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In the April 19, 2021 Case Management Order [ECF No. 209], the Court invited attorneys

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Order entered 05/21/2021 as Document 315 in In re: January 2021 Short Squeeze Trading Litigation, Case No. 21-2989-MDL-ALTONAGA/Torres, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Dennis S. Ellis had declined his appointment to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee and asked that Matthew L. Venezia replace him; Jason S. Rathod applied for the vacated seat and Melissa R. Emert renewed her application. The Court accepts Ellis's resignation, declines to entertain new applicants because the Committee has not expressed a need to fill the seat, and keeps the Committee as previously appointed: Chair Roy T. Willey, IV, and members Gabriel A. Assaad, Jeffrey A. Klafter and Maurice D. Pessah. Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga signed it in Miami on May 21, 2021.

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2021-04-19

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“In the April 19, 2021 Case Management Order [ECF No. 209], the Court invited attorneys.” Original at archive.org, dated 2021-04-19. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-04-19-covid-era-misc-ade25e74-1/, SHA-256 ade25e747d8862977130711c88e0efaf8ac97699e39a214d3860ac6416eaffae.

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Case 1:21-md-02989-CMA Document 315 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/21/2021 Page 1 of 2




                               UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                               SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

                           CASE NO. 21-2989-MDL-ALTONAGA/Torres

   In re:

   JANUARY 2021 SHORT SQUEEZE
   TRADING LITIGATION
   _________________________________/

   This Document Relates to All Actions

                                                ORDER

            In the April 19, 2021 Case Management Order [ECF No. 209], the Court invited attorneys

   involved in the non-federal securities actions to submit applications for Plaintiffs’ lead counsel by

   April 26, 2021. (See id. 2). Thereafter, the Court followed the procedure outlined in that Order

   and entered a Case Management Order [ECF No. 310], establishing Plaintiffs’ claim and

   leadership structure; appointing counsel to designated leadership roles in this multidistrict

   litigation; and assigning Plaintiffs’ leadership duties. (See generally May 18, 2021 Order).

   Relevant here, the Court appointed Mr. Dennis S. Ellis of Browne George Ross O’Brien Annaguey

   & Ellis to the Steering Committee. (See id. 3).

            Presently, Mr. Ellis apprises the Court he “respectfully decline[s] the appointment[,]”

   stating he “typically reserves that level of commitment to acting in a first-chair capacity in high-

   stakes commercial litigation matters[.]” (Appl. Replace Mr. Ellis with Matthew L. Venezia on

   Pls.’ Steering Committee [ECF No. 312] 1 (alterations added)). Mr. Ellis asks the Court “[a]s an

   alternative, . . . that Mr. [Matthew L.] Venezia replace [him] on the [Steering Committee].” (Id. 2

   (alterations added)). In addition, Jason S. Rathod of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP submitted an

   Application [ECF No. 313] for the “vacated seat” on the Steering Committee (Rathod’s Appl. 2),
Case 1:21-md-02989-CMA Document 315 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/21/2021 Page 2 of 2

                                                     CASE NO. 21-2989-MDL-ALTONAGA/Torres


   and Melissa R. Emert submitted a Renewed Application [ECF No. 314] for a Steering Committee

   position.

          The Court declines to entertain new applicants seeking appointment to the Steering

   Committee. The Committee has not expressed a need to fill Mr. Ellis’s previously held position.

          Accordingly, the Court ACCEPTS Dennis S. Ellis’s resignation. The Steering Committee

   shall be comprised of those attorneys previously appointed:

          Committee Chair:                 Roy T. Willey, IV
                                           Anastopoulo Law Firm, LLC
                                           32 Ann Street
                                           Charleston, South Carolina 29403

          Committee Members:               Gabriel A. Assaad
                                           McDonald Worley, PC 1770
                                           St. James St., Suite 100
                                           Houston, Texas 77056

                                           Jeffrey A. Klafter
                                           Klafter Lesser LLP
                                           2 International Drive, Suite 350
                                           Rye Brook, New York 10573

                                           Maurice D. Pessah
                                           Pessah Law Group, PC
                                           661 N Harper Avenue, Suite 208
                                           West Hollywood, California 90048

          DONE AND ORDERED in Miami, Florida, this 21st day of May, 2021.



                                                             _________________________________
                                                             CECILIA M. ALTONAGA
                                                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

   cc:    counsel of record; pro se Plaintiffs




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