Bernard v. Theil — Entry #40: DECLARATION of Stephen A
Case: Bernard v. Theil nvd · 2:22-cv-00305
filed February 18, 2022
What this document is
Docket entry #40 · filed May 27, 2022
DECLARATION of Stephen A. Radin re 38 Response, 39 Response, 37 Response, by Defendants Georges Antoun, Kevin Denuccio, Sarita James, Jay Leupp, Merrick D. Okamoto, Said Ouissal, Simeon Salzman, Fred Theil, Nominal Defendant Marathon Digital Holdings, INC.. (Mercera, Maria) (Entered: 05/27/2022)
Who is involved
- Marathon Digital Holdings, INC. [tracked: Marathon Digital]
- Fred Theil
- Georges Antoun
- Jay Leupp
- Kevin Denuccio
- Kimberly Bernard
- Merrick D. Okamoto
- Roy Strassman
- Said Ouissal
- Sarita James
- Simeon Salzman
Why we have it
We follow this case because a company we track is a party: Marathon Digital (listed as “Marathon Digital Holdings, INC.”). We checked the full party list on September 29, 2026 and confirmed the match.
A free copy from the RECAP archive of federal court filings (mirrored at the Internet Archive), retrieved November 02, 2026. Federal court filings are public records.
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Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 40 Filed 05/27/22 Page 1 of 6
1 James J. Pisanelli, Bar No. 4027
Debra L. Spinelli, Bar No. 9695
2 M. Magali Mercera, Bar No. 11742
PISANELLI BICE PLLC
3 400 South 7th Street, Suite 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
4 Telephone: 702.214.2100
Facsimile: 702.214.2101
5 Email: jjp@pisanellibice.com
Email: dls@pisanellibice.com
6 Email: mmm@pisanellibice.com
7 Jonathan D. Polkes (admitted pro hac vice)
Stephen A. Radin (admitted pro hac vice)
8 Caroline Hickey Zalka (admitted pro hac vice)
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
9 767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
10 Telephone: 212.310.8770
Facsimile: 212.310.8007
11 Email: jonathan.polkes@weil.com
Email: stephen.radin@weil.com
PISANELLI BICE
12 Email: caroline.zalka@weil.com
13 Attorneys for Defendants Georges Antoun,
Kevin DeNuccio, Sarita James, Jay Leupp,
400 SOUTH 7TH STREET, SUITE 300
14 Merrick D. Okamoto, Said Ouissal, Simeon
Salzman, and Fred Thiel, and Nominal Defendant
15 Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89101
16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
17 DISTRICT OF NEVADA
18 KIMBERLY BERNARD, Derivatively on Behalf of Case No.: 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-VCF
MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a
19 MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.),
20 Plaintiff, DECLARATION OF STEPHEN A.
v. RADIN OPPOSING MOTION TO
21 INDEFINITELY STAY
FRED THIEL, GEORGES ANTOUN, KEVIN DEADLINES TO RESPOND TO
22 DENUCCIO, SARITA JAMES, JAY LEUPP, MOTIONS TO DISMISS
SAID OUISSAL, MERRICK D. OKAMOTO, and
23 SIMEON SALZMAN,
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MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a
26 MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.),
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1 ROY STRASSMAN, Derivatively on Behalf of Case No.: 2:22-cv-00724-ART-EJY
MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a
2 MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.),
3 Plaintiff,
v.
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FRED THIEL, GEORGES ANTOUN, KEVIN
5 DENUCCIO, SARITA JAMES, JAY LEUPP,
SAID OUISSAL, MERRICK D. OKAMOTO, and
6 SIMEON SALZMAN,
7 Defendants,
-and-
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MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a
9 MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.),
10 Nominal Defendant.
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12 I, Stephen A. Radin, declare the following:
13 1. I am a member of the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, counsel for Defendants
14 Georges Antoun, Kevin DeNuccio, Sarita James, Jay Leupp, Merrick D. Okamoto, Said Ouissal,
15 Simeon Salzman, and Fred Thiel and Nominal Defendant Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. in the
16 above-captioned Bernard action and the above-captioned Strassman action. I have been admitted
17 to practice before this Court pro hac vice in both actions.
18 2. I submit this declaration in opposition to the motions by plaintiffs in the above-
19 captioned actions seeking, among other things, to stay briefing of motions to dismiss for an
20 indefinite period of time. Bernard ECF Nos. 34, 35, and 36, Strassman ECF Nos. 19, 20. Neither
21 Defendants nor Marathon oppose plaintiffs’ other requested relief.
22 3. On May 17, 2022, I sent an email to Mark C. Rifkin of the firm Wolf Haldenstein
23 Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, plaintiffs’ counsel in the Strassman action, proposing briefing the
24 motion to dismiss the Strassman action on the same schedule that the Court ordered on April 18,
25 2022 in the Bernard action. I wrote that, if that did not work for Mr. Rifkin, I would be “[h]appy
26 to accommodate any reasonable request.” A true and correct copy of this email is attached as
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1 4. On May 18, 2022, Mr. Rifkin informed me by telephone that plaintiffs in the
2 Bernard and Strassman actions intended to move to consolidate the cases and file a consolidated
3 complaint before briefing the pending motions to dismiss. I offered to stipulate to consolidation
4 and asked Mr. Rifkin to propose a date for the filing of the consolidated complaint. I reiterated
5 what I stated in my May 17, 2022 email: that I was “[h]appy to accommodate any reasonable
6 request.” Mr. Rifkin declined to propose a date. He stated that he would discuss the matter with
7 counsel in the Bernard action and call me back.
8 5. I heard nothing further from Mr. Rifkin until May 23, 2022, when, rather than
9 calling me back, plaintiffs filed the motions now before the Court.
10 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the
11 foregoing is true and correct based upon my knowledge, information, and belief.
12 Executed on: May 27, 2022
13 /s/ Stephen A. Radin
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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
2 I HEREBY CERTIFY that I am an employee of PISANELLI BICE PLLC and that, on this
3 27th day of May 2022, I caused to be served via the Court’s CM/ECF program true and correct
4 copies of the above and foregoing DECLARATION OF STEPHEN A. RADIN OPPOSING
5 MOTION TO INDEFINITELY STAY DEADLINES TO RESPOND TO MOTIONS TO
6 DISMISS to all parties via electronic service.
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EXHIBIT A
May 17, 2022 Email from
Stephen Radin to Mark Rifkin
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