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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 7:6(b) Federal Commodity Exchange Regulation

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES

TRADING COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

v.

GILBERT PHILIP CASTILLO, JR.,

et al.,

Defendants.

NO. C06-2540 TEH 

ORDER SETTING DEADLINE

TO FILE PROPOSED CONSENT

ORDER

The Court is in receipt of Mr. Antonio L. Cortés’s motion to withdraw as counsel for

Defendant Gilbert Philip Castillo, Jr. Prior to the motion’s filing, the parties notified the

Court on February 28, 2008, that they had settled this matter in principle; that the

government’s attorneys were reducing the agreement to writing; and that the parties had a

good-faith belief that Plaintiff United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission would

approve the agreement.

Because the agreement was reached at the conclusion of Mr. Castillo’s deposition,

there is no question that Mr. Castillo approved the agreement. The only outstanding issue is

the formal approval of the agreement by the Commission. The laboring oar therefore falls on

Plaintiff’s counsel, and the work required by Mr. Cortés at this stage of the proceedings is

minimal.

Consequently, the Court does not anticipate that Mr. Cortés’s motion to withdraw will

have any impact on the parties’ intent to submit a proposed consent order for this Court’s

approval, especially since Mr. Cortés has not yet been relieved by this Court of his duties to

represent Mr. Castillo. See Civ. L.R. 11-5(a) (“Counsel may not withdraw from an action

until relieved by order of Court after written notice has been given reasonably in advance to

the client and to all other parties who have appeared in the case.” (emphasis added)). The

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parties are HEREBY ORDERED to submit the proposed consent order on or before

March 31, 2008. If the government has been unable to obtain the Commission’s formal

approval by that date, the parties shall, in the alternative, file a declaration stating that the

agreement has been reduced to writing, has been signed by Mr. Castillo, and will be

presented to the Commission for final approval by a date certain.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 03/14/08 

THELTON E. HENDERSON, JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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