Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Empires Consulting Corp. et al
Plaintiff: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Defendant: Empires Consulting Corp., Emerson Pires, Flavio Goncalves and Joshua Nicholas
Case Number: 1:2022cv21997
Filed: June 30, 2022
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Presiding Judge: Cecilia M Altonaga
Referring Judge: Beth Bloom
Nature of Suit: Securities/Commodities
Cause of Action: 07 U.S.C. ยง 0009 Commodity Futures Trading Act
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
August 9, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE to Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga for all further proceedings, accepted and signed on 8/9/2022. Judge Beth Bloom no longer assigned to case. Signed by Judge Beth Bloom on 8/9/2022. See attached document for full details. (wc)
August 9, 2022 Filing 13 STATUS REPORT by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Sedrish, Benjamin)
August 2, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ORDER TO FILE STATUS REPORT REGARDING SERVICE UPON FOREIGN DEFENDANTS- Status Report due by 8/9/2022. Signed by Judge Beth Bloom on 8/2/2022. See attached document for full details. (mab)
July 19, 2022 Filing 11 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Joshua Nicholas waiver sent on 7/14/2021, response/answer due 9/12/2021. (Sedrish, Benjamin)
July 12, 2022 Filing 10 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Empires Consulting Corp. waiver sent on 7/1/2022, response/answer due 8/30/2022. (Sedrish, Benjamin)
July 1, 2022 Filing 9 Summons Issued as to Empires Consulting Corp., Flavio Goncalves, Joshua Nicholas, Emerson Pires. (mee)
July 1, 2022 Filing 7 NOTICE of Filing Proposed Summons(es) by Commodity Futures Trading Commission re #1 Complaint, filed by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Pendleton, Elizabeth)
July 1, 2022 Filing 6 NOTICE of Filing Proposed Summons(es) by Commodity Futures Trading Commission re #1 Complaint, filed by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Pendleton, Elizabeth)
July 1, 2022 Filing 5 NOTICE of Filing Proposed Summons(es) by Commodity Futures Trading Commission re #1 Complaint, filed by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Pendleton, Elizabeth)
July 1, 2022 Filing 4 NOTICE of Filing Proposed Summons(es) by Commodity Futures Trading Commission re #1 Complaint, filed by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Pendleton, Elizabeth)
June 30, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 8 ORDER REQUIRING SCHEDULING REPORT AND CERTIFICATES OF INTERESTED PARTIES. Signed by Judge Beth Bloom on 6/30/2022. See attached document for full details. (mee)
June 30, 2022 Filing 3 Clerk's Notice to Filer re: Summons(es) cannot be issued. The party(ies) on the summons(es) does not match the initiating documents (swr)
June 30, 2022 Filing 2 Clerks Notice of Judge Assignment to Judge Beth Bloom. Pursuant to 28 USC 636(c), the parties are hereby notified that the U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes is available to handle any or all proceedings in this case. If agreed, parties should complete and file the Consent form found on our website. It is not necessary to file a document indicating lack of consent. (swr)
June 30, 2022 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against All Defendants. Filing fees $ 402.00. USA Filer - No Filing Fee Required, filed by Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Summon(s) Empires Consulting Corp., #3 Summon(s) Emerson Souza Pires, #4 Summon(s) Flavio Mendes Goncalves, #5 Summon(s) Joshua David Nicholas)(Pendleton, Elizabeth)

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Plaintiff: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Represented By: Elizabeth N. Pendleton
Represented By: Benjamin E. Sedrish
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