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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

v.

SASAN SABRDARAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04825-JSC 

ORDER RE: SEVERANCE

In this action, Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission alleges that Defendants Sasan 

Sabrdaran and Farhang Afsarpour have violated various provisions of the Securities Exchange 

Act. (Dkt. No. 1.) Plaintiff and Sabrdaran each filed a consent to proceed before the undersigned 

magistrate judge and have appeared in this case. (Dkt. Nos. 11, 12.) Sabrdaran has filed motions 

to dismiss and strike portions of the complaint. (Dkt. Nos. 21, 22.) Afsarpour, however, has not

yet been served, filed an answer or other response to the complaint, or appeared in this action, and 

therefore has not yet consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. The Court cannot decide one 

defendant’s motion to dismiss where, as here, another defendant has not yet appeared or consented 

to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). The Court can, however, 

proceed over Plaintiff’s claims against Sabrdaran, including decision on the pending motions, if 

the appearing parties agree to sever Plaintiff’s claims against Afsarpour. 

Accordingly, if both appearing parties wish to sever Plaintiff’s claims against Afsarpour 

from Plaintiff’s claims against Sabrdaran, then they shall file by February 2, 2015 a stipulation to 

sever the case against Afsarpour. If both parties do not agree to severance, then by that same date 

they shall jointly file a letter informing the Court that it should reassign the action. In light of this 

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order, the Case Management Conference previously set for January 29, 2015 is continued to 

February 26, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 26, 2015

______________________________________

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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