Menos v. Taylor et al

Filing 86

ORDER DISMISSING CASE - ECF No. 83 Stipulation of Dismissal is granted. This action is dismissed without prejudice. Signed by Judge Larry R. Hicks on 3/3/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - AB)

Case 3:17-cv-00662-LRH-CLB Document 83 Filed 03/02/20 Page 1 of 3

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Patrick R. Leverty, Esq.
LEVERTY & ASSOCIATES LAW CHTD.
Reno Gould House
832 Willow Street
Reno, NV 89502
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Mark E. Ferrario
Christopher R. Miltenberger
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
10845 Griffith Peak Drive
Suite 600
Las Vegas, NV 89135
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

Phillip Kim (pro hac vice)
Erica L. Stone (pro hac vice)
THE ROSEN LAW FIRM, P.A.
275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Joel M. Eads (pro hac vice)
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
1717 Arch Street
Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Counsel for Plaintiff

Counsel for Defendants Jeffery L. Taylor,
Don L. Taylor, L. John Lewis, S. Randall
Oveson, and Gannon Giguiere, and for
Nominal Defendant Eco Science Solutions,
Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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HANS MENOS, derivatively on behalf of
ECO SCIENCE SOLUTIONS, INC.,

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Plaintiff,

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STIPULATION OF VOLUNTARY
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
ORDER

v.

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Case No. 3:17-CV-00662-LRH-CB
CLB

JEFFERY L. TAYLOR, DON L.
TAYLOR, L. JOHN LEWIS, S.
RANDALL OVESON, and GANNON
GIGUIERE,

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Defendants,
and
ECO SCIENCE SOLUTIONS, INC.,
Nominal Defendant.

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Case 3:17-cv-00662-LRH-CLB Document 83 Filed 03/02/20 Page 2 of 3

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Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 41(a) and 23.1(c) and LR 7-1, Plaintiff Hans

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Menos (“Plaintiff”), by and through his counsel the law firms of Leverty & Associates Law Chtd.

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Ltd. and The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. and Defendants Jeffery L. Taylor, Don L. Taylor, L. John

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Lewis, S. Randall Oveson and Gannon Giguiere (collectively, “Individual Defendants”) and

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Nominal Defendant Eco Science Solutions, Inc. (“Eco Science” and with Individual Defendants,

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“Defendants” and with Plaintiff, the “Parties”), by and through their counsel, the law firm of

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP, hereby stipulate and agree:

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff commenced this action on November 3, 2017;

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed the Verified First Amended Shareholder Derivative Complaint

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(“Amended Complaint”) on December 21, 2018;
WHEREAS, Defendants filed an answer to the Amended Complaint on September 13,
2019; and

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WHEREAS, the claims alleged in this action on behalf of Eco Science are also being

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asserted in two other jurisdictions: (1) in the First District Court of Nevada, Carson City County

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styled as Glorioso v. Taylor, et al., Case No. 17 OC 001371B; and (2) in the United States District

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Court for the District of Hawaii in the consolidated actions styled as Bell v. Taylor, et al., Case

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No. 17-cv-00530 and D’Annunzio v. Taylor, et al., Case No. 18-cv-00016;

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NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties in this action stipulate and agree as follows:

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This action is dismissed without prejudice.

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Each Party is to bear its own costs and fees.

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3.

Notice of voluntary dismissal is not required under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23.1(c) because:

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(i) there has been no settlement or compromise in the action; (ii) there has been no collusion among

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the Parties; (iii) neither Plaintiff nor his counsel have received or will receive, directly or indirectly,

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any consideration from Defendants for the dismissal; and (iv) the dismissal is without prejudice.

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Case 3:17-cv-00662-LRH-CLB Document 83 Filed 03/02/20 Page 3 of 3

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Respectfully submitted,
Dated: March 2, 2020

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THE ROSEN LAW FIRM, P.A.

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

By: /s/ Erica L. Stone
Phillip Kim (pro hac vice)
Erica L. Stone (pro hac vice)
275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

By: /s/ Joel M. Eads
Joel M. Eads (pro hac vice)
1717 Arch Street
Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Patrick R. Leverty, Esq.
LEVERTY & ASSOCIATES LAW CHTD.
Reno Gould House
832 Willow Street
Reno, NV 89502
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Counsel for Plaintiff

Mark E. Ferrario
Christopher R. Miltenberger
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
10845 Griffith Peak Drive
Suite 600
Las Vegas, NV 89135
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

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Counsel for Defendants Jeffery L. Taylor,
Don L. Taylor, L. John Lewis, S. Randall
Oveson, and Gannon Giguiere, and for
Nominal Defendant Eco Science Solutions,
Inc.

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IT IS SO ORDERED:
DATED this 3rd day of March, 2020.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT/MAGISTRATE JUDGE
DATED: ____________________
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LARRY R. HICKS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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