BCB Cheyenne LLC v. MineOne Wyoming Data Center LLC — Entry #385: NOTICE of Non-Opposition re 366 MOTION to Compel Discovery from Plaintiff MOTION for Sanctions MOTION for Alternative Service of Subpoenas by Defendants…

Case 1:23-cv-00079-ABJ             Document 385   Filed 10/07/24     Page 1 of 4


Sean Larson, Wyo. Bar #7-5112
Kari Hartman, Wyo. Bar # 8-6507
HATHAWAY & KUNZ, LLP
P. O. Box 1208
Cheyenne, WY 82003-1208
307-634-7723
307-634-0985 (Fax)

Paula K. Colbath, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
David Forrest, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Alex Inman, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
LOEB & LOEB, LLP
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
212-407-4905
212-407-4990 (Fax)

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS MINEONE WYOMING DATA CENTER, LLC,
MINEONE PARTNERS LLC, AND TERRA CRYPTO INC.

                            IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF WYOMING
                                                         )
BCB CHEYENNE LLC d/b/a BISON BLOCKCHAIN, a )
Wyoming limited liability company,                       )
                                                         )
                         Plaintiff,                      )
v.                                                       ) Civil Action No. 23CV-79-ABJ
                                                         )
MINEONE WYOMING DATA CENTER LLC, a                       )
Delaware limited liability company; MINEONE              )
PARTNERS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; )
TERRA CRYPTO INC., a Delaware corporation; BIT           )
ORIGIN, LTD, a Cayman Island Company;                    )
SONICHASH LLC, a Delaware limited liability              )
company; BITMAIN TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING                    )
COMPANY, a Cayman Island Company; BITMAIN                )
TECHNOLOGIES GEORGIA LIMITED, a Georgia                  )
corporation; and JOHN DOES 1-20, related persons and )
companies who control or direct some or all of the named )
Defendants.                                              )
                                                         )
                         Defendants.                     )
                                                         )


  NOTICE OF NON-OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS MINEONE WYOMING DATA
 CENTER LLC, MINEONE PARTNERS LLC, AND TERRA CRYPTO INC.’S MOTION
   TO COMPEL DISCOVERY FROM PLAINTIFF, FOR SANCTIONS, AND FOR
                ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OF SUBPOENAS


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       COME NOW Defendants MineOne Wyoming Data Center LLC, MineOne Partners LLC,

and Terra Crypto Inc. (collectively, “MineOne”), by their counsel, and hereby file this notice of

non-opposition to their Motion to Compel Discovery from Plaintiff, for Sanctions, and for

Alternative Service of Subpoenas (ECF No. 366) (the “Motion”).

       1.      By Order dated September 16, 2024 (ECF No. 358), Magistrate Judge Hambrick

set a briefing schedule for MineOne’s Motion and ordered that MineOne file its Motion by Friday,

September 20, 2024, Plaintiff BCB Cheyenne LLC (“BCB”) file its Response by Friday, October

4, 2024, and MineOne file its reply by Friday, October 11, 2024.

       2.      MineOne timely filed its Motion on September 20, 2024. See ECF No. 366.

       3.      However, BCB failed to file a Response to MineOne’s Motion by its Court-ordered

deadline of October 4, 2024. There was no Court Order or agreement by the parties extending

BCB’s Court-ordered deadline.

       4.      While BCB, at the last minute, sought an extension of an additional 17 days to

respond to MineOne’s Motion (ECF No. 380), BCB misrepresented the facts, as fully detailed in

MineOne’s Opposition to BCB’s Motion for an Extension of Time (ECF No. 381).

       5.      BCB’s default in responding to the Motion is inexcusable. Accordingly, and in

addition to each of the reasons set forth in the Motion, MineOne’s Motion should be granted in its

entirety. See, e.g., Meridith v. Great Wolf Lodge of Kan. City, No. 07-2529-DJW, 2008 U.S. Dist.

LEXIS 71408, at *4 (D. Kan. Sep. 19, 2008) (granting motion to compel as unopposed and

awarding attorneys’ fees); Martinez v. Corrhealth, No. 1:22-cv-00288-WJ-SCY, 2024 U.S. Dist.

LEXIS 89597, at *10 (D.N.M. May 17, 2024) (granting unopposed motion for sanctions and

adverse inference).


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                                       CONCLUSION

        WHEREFORE, in accordance with the foregoing, and as detailed in MineOne’s Motion,

MineOne requests that the Court enter an Order compelling discovery from BCB and for sanctions

due to BCB’s noncompliance with the Court’s discovery Order and for spoliation of critical

evidence. It is also respectfully requested that the Court enter an Order that MineOne can serve

the subpoenas on Neil Phippen, Sean Murphy and Stephen Randall by email as a means of

alternative service.

        MineOne submitted its proposed order to the Court on September 23, 2024. See ECF No.

367.

        DATED this 7th day of October, 2024


                                            DEFENDANTS MINEONE WYOMING DATA
                                            CENTER, LLC, MINEONE PARTNERS LLC, AND
                                            TERRA CRYPTO INC.,


                                                By: /s/ Paula K. Colbath
                                                  Paula K. Colbath, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
                                                  David Forrest, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
                                                  Alex Inman, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
                                                  345 Park Avenue
                                                  New York, NY 10154
                                                  Telephone: (212) 407-4905
                                                  Fax: (212) 407-4990

                                                     HATHAWAY & KUNTZ, LLP
                                                     Sean Larson Wyo. Bar #7-5112
                                                     Kari Hartman, Wyo. Bar #8-6507
                                                     P. O. Box 1208
                                                     Cheyenne, WY 82003
                                                     Phone: (307) 634-7723
                                                     Fax: (307) 634-0985
                                                     [email protected]
                                                     [email protected]
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                                CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

        This is to certify that on the 7th day of October, 2024, a true and correct copy of the

foregoing was served upon counsel as follows:


 Patrick J. Murphy                                [✓] CM/ECF
 Scott C. Murray                                  [ ] Fax:
 Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C.            [ ] E-mail:
 159 N. Wolcott., Suite 400                       [email protected] [email protected]
 P.O. Box 10700 (82602)
 Casper, WY 82601
 Attorneys for Plaintiff

 Meggan J. Hathaway                               [✓] CM/ECF
 Jane M. France                                   [ ] Fax:
 Sundahl, Powers, Kapp & Martin, L.L.C.           [ ] E-mail:
 500 W. 18th Street, Suite 200                    [email protected]; [email protected]
 Cheyenne, WY 82003-0328

 Marc S. Gottlieb                                 [✓] CM/ECF
 Ortoli Rosenstadt, LLP                           [ ] Fax:
 366 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor                    [ ] E-mail:
 New York, NY 10017                               [email protected]

 Attorneys for Bit Origin and SonicHash


                                             /s/Paula K. Colbath
                                              Loeb & Loeb, LLP