United States Securities & Exchange Commissiones v. Halek

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: *

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) brought a civil enforcement action against Jason Halek and his two companies, CBO Energy, Inc., and Halek Energy, LLC.1 The defendants consented to an interlocutory judgment enjoining them from future violations but leaving open the amount of penalties and disgorgement. After the parties failed to settle that remaining issue, the court held Halek and the energy companies liable for disgorgement. Halek appeals the disgorgement order, the decision to reopen the case after administrative closure, and the entry of…