually and On Case No.: 2:21-cv-02209-RFB-NJK 17 Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, CLASS ACTION 18 Plaintiff, NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY 19 DISMISSAL v. 20 MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC., 21 f/k/a MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC., 22 MERRICK D. OKAMOTO, FREDERICK G. THIEL, and SIMEON SALZMAN, 23 Defendants. 24 25 26 27 28 Case 2:21-cv-02209-RFB-NJK Document 53 Filed 10/21/22 Page 2 of 4 1 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Lead Plaintiff Carlos Marina (“Plaintiff”), through his 2 undersigned counsel of record, hereby voluntarily dismisses the action, without prejudice, 3 pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P 41(a)(1) as follows: 4 WHEREAS defendants do not object, have not answered nor moved for summary 5 judgment and no class certification motion has been filed; 6 WHEREAS Plaintiff has not entered into any agreement with any defendant in 7 8 connection with the voluntary dismissal: 9 WHEREAS neither Plaintiff nor counsel has received or will receive any 10 consideration for dismissal. 11 WHEREAS under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), Lead Plaintiff is entitled 12 to dismiss this action on his own initiative: 13 Subject to Rules 23(e), 23.1(c), 23.2, and 66 and any applicable 14 federal statute, the plaintiff may dismiss an action without a court order by filing: (i) a notice of dismissal before the 15 opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for summary judgment. . . . 16 WHEREAS although this case alleges putative class claims, Federal Rule of Civil 17 18 Procedure 23(e) is inapplicable to the instant dismissal as the dismissal does not involve the 19 claims, issues or defenses of a certified class - or a class proposed to be certified for purposes 20 of settlement. 21 WHEREAS no prejudice to absent putative class members will result from dismissal 22 of the action because a class has not been certified, the dismissal will not affect their rights, 23 and there is no imminent statute of limitations or repose deadline; 24 WHEREAS Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e)(1)(B) is inapplicable to the instant 25 26 dismissal as none of the absent putative class members would be bound; and 27 28 NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL Case No. 2:21-cv-02209-RFB-NJK -2- Case 2:21-cv-02209-RFB-NJK Document 53 Filed 10/21/22 Page 3 of 4 1 WHEREAS no notice need be sent to absent putative class members, because a class 2 has not been certified, the case is in its infancy, and no absent putative class member will be 3 bound by the voluntary dismissal of Plaintiff’s claims. 4 THEREFORE, Plaintiff hereby dismisses the action without prejudice as to Plaintiff’s 5 individual claims. 6 7 DATED: October 21, 2022 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 8 By /s/ Lucas E. Gilmore 9 Lucas E. Gilmore (admitted pro hac vice) 10 Reed R. Kathrein (to be admitted pro hac vice) 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 300 11 Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone: (510) 725-3000 12 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 reed@hbsslaw.com 13 lucasg@hbsslaw.com 14 Steve W. Berman (to be admitted pro hac vice) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 15 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000 Seattle, WA 98101 16 Telephone: (206) 623-7292 Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 17 steve@hbsslaw.com 18 Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff Carlos Marina and Lead Counsel 19 John P. Aldrich, Esq. 20 NV Bar No. 6877 ALDRICH LAW FIRM, LTD 21 7866 West Sahara Ave. Las Vegas NV 89117 22 Tel. 702.853.5490 Fax. 702.227.1975 23 Email: jaldrich@johnaldrichlawfirm.com 24 Liaison Counsel for Lead Plaintiff Carlos Marina 25 26 27 28 NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL Case No. 2:21-cv-02209-RFB-NJK -3- Case 2:21-cv-02209-RFB-NJK Document 53 Filed 10/21/22 Page 4 of 4 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on October 21, 2022, I electronically filed the foregoing 3 document using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the email 4 addresses registered in the CM/ECF system, as denoted on the Electronic Mail Notice List. 5 6 /s/ Lucas E. Gilmore Lucas E. Gilmore 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL Case No. 2:21-cv-02209-RFB-NJK -4-