Securities and Exchange Commission v. Nadel et al

Filing 796

RESPONSE in opposition to Wells Fargo Bank's Motion for Leave to File Reply filed by Securities and Exchange Commission. (Masel, Scott)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
v.
CASE NO. 8:09-cv-87-T-26TBM
ARTHUR NADEL,
SCOOP CAPITAL, LLC,
SCOOP MANAGEMENT, INC.
Defendants,
SCOOP REAL ESTATE, L.P.,
VALHALLA INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.,
VALHALLA MANAGEMENT, INC.,
VICTORY IRA FUND, LTD,
VICTORY FUND, LTD,
VIKING IRA FUND, LLC,
VIKING FUND, LLC, AND
VIKING MANAGEMENT
Relief Defendants.
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PLAINTIFF SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION’S
OPPOSITION TO WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.’S MOTION
FOR LEAVE TO FILE REPLY IN SUPPORT OF IT MOTION TO DISQUALIFY
The Commission opposes Wells Fargo’s Motion for Leave to File a Reply (D.E. 794),
because Wells Fargo has not established the required grounds for such relief. Wells Fargo
argues it needs to file additional evidence regarding the timing of events it claims led to a
conflict involving the Receiver, his counsel, and Wells Fargo, and address incorrect
interpretations and application of the relevant law and Florida Rules of Professional Conduct.
Wells Fargo Motion for Leave to File Reply at 2-3. Rather than a basis for a reply, these matters
seem to be just additional support for points raised in the bank’s original Motion to Disqualify

(D.E. 766), since they involve law or factual matters it deal with there and were a logical part of
its motion. See Tardif v. PETA, 2011 WL 2729145 (slip op.) (M.D. Fla. July 13, 2011) at *2
(reply brief was inappropriate when “[t]he Plaintiff [did] not allege that there is a new matter of
law or fact argued in the Defendant’s Response, but merely a dispute as to what those facts mean
in this case”).
WHEREFORE, the Commission opposes Wells Fargo’s Motion and asks the Court to
deny leave for a reply.
March 15, 2012

Respectfully submitted,
By:

s/ Scott A. Masel
Scott A. Masel
Senior Trial Counsel
Florida Bar No. 0007110
Direct Dial: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Lead and Trial Counsel
Attorney for Plaintiff
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
801 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1800
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on March 15, 2012, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk
of the Court by using the CM/ECF system which will send a notice of electronic filing to the
following:
Burton W. Wiand, Esq.
Wiand Guerra King P.L.
3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 600
Tampa, FL 33607
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Court-appointed Receiver for Corporate Defendants
and Relief Defendants

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Gianluca Morello, Esq.
Wiand Guerra King P.L.
3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 600
Tampa, FL 33607
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Receiver Burton W. Wiand
Sean P. Keefe, Esq.
James, Hoyer, Newcomer, Smiljanich & Yanchunis, PA
Suite 550
4830 W Kennedy Blvd
Tampa, FL 33609
813/286-4100
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Receiver Burton W. Wiand
Terry Alan Smiljanich , Esq.
James, Hoyer, Newcomer, Smiljanich & Yanchunis, PA
Suite 550
4830 W Kennedy Blvd
Tampa, FL 33609
813/286-4100
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Receiver Burton W. Wiand
Maya M. Lockwood, Esq.
Wiand Guerra King P.L.
3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 600
Tampa, FL 33607
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Co-counsel for Receiver Burton W. Wiand
Louis Joseph Shaheen, Jr. . Esq.
Akerman Senterfitt
Suite 1700
401 E Jackson St
Tampa, FL 33602-5803
813-209-5016
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Counsel for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Steven R. Wirth, Esq.
Akerman Senterfitt
Suite 1700
401 E Jackson St
Tampa, FL 33602-5803
813/223-7333
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Ana T. Barnett, Esq.
Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA
Suite 2200
150 W Flagler St
Miami, FL 33130
305/789-3514
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Julie Fishman Berkowitz, Esq.
Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA
Suite 2200
150 W Flagler St
Miami, FL 33130
305/789-3353
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Counsel for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
I further certify that on the same date I mailed the foregoing document and the notice of
electronic filing by U.S. Mail or as indicated below to the following non-CM/ECF participant:
Arthur G. Nadel
Register No. 50690-018
FCI Butner Low - Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 999
Butner, NC 27509
Via U.S. Mail
s/ Scott A. Masel
Scott A. Masel, Esq.

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