Securities and Exchange Commission v. Lee

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 Securities and Exchange Commission, Case No.: 14-cv-347-LAB-BGS 13 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING JUDGMENT 14 v. DEBTORS’ MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM THE ORDER FREEZING 15 ASSETS 16 James Y. Lee, et al., [ECF NO. 199] 17 Defendants, 18 19 20 I. INTRODUCTION 21 Before the Court is Judgment Debtor James Y. Lee’s (“Lee”) and Judgment Debtor 22 Larissa O. Ettore’s (“Ettore”) motion for release of frozen funds to pay counsel in 23 connection with a pending civil contempt proceeding. (ECF No. 199.) Alternatively, Lee 24…