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Motion to Withdraw Appearance (Janet Jones-Duffey) — In re January 2021 Short Squeeze Trading Litigation (Dkt. 426, S.D. Fla.)

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A Motion to Withdraw Appearance in In re: January 2021 Short Squeeze Trading Litigation, Case 1:21-md-02989-CMA (Case No.: 21-2989-MDL-ALTONAGA/TORRES, Document 426, 2 pages), in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, entered October 22, 2021. Under Local Rule 11.1(d)(3), Janet Jones-Duffey asks to withdraw as counsel for E*TRADE Securities LLC, E*TRADE Financial Corporation, E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, saying Jones-Duffey no longer represents them in this MDL. Brian S. Weinstein of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP remains counsel for those Defendants, and the motion is dated October 22, 2021 over the /s/ signature of Janet Jones-Duffey.

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Date
2021-10-22

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“Motion to Withdraw Appearance (Janet Jones-Duffey) (Dkt. 426).” Original at archive.org, dated 2021-10-22. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-10-22-covid-era-misc/, SHA-256 e624d0fe81ce5f2781edbc76d7384899cc9a8bdb1065025776ec1277b1dc5d6f.

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Case 1:21-md-02989-CMA Document 426 Entered on FLSD Docket 10/22/2021 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
      __________________________________/


                            MOTION TO WITHDRAW APPEARANCE


               Pursuant to Local Rule 11.1(d)(3), I, Janet Jones-Duffey, hereby move this Court

      for an order granting permission to withdraw my appearance as counsel for Defendants,

      E*TRADE Securities LLC, E*TRADE Financial Corporation, E*TRADE Financial

      Holdings, LLC, and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, as I no longer represent these

      Defendants in this MDL and should be removed from the Court’s service list with respect

      to the above-captioned action. Attorney Brian S. Weinstein of Davis Polk & Wardwell

      LLP and local counsel Peter W. Homer of HomerBonner, among other attorneys, have an

      appearance on behalf of the above-referenced Defendants, and are familiar with this matter,

      the posture of the case, and its current status on the calendar.


               By way of this filing, the undersigned respectfully requests the Court to issue an

      order granting this motion to withdraw appearance.


               .




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     Date: October 22, 2021               Respectfully submitted,


                                          /s/ Janet Jones-Duffey
                                          Janet Jones-Duffey
                                          DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
                                          450 Lexington Avenue
                                          New York, New York 10017
                                          Telephone: (212) 450-4000
                                          Facsimile: (212) 701-5972
                                          brian.weinstein@davispolk.com
                                          gina.cora@davispolk.com
                                          janet.jones-duffey@davispolk.com

                                         Counsel for Defendants E*TRADE Securities LLC and
                                         E*TRADE Financial Holdings, LLC




                                  CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

             I hereby certify that on October 22, 2021, a true and correct copy of the foregoing

      document was served by CM/ECF to the parties registered to the Court’s CM/ECF system.



                                                          /s/Peter W. Homer
                                                          Peter W. Homer




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