Order — Antitrust Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike Defendant Citadel Securities LLC's Notice of Supplemental Authority — Document 434

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An Order (Document 434) in In re January 2021 Short Squeeze Trading Litigation, Case 1:21-md-02989-CMA (Case No. 21-2989-MDL-ALTONAGA/Torres), in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, relating to all Antitrust Actions, entered on the FLSD docket November 5, 2021 over the name of Chief United States District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga. The two-page order denies without prejudice the Antitrust Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike Defendant Citadel Securities LLC's Notice of Supplemental Authority [ECF No. 433], filed November 4, 2021. Quoting Local Rule 7.1(a)(3), which requires counsel for a movant to confer or make reasonable effort to confer with affected parties and to certify that at the end of the motion, the order finds that the Antitrust Plaintiffs failed to certify that they conferred or made reasonable efforts to confer with Defendant.

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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 ANTITRUST ACTIONS
ORDER

THIS CAUSE came before the Court on the Antitrust Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike
Defendant Citadel Securities LLC’s Notice of Supplemental Authority in Support of Defendants’
Motion to Dismiss the Antitrust Tranche Complaint [ECF No. 433], filed on November 4, 2021.
Local Rule 7.1(a)(3) of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida provides:
Prior to filing any motion in a civil case, . . . counsel for the movant shall confer
(orally or in writing), or make reasonable effort to confer (orally or in writing), or
make reasonable effort to confer (orally or in writing), with all parties or non-
parties who may be affected by the relief sought in the motion in a good faith
effort to resolve by agreement the issues to be raised in the motion. . . .  At the
end of the motion, and above the signature block, counsel for the moving party
shall certify [in accordance herewith.]

Id. (alterations and emphasis added).  The Rule further states that “[f]ailure to comply . . . may
be cause for the Court to grant or deny the motion and impose on counsel an appropriate sanction
. . . .”  Id. (alterations added).  The Antitrust Plaintiffs have failed to certify that they conferred or
made reasonable efforts to confer with Defendant.  Therefore, it is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Motion [ECF No. 433] is DENIED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

Case 1:21-md-02989-CMA   Document 434   Entered on FLSD Docket 11/05/2021   Page 1 of 2

CASE NO. 21-2989-MDL-ALTONAGA

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DONE AND ORDERED in Miami, Florida, this 5th day of November, 2021.

   ________________________________________

   CECILIA M. ALTONAGA

   CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

cc:
counsel of record
Case 1:21-md-02989-CMA   Document 434   Entered on FLSD Docket 11/05/2021   Page 2 of 2

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