Commodity v. Erb

Commodity v. Erb

Petitioner:	Simon Batashvili and Lucas Thomas Erb, also known as Lucas Asher, also known as Luke Asher
Respondent:	State of Wisconsin, West Virginia Securities Commission, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, State of Texas, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, Division of Insurance, State of South Dakota, South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation, South Carolina Attorney General, Oklahoma Department of Securities, Attorney General of the State of New York, People of the State of New York, By Letitia James, New Mexico Securities Division, Office of the Nevada Secretary of State, Nebraska Department of Banking & Finance, Mississippi Secretary of State, Dana Nessel, Attorney General, on Behalf of the People of Michigan, State of Maryland, Ex Rel Maryland Securities Commissioner, Maine Securities Administrator, Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions, Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner, Douglas M. Ommen, Iowa Insurance Commissioner, Indiana Securities Commissioner, Idaho Department of Finance, State of Hawaii Securities Enforcement Branch, Office of the Georgia Secretary of State, Office of the Attorney General and State of Florida Office of Financial Regulation, State of Florida, State of Delaware, Colorado Securities Commissioner, California Commissioner of Business Oversight, Arizona Corporation Commission, State of Alaska, Alabama Securities Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Case Number:	26-90030
Filed:	November 10, 2026
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other

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Date Filed	Document Text
November 11, 2026	Filing 6 CASE CAPTION updated. Party information modified for State of Delaware in 26-90030. [26-90030] Counsel added. (MBC) [Entered: 11/11/2026 08:48 AM]
November 10, 2026	Filing 9 MOTION filed by Petitioners Mr. Simon Batashvili and Mr. Lucas Thomas Erb for permission to appeal [9] pursuant to 1292 (b). Date received in 5th Circuit: 11/06/2026. Date of service: 11/06/2026 Response/Opposition due on 11/20/2026. [26-90030] (MBC) [Entered: 11/11/2026 11:00 AM]
November 10, 2026	Filing 5 CASE CAPTION updated. Respondents Idaho Department of Finance, Indiana Securities Commissioner and Douglas M. Ommen added to case. [26-90030] (MBC) [Entered: 11/10/2026 10:02 AM]
November 10, 2026	Filing 4 CASE CAPTION updated. Party information modified for State of Alaska and Arizona Corporation Commission in 26-90030. [26-90030] (MBC) [Entered: 11/10/2026 09:49 AM]
November 10, 2026	Filing 1 MISCELLANEOUS CASE docketed. [26-90030] (MBC) [Entered: 11/10/2026 09:23 AM]

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Petitioner: Simon Batashvili
Represented By:	Arnold Augur Spencer
Represented By:	William Nelson Drabble
Represented By:	Chris Davis
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Petitioner: Lucas Thomas Erb, also known as Lucas Asher, also known as Luke Asher
Represented By:	Arnold Augur Spencer
Represented By:	William Nelson Drabble
Represented By:	Chris Davis
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Respondent: State of Wisconsin
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Respondent: Washington State Department of Financial Institutions
Represented By:	Stephen Sloan Manning
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Respondent: Division of Insurance, State of South Dakota
Represented By:	Clayton Edward Grueb
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Represented By:	Jonathan Blanton Williams
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Respondent: Oklahoma Department of Securities
Represented By:	Robert Edward Fagnant Jr.
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Represented By:	Tatyana Trakht
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Represented By:	Tatyana Trakht
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Represented By:	Erin Marie Houston
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Represented By:	Joshua Rand Shasserre
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Respondent: Mississippi Secretary of State
Represented By:	Seth Whittaker Shannon
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Respondent: Dana Nessel, Attorney General, on Behalf of the People of Michigan
Represented By:	Aaron W. Levin
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Respondent: State of Maryland, Ex Rel Maryland Securities Commissioner
Represented By:	Max Frederick Brauer
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Represented By:	Gregg D. Bernstein
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Respondent: Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner
Represented By:	Thomas E. Knutzen
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Respondent: Douglas M. Ommen, Iowa Insurance Commissioner
Represented By:	Amanda Kay Robinson
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Respondent: Indiana Securities Commissioner
Represented By:	Meredith B. McCutcheon
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Represented By:	Dallin Creswell
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Represented By:	Regan Jones
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Represented By:	Evelyn Brantley
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Represented By:	Danielle A. Stoumbos
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Respondent: Alabama Securities Commission
Represented By:	Jeffrey Adrian Brown Jr.
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Respondent: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Represented By:	Timothy James Mulreany
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