Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sargent

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) CIVIL ACTION ) NO. 19-11416-WGY HENRY B. SARGENT, ) ) Defendant. ) ) YOUNG, D.J. March 8, 2022 MEMORANDUM OF DECISION I. INTRODUCTION “Summary judgment is overused across our courts.” SEC v. EagleEye Asset Mgmt.,

975 F. Supp. 2d 151, 155

(D. Mass. 2013). The late Judge Richard Arnold reflected: [W]e’ve seen . . . tremendous pressures to decide cases without thinking very much about them, tremendous pressures to avoid deciding cases. I mean, some judges will do almost anything to…