Securities & Exchange Commission v. Merkin

ORDER

DONALD L. GRAHAM, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon Plaintiffs Objections to the Magistrate Judge’s June 12, 2012 Order Permitting a Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition of the Commission [D.E. 41] and Defendant’s Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs Objections to the Magistrate’s Order [D.E. 47].

THE COURT has reviewed the pertinent portions of the record, and is otherwise fully advised in the premises.

I. BACKGROUND

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“the Commission”) filed suit in this Court alleging that the Defendant, Stewart Merkin, made materially false public statements…