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, 24 Defendants, -and- 25 MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a 26 MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.), 27 Nominal Defendant. 28 1 WEIL:\98650383\1\61707.0006 Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 40 Filed 05/27/22 Page 2 of 6 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. 4 FRED THIEL, GEORGES ANTOUN, KEVIN 5 DENUCCIO, SARITA JAMES, JAY LEUPP, SAID OUISSAL, MERRICK D. OKAMOTO, and 6 SIMEON SALZMAN, 7 Defendants, -and- 8 MARATHON DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC. (f/k/a 9 MARATHON PATENT GROUP, INC.), 10 Nominal Defendant. 11 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 27 Exhibit A. 28 2 WEIL:\98650383\1\61707.0006 Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 40 Filed 05/27/22 Page 3 of 6 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 Stephen A. Radin 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 WEIL:\98650383\1\61707.0006 Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 40 Filed 05/27/22 Page 4 of 6 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. 7 8 /s/ Cinda Towne An employee of PISANELLI BICE PLLC 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 WEIL:\98650383\1\61707.0006 Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 40 Filed 05/27/22 Page 5 of 6 EXHIBIT A May 17, 2022 Email from Stephen Radin to Mark Rifkin Case 2:22-cv-00305-RFB-NJK Document 40 Filed 05/27/22 Page 6 of 6