Securities & Exchange Commission v. Williams et al

Filing 55

ORDER & CALENDAR : A telephonic conference is scheduled for 10/17/13 at 1:00 pm EST to discuss settlement. Plaintiff's counsel shall initiate the conference call and shall have the pro se defendant on the line when calling chambers. Signed by Judge Donna F. Martinez on 9/26/13.(Constantine, A.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION

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Plaintiff,
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V.
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JERRY WILLIAMS, MONK'S DEN, LLC :
and FIRST IN AWARENESS, LLC,
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Defendants.
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CASE NO.

3:12cv1068(RNC)

RULING AND ORDER
Pending before the court is an untitled submission by the pro
se defendant Jerry Williams in which he requests "a hearing for
purpose

of

discussion

relating

to

prejudgment

settlement,

prejudgment remedies and exempt property" and cites to 28 U.S.C.
§ 3101, which governs "Prejudgment remedies."1

(Doc. #50.)

The

defendant "requests this hearing be transferred" to the U.S.
District Court in Phoenix, Arizona.
To the extent that the defendant seeks a hearing regarding
prejudgment remedies, that request is denied. The plaintiff, as it
explained in its opposition, has not sought prejudgment remedies.
To

the

extent

that

the

defendant

seeks

a

settlement

conference, the plaintiff indicates that it does not oppose a
telephonic

conference

regarding

settlement.

A

telephonic

conference is scheduled for October 17, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. (EST) to

1

The submission states that the "defendants" make the instant
request.
However, the court previously ruled that defendant
Williams cannot represent his businesses, First In Awareness and
Monk's Den. See doc. #19.

discuss

settlement.

Plaintiff's

counsel

shall

initiate

the

conference call and shall have the pro se defendant on the line
when calling chambers.
SO

ORDERED

at

Hartford,

Connecticut

this

26th

day

September, 2013.
_________/s/___________________
Donna F. Martinez
United States Magistrate Judge

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