Baratta et al v. Binance Holdings LTD
Plaintiff: Charles Baratta, Jason Rappaport, Donald Douty, Thomas Viola and Hyacinth Ahuruonye
Defendant: Binance Holdings Ltd doing business as Binance, BAM Trading Services Inc a Delaware Corporation doing business as BINANCE.US and Changpeng Zhao
Case Number: 1:2025cv22202
Filed: May 14, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Office: Miami Office
Presiding Judge: Rodolfo A Ruiz
Nature of Suit: Racketeer/Corrupt Organization
Cause of Action: 18 U.S.C. § 1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
May 22, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES. Case No. 25-CV-22100 and Case No. 25-CV-22202 are hereby CONSOLIDATED. The Clerk of the Court is instructed to CLOSE Case No. 25-CV-22202 for administrative purposes only. Signed by Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II on 5/21/2025. See attached document for full details. (gp)
May 22, 2025 Closing Case for administrative purposes only. See #20 Order. (gp)
May 22, 2025 Cases associated with 1:25-cv-22100-RAR. (gp)
May 21, 2025 Filing 19 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Daniel Tramel Stabile on behalf of BAM Trading Services Inc. Attorney Daniel Tramel Stabile added to party BAM Trading Services Inc (pty:dft). (Stabile, Daniel)
May 20, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 18 ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE to Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II for all further proceedings, accepted and signed on 5/19/2025. Judge Melissa Damian no longer assigned to case. Signed by Judge Melissa Damian on 5/19/2025. See attached document for full details. (gp)
May 15, 2025 Filing 17 Bar Letter re: Admissions sent to attorney Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Chris N. Ryder, Derek W. Loeser, Matthew Solomon, Rishi Zutshi, Samuel Levander, Timothy B. Fitzgerald, mailing date May 15, 2025, (pt)
May 14, 2025 Filing 16 Clerks Notice of Judge Assignment to Judge Melissa Damian. Pursuant to 28 USC 636(c), the parties are hereby notified that the U.S. Magistrate Judge Ellen F. D'Angelo 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. Pro se (NON-PRISONER) litigants may receive Notices of Electronic Filings (NEFS) via email after filing a Consent by Pro Se Litigant (NON-PRISONER) to Receive Notices of Electronic Filing. The consent form is available under the forms section of our website. (bb)
May 14, 2025 Filing 15 Case transferred in from Washington Western; Case Number 2:25-cv-00639. Electronic file including transfer order and docket sheet received. .(bb).
May 13, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 14 ORDER granting Parties' #12 Stipulated Motion to Transfer Case. This case is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Signed by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. (LH)
May 6, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 13 ORDER re #9 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice, #10 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice, #11 Application for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice. The Court ADMITS Attorneys Rishi Zutshi, Matthew Solomon, and Samuel Levander for Defendant BAM Trading Services Inc, by Clerk Ravi Subramanian. No document associated with this docket entry, text only.NOTE TO COUNSEL: Local counsel agrees to sign all filings and to be prepared to handle the matter, including the trial thereof, in the event the applicant is unable to be present on any date scheduled by the court, pursuant to LCR 83.1(d).(HH)
May 5, 2025 Filing 12 Stipulated MOTION & Proposed Order to Transfer Case to USDC S.D. Fla., filed by Defendant BAM Trading Services Inc. (Fitzgerald, Timothy)
May 5, 2025 Filing 11 APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Samuel Levander FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Defendant BAM Trading Services Inc (Fee Paid) Receipt No. AWAWDC-8960189 (Fitzgerald, Timothy)
May 5, 2025 Filing 10 APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Matthew C. Solomon FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Defendant BAM Trading Services Inc (Fee Paid) Receipt No. AWAWDC-8960184 (Fitzgerald, Timothy)
May 5, 2025 Filing 9 APPLICATION OF ATTORNEY Rishi Zutshi FOR LEAVE TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE for Defendant BAM Trading Services Inc (Fee Paid) Receipt No. AWAWDC-8960176 (Fitzgerald, Timothy)
May 5, 2025 Filing 8 NOTICE of Appearance by attorney Timothy B Fitzgerald on behalf of Defendant BAM Trading Services Inc. (Fitzgerald, Timothy)
April 22, 2025 Filing 7 AFFIDAVIT of Service of Summons and Complaint on BAM Trading Services Inc. d/b/a Binance.US on 4/15/2025, filed by All Plaintiffs. (Ryder, Chris)
April 14, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 6 STANDING ORDER FOR ALL CIVIL CASES by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. The procedures in this Order supplement, and in some cases, supersede the local rules. The parties are responsible for being familiar with the procedures in this Order. Failure to comply with the procedures may result in sanctions. (GC)
April 14, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 5 MINUTE ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Judge Barbara J. Rothstein for all further proceedings. Judge David W. Christel no longer assigned to case. Authorized by Judge David W. Christel. (GC)
April 10, 2025 Filing 4 NOTICE of Related Case(s) 24cv01264, by All Plaintiffs. (Ryder, Chris)
April 10, 2025 Filing 3 Summons(es) Electronically Issued as to all Defendants (Attachments: #1 Summons, #2 Summons)(MIH)
April 10, 2025 Filing 2 Notice of Filing Deficiency ***Action Required*** Notice of Related Cases Omitted.See attached letter for more information and instructions. Notice of Related Case must be filed by 4/15/2025. (MIH)
April 10, 2025 Judge David W. Christel added. (MIH)
April 9, 2025 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against All Defendants with JURY DEMAND (Receipt # AWAWDC-8923193) Attorney Chris N Ryder added to party Charles Baratta(pty:pla), Attorney Chris N Ryder added to party Jason Rappaport(pty:pla), Attorney Chris N Ryder added to party Donald Douty(pty:pla), Attorney Chris N Ryder added to party Thomas Viola(pty:pla), Attorney Chris N Ryder added to party Hyacinth Ahuruonye(pty:pla) filed by Donald Douty, Thomas Viola, Hyacinth Ahuruonye, Charles Baratta, Jason Rappaport. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Summons BAM Trading Services Inc. d/b/a Binance.US, #3 Summons Binance Holdings, Ltd. d/b/a Binance, #4 Summons Changpeng Zhao)(Ryder, Chris)

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Plaintiff: Charles Baratta
Represented By: Lynn Lincoln Sarko
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Defendant: BAM Trading Services Inc a Delaware Corporation doing business as BINANCE.US
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