Unites States v. Pokerstars, et al

Filing 206

MOTION to Strike Document No. 77 (Seigal Class Claim). Document filed by United States Of America.(Cowley, Jason)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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- v. POKERSTARS, et al.
Defendants;
ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE
ASSETS OF POKERSTARS, et al.;

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NOTICE OF MOTION TO
STRIKE THE CLAIM AND
DISMISS THE COUNTER
CLAIM OF THE CLASS OF
U.S. RESIDENTS WHO
HELD BALANCES
IN THE FULL TILT
PLAYER ACCOUNTS ON
APRIL 15, 2011

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Plaintiff,

11 Civ. 2564 (LBS)

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Defendants-in-rem.
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, upon the accompanying
Memorandum of Law in Support of the Government’s Motion to Strike
the Claim and Dismiss the Counter Claim of the class of United
States residents who held balances in the Full Tilt Player
accounts on April 15, 2011 (the “Claimants”), and upon all the
pleadings heretofore filed in this action and all proceedings had
herein, Plaintiff United States of America, by its attorney Preet
Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New
York, will move this Court, before the Honorable Leonard B. Sand,
United States District Judge for the Southern District of New
York, at the United States Courthouse for the Southern District
of New York, located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York, on
a date and time to be set by the Court, for an Order striking the
Claim of Claimants, for lack of standing pursuant to Rule 12(b)
and (c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule G(8)(c)
of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime

Claims, and dismissing the Counter Claim of the Claimants as
barred by sovereign immunity and unauthorized by statute.
Dated:

New York, New York
July 9, 2012
Respectfully submitted,
PREET BHARARA
United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
By:

To:

/s/
SHARON COHEN LEVIN
JASON H. COWLEY
MICHAEL D. LOCKARD
Assistant United States Attorneys
One St. Andrews Plaza
New York, New York 10007
[phone]/2479/2193

WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ, LLP
Lawrence P. Kolker
Thomas H. Burt
Edmund Arnowitz
Lydia A. Keaney
Beth A. Landes
270 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
[phone]
Counsel for Claimants

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