Securities and Exchange Commission v. Aequitas Management, LLC et al

Filing 566

ORDER: The Court declines to modify or set aside any part of the Opinion & Order 470 . Signed on 12/11/17 by Judge Marco A. Hernandez. (gm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMISSION,
Plaintiff,

No. 3:16-cv-00438-PK
ORDER

v.

AEQUITAS MANAGEMENT, LLC; AEQUITAS
HOLDINGS, LLC; AEQUITAS COMMERCIAL
FINANCE, LLC; AEQUITAS CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT, INC.; AEQUITAS
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC; ROBERT
J. JESENIK; BRIAN A. OLIVER; and N. SCOTT
GILLIS,
Defendants.

HERNÁNDEZ, District Judge:
Magistrate Judge Paul Papak issued an Opinion & Order [470] on July 7, 2017, ordering
that Individual Defendants’ Motion for Protective Order [428] be denied. Individual Defendants
have timely filed objections [479] to the Opinion & Order. The matter is now before the Court

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a). When a party
objects to a nondispositive matter, “[t]he district judge in the case must consider timely
objections and modify or set aside any part of the order that is clearly erroneous or is contrary to
law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a).
The Court has carefully considered Individual Defendants’ objections and concludes that
no part of the Opinion & Order was clearly erroneous or contrary to law.
CONCLUSION
The Court declines to modify or set aside any part of the Opinion & Order [470].
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this _______ day of ____________________, 2017.

MARCO A. HERNÁNDEZ
United States District Judge

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