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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:77 Securities Fraud

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION,

2:09-cv-0665 LKK DAD

Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER SETTING STATUS CONFERENCE

ANTHONY VASSALLO, KENNETH

KENITZER, and EQUITY 

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND

TRAINING, INC.,

Defendants.

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ARCANUM EQUITY FUND, LLC and

VESTIUM MANAGEMENT GROUP,

LLC, parties in interest.

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MICHAEL CALLAHAN and

MATTHEW TUCKER, parties in

interest.

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This case has been referred to the undersigned for an evidentiary hearing or

hearings to resolve disputed issues of fact related to the receiver’s motion to order disgorgement

of funds from Arcanum Equity Fund, LLC and Vestium Management Group, LLC and/or

Vestium Management Group, LLC (Doc. No. 163) and the receiver’s motion to order

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disgorgement of $2.0 million transferred to Michael Callahan and Matthew Tucker (Doc. No.

171).

In accordance with the referral orders filed by the district judge on December 11,

2009, the undersigned will set a status conference for the purpose of conferring with parties in

interest Vestium, Arcanum, and Michael Callahan and the Receiver. (See Docs. No. 202 and

203.) The purpose of the status conference is to determine whether to hold separate or combined

evidentiary hearings and to set a date and time for the hearing or hearings. The parties will not

be required to file status reports but should confer with each other and be prepared to discuss

whether the evidentiary hearings should be separate or combined, the scheduling of the hearing

or hearings, the amount of time needed for the hearing or hearings, and a briefing schedule, as

well as the need, if any, for motions demonstrating good cause to conduct limited discovery.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. A Telephonic Status Conference is set for January 22, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. in

Courtroom 27 before the undersigned. 

2. To arrange telephonic appearance, counsel for the Receiver, counsel for parties

in interest Vestium and Arcanum, and pro se party in interest Michael Callahan shall each

contact Pete Buzo, courtroom deputy to the undersigned, at (916) 930-4128, at least forty-eight

hours prior to the status conference.

DATED: January 5, 2010.

DAD:kw

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