GREENSPAN v. U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Civil Lawsuit District Of Columbia District Court, Case No. 1:22-cv-00216-APM
District Judge Amit P. Mehta, presiding
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Parties
Greenspan, Aaron Greenspan, Aaron, Plaintiff
Officially listed as "AARON GREENSPAN"

Represented by Loevy & Loevy

Name Phone Fax E-Mail
Space Joshua Loevy +1 312 243 5900 +1 312 243 5902 joshl@loevy.com
Space Matthew V. Topic +1 312 243 5900 +1 312 243 5902 matt@loevy.com
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Defendant
Officially listed as "U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION"

Represented by United States Department of Justice

Name Phone Fax E-Mail
Space Thomas Anthony Quinn +1 202 514 6807 +1 202 514 8784 tony.quinn2@usdoj.gov
Attributes
Office Washington, DC
Filed 1/27/2022
Jury Demand None
Demand
Nature of Suit 895 - Freedom of Information Act
Cause Section 05 U.S.C. § 552 Freedom of Information Act
Jurisdiction U.S. Government Defendant
Disposition
County 88888
Terminated
Origin 1
Reopened
Lead Case
None
Related Case
None
Other Court Case None
Defendant Custody Status
Flag TYPE I-FOIA
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Legal Document 38 Filed: 11/6/2024, Entered: 11/6/2024 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Escher, Sam)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None Order
MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file another Joint Status Report by February 6, 2025, which updates the court on the processing and production of records, including any narrowing of Plaintiff's thestreet.com FOIA request. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 11/6/2024. (lcapm3)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None ***Set/Reset Deadlines
Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 11/6/2024 (zakb)
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MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file another Joint Status Report by November 6, 2024, which updates the court on the processing and production of records, including any narrowing of Plaintiff's thestreet.com FOIA request. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 08/12/2024. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document (Payment Possibly Required) 37 Filed: 8/5/2024, Entered: 8/5/2024 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Escher, Sam)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None set/reset deadlines/hearings
Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: Joint Status Report due by 8/6/2024. (zcdw)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None set/reset deadlines/hearings
Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings: Joint Status Report due by 8/6/2024. (zcdw)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None Order
MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file another Joint Status Report by August 6, 2024, which updates the court on the processing and production of records, including any narrowing of Plaintiff's thestreet.com FOIA request. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 05/07/2024. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 36 Filed: 5/3/2024, Entered: 5/3/2024 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Escher, Sam)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None ***Set/Reset Deadlines
Set/Reset Deadlines: Joint Status Report due by 5/5/2024. (smc)
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MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file another Joint Status Report by May 5, 2024, which updates the court on the processing and production of records, including any narrowing of Plaintiffs thestreet.com FOIA request. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 2/12/2024. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 35 Filed: 2/5/2024, Entered: 2/5/2024 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Escher, Sam)
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MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file another Joint Status Report by February 6, 2024, which updates the court on the processing and production of records, including any narrowing of Plaintiffs thestreet.com FOIA request. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 11/07/2023. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 34 Filed: 10/31/2023, Entered: 10/31/2023 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Escher, Sam)
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MINUTE ORDER. On or before October 31, 2023, the parties shall file an additional Joint Status Report that addresses: (1) why the SEC cannot begin processing a "complex FOIA request" until May 5, 2024, and (2) whether, after a meet and confer, the parties are able to narrow the scope of the "TheStreet.com" request to reduce the number of potentially responsive records. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 10/18/2023. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 33 Filed: 10/17/2023, Entered: 10/17/2023 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Escher, Sam)
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MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file an additional Joint Status Report by October 19, 2023, which updates the court on the processing and production of responsive records. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 08/22/2023. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 32 Filed: 8/21/2023, Entered: 8/21/2023 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Escher, Sam)
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MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file an additional Joint Status Report by August 21, 2023, which updates the court on the processing and production of the Bradley Bondi request. The last three Joint Status Reports have been silent as to that request. See ECF Nos. [26], [27], and [31]. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 07/21/2023. (lcapm3)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None Order on Motion For Leave to File.
MINUTE ORDER denying [20] Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint and/or Supplement Complaint. The court may deny a motion to amend a complaint when the requested amendment bears no more than a "tangential relationship" to the original action. See Nat'l Treasury Emps. Union v. Helfer, 53 F.3d 1289, 1295 (D.C. Cir. 1995). That is the case here. Plaintiff proposes to add two pending FOIA requests directed to two agencies other than the SEC. Those FOIA requests concern topics other than those at issue in this case. Although Plaintiff contends that each of the FOIA requests "pertain to Elon Musk," Pl.'s Consolidated Reply, ECF No. [25], at 3, that general commonality is not sufficient to warrant expanding the scope of the present complaint. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 07/21/2023. (lcapm3)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None Order on motion to compel
MINUTE ORDER denying [19] Motion to Compel Compliance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(7)(B)(ii), or in the Alternative for Sanctions. Based on the parties' submissions, it appears that the SEC, in its view, has completed production of two of the three FOIA requests: (1) TheStreet.com and (2) robots.txt Line 89. See Decl. of Kevin Solonsky, ECF No. 24-1; Joint Status Report, ECF No. [27], paragraph 8. The status of the Bondi request is unknown, and the court will address it by separate Minute Order. Based on the SEC's productions to date, the motion to compel compliance is denied. The court also denies the motion for sanctions, as neither the SEC nor its counsel have engaged in sanctionable conduct before the court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b). Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 07/21/2023. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 31 Filed: 7/19/2023, Entered: 7/19/2023 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Escher, Sam)
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Legal Document 30 Filed: 7/18/2023, Entered: 7/18/2023 Substitution of Counsel
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Sam Escher on behalf of U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Substituting for attorney Thomas Anthony Quinn (Escher, Sam)
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MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file an additional Joint Status Report by July 19, 2023, which proposes a schedule for further proceedings, if necessary. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 05/30/2023. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 29 Filed: 5/19/2023, Entered: 5/19/2023 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
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Legal Document 28 Filed: 5/19/2023, Entered: 5/19/2023 Status report
STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
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Legal Document 27 Filed: 5/19/2023, Entered: 5/19/2023 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
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MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file an additional Joint Status Report by May 19, 2023. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 03/22/2023. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document (Payment Possibly Required) 26 Filed: 3/21/2023, Entered: 3/21/2023 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
Request RequestSpace LREF
Legal Document 25 Filed: 2/27/2023, Entered: 2/27/2023 Reply to opposition to Motion
REPLY to opposition to motion re [20] MOTION for Leave to File Amended and/or Supplemental Complaint, [19] MOTION to Compel Compliance With 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(7)(B)(ii), Or In The Alternative, For Sanctions MOTION for Sanctions filed by AARON GREENSPAN. (GREENSPAN, AARON)
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Legal Document 24 Filed: 2/24/2023, Entered: 2/24/2023 Memorandum in opposition
Memorandum in opposition to re [20] Motion for Leave to File, [19] Motion to Compel,, Motion for Sanctions, filed by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Attachments: # (1) Declaration Ex. A, # (2) Exhibit Ex. A, Att. 1)(Quinn, Thomas)
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Legal Document (Payment Possibly Required) 23 Filed: 2/9/2023, Entered: 2/9/2023 Order on Motion for Extension of Time to File Response / ReplyCourt Filing
ORDER granting [22] Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply. Defendant shall have through and including February 24, 2023, to file responses to Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Compliance with 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(7)(B)(ii), or in the Alternative, Motion for Sanctions (ECF No. [19]), and to Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Amended and/or Supplemental Complaint, as corrected (ECF Nos. [20] and [21]). Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 02/09/2023. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 22 Filed: 2/8/2023, Entered: 2/8/2023, Terminated: 2/9/2023 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply
MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to [20] MOTION for Leave to File Amended and/or Supplemental Complaint, [19] MOTION to Compel Compliance With 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(7)(B)(ii), Or In The Alternative, For Sanctions MOTION for Sanctions by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
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Legal Document 21 Filed: 1/30/2023, Entered: 1/30/2023 Errata
ERRATA Corrected Proposed Amended Complaint by AARON GREENSPAN re [20] Motion for Leave to File. (GREENSPAN, AARON)
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Legal Document 20 Filed: 1/30/2023, Entered: 1/30/2023, Terminated: 7/21/2023 Motion for Leave to File
MOTION for Leave to File Amended and/or Supplemental Complaint by AARON GREENSPAN. (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit Proposed Amended Complaint, # (2) Text of Proposed Order)(GREENSPAN, AARON)
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Legal Document 19 Filed: 1/27/2023, Entered: 1/27/2023, Terminated: 7/21/2023 Motion to Compel
MOTION to Compel Compliance With 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(7)(B)(ii), Or In The Alternative, MOTION for Sanctions by AARON GREENSPAN. (Attachments: # (1) Declaration of Aaron Greenspan, # (2) Proposed Order)(GREENSPAN, AARON). Added MOTION for Sanctions on 1/29/2023 (zed).
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Legal Document 18 Filed: 1/20/2023, Entered: 1/20/2023 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
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Legal Document 17 Filed: 11/21/2022, Entered: 11/21/2022 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
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Legal Document 16 Filed: 9/23/2022, Entered: 9/23/2022 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
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MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file an additional Joint Status Report by September 23, 2022, which updates the court on the parties' discussions and the processing and production of responsive records. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 9/13/2022. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 15 Filed: 9/12/2022, Entered: 9/12/2022 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None Order on Motion for CM/ECF Password
MINUTE ORDER granting Plaintiff's [14] Motion for Leave to File Electronically via CM/ECF. Plaintiff's motion meets the requirements of Local Rule 5.4(b)(2) and may file in this matter using CM/ECF. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 09/09/2022. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 14 Filed: 9/7/2022, Entered: 9/8/2022 Motion for CM/ECF Password
MOTION for CM/ECF Password by AARON GREENSPAN. (zed)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None Order on Motion to withdraw as attorney
MINUTE ORDER granting Corrected Motion to Withdraw as Plaintiff's Counsel. With seven days have passed since counsel's motion and no objection filed by Plaintiff, counsel's motion is granted. The clerk of court shall withdraw Loevy & Loevy as counsel to Plaintiff. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 08/08/2022. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document (Payment Possibly Required) 13 Filed: 7/27/2022, Entered: 7/27/2022, Terminated: 8/9/2022 Motion to withdraw as attorney
MOTION to Withdraw as Attorney Corrected by AARON GREENSPAN. (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit 1)(Topic, Matthew)
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Legal Document (Payment Possibly Required) 12 Filed: 7/27/2022, Entered: 7/27/2022, Terminated: 8/9/2022 Motion to withdraw as attorney
ENTERED IN ERROR.....MOTION to Withdraw as Attorney by AARON GREENSPAN. (Loevy, Joshua) Modified on 7/29/2022. Counsel has refiled said pleading (zed).
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Legal Document 11 Filed: 7/11/2022, Entered: 7/11/2022 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by AARON GREENSPAN. (Loevy, Joshua)
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Legal Document 10 Filed: 5/11/2022, Entered: 5/11/2022 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
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Set/Reset Deadlines: Status Report due by 5/11/2022 (zjch, )
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MINUTE ORDER. The parties shall file an additional Joint Status Report by May 11, 2022, and every 60 days thereafter, which updates the court on the processing and production of responsive records. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 04/12/2022. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 9 Filed: 4/11/2022, Entered: 4/11/2022 Status report
Joint STATUS REPORT by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Quinn, Thomas)
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None order on motion for extension of time to file
MINUTE ORDER granting [8] Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File a Joint Status Report. The parties shall file the Joint Status Report described in the court's previous Order by April 11, 2022. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 04/06/2022. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 8 Filed: 4/4/2022, Entered: 4/4/2022, Terminated: 4/6/2022 Motion for Extension of Time to File
MOTION for Extension of Time to File a Joint Status Report by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. (Attachments: # (1) Text of Proposed Order)(Quinn, Thomas)
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Legal Document 7 Filed: 3/28/2022, Entered: 3/28/2022 Notice of Appearance
NOTICE of Appearance by Joshua Loevy on behalf of AARON GREENSPAN (Loevy, Joshua)
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Legal Document 6 Filed: 3/22/2022, Entered: 3/22/2022 OrderCourt Filing
ORDER. Both a Complaint and an Answer are now before the court in this FOIA case. It is hereby ordered that the parties shall meet and confer and file a Joint Status Report on or before April 4, 2022. The Joint Status Report shall include (1) the status of Plaintiff's FOIA request; (2) the anticipated number of documents responsive to Plaintiff's FOIA request; (3) the anticipated date(s) for release of the documents requested by Plaintiff; (4) whether a motion for stay is likely under Open America v. Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 547 F.2d 605 (D.C. Cir. 1976); and (5) whether the parties anticipate summary judgment briefing and, if so, a proposed briefing schedule. Signed by Judge Amit P. Mehta on 03/22/2022. (lcapm3)
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Legal Document 5 Filed: 3/21/2022, Entered: 3/21/2022 Notice of Appearance
NOTICE of Appearance by Thomas Anthony Quinn on behalf of U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (Quinn, Thomas)
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Legal Document 4 Filed: 3/21/2022, Entered: 3/21/2022 Answer to Complaint
ANSWER to Complaint by U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.(Quinn, Thomas)
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Legal Document (Payment Possibly Required) 3 Filed: 2/2/2022, Entered: 2/2/2022 Summons Issued Electronically as to AUSA
SUMMONS (3) Issued Electronically as to U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Attachments: # (1) Notice and Consent)(adh, )
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Blank  Filed: None, Entered: None Case Assigned/Reassigned
Case Assigned to Judge Amit P. Mehta. (zsb)
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Legal Document 2 Filed: 1/27/2022, Entered: 1/27/2022 Notice of Appearance
NOTICE of Appearance by Matthew Topic on behalf of AARON GREENSPAN (Topic, Matthew)
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Legal Document 1 Filed: 1/27/2022, Entered: 1/27/2022 Complaint
COMPLAINT against U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number ADCDC-9007241) filed by AARON GREENSPAN. (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit Ex 1-9, # (2) Civil Cover Sheet, # (3) Summons)(Topic, Matthew)
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