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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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APPLICATION FOR ORDER SHORTENING TIME TO HEAR MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO 

WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD AND REQUEST THAT THE TIME FOR ANTHONY VASSALLO 

TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL BE EXTENDED; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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David R. Chase, P.A.RLA. Bar NO. 967970 

Law Firm of David R. Chase, Esq. 

1700 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 305 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

Phone:(954)920-7779 

Clyde M. Blackmon (SBN 36280) 

Rothschild Wishek & Sands LLP. 

765 University Avenue 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Phone:(916)444-9845 

Facsimile:(916)640-0027 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

Anthony Vassallo 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

ANTHONY VASSALLO, KENNETH 

KENITZER, AND EQUITY INVESTMENT 

MANAGEMENT AND TRADING INC. 

 

 Defendant. 

Case No.: 2:09-CV-00665 LKK-DAD 

APPLICATION FOR ORDER 

SHORTENING TIME TO HEAR 

MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO 

WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD 

AND REQUEST THAT THE TIME FOR 

ANTHONY VASSALLO TO FILE A 

NOTICE OF APPEAL BE EXTENDED;

ORDER 

TO: THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST 

 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that David R. Chase and Clyde M. 

Blackmon, attorneys of record for Anthony Vassallo, hereby 

request the Court to issue an order shortening time so that 

their Motion for Permission to Withdraw as Counsel of Record and 

Request That the Time For Anthony Vassallo to File a Notice of 

Appeal Be Extended (the underlying motion) may be heard on the 

Court’s law and motion calendar at 10:00 a.m. on July 7, 2014. 

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APPLICATION FOR ORDER SHORTENING TIME TO HEAR MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO 

WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD AND REQUEST THAT THE TIME FOR ANTHONY VASSALLO 

TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL BE EXTENDED; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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 The application is made pursuant to Rule 144(e) of the 

Local Rules of Practice and is based on the attached declaration 

of Clyde M. Blackmon. 

DATED: June 17, 2014 By: /s/ Clyde M. Blackmon__ 

 Clyde M. Blackmon 

 Attorney for Defendant 

 Anthony Vassallo 

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APPLICATION FOR ORDER SHORTENING TIME TO HEAR MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO 

WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD AND REQUEST THAT THE TIME FOR ANTHONY VASSALLO 

TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL BE EXTENDED; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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DECLARATION OF CLYDE M. BLACKMON IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR 

ORDER SHORTENING TIME 

 I, Clyde M. Blackmon, declare: 

 1. I am an attorney licensed to practice law in California, 

and I am admitted to practice before this Court. 

 2. David R. Chase, an attorney whose offices are in Fort 

Lauderdale, Florida, and I are attorneys of record for Anthony 

Vassallo in this case. As set forth in connection with their 

Motion for Permission to Withdraw as Counsel of Record and 

Request That the Time for Anthony Vassallo to File a Notice of 

Appeal Be Extended (the underlying motion), Mr. Chase is 

admitted pro hac vice to represent Anthony Vassallo, and I am 

Mr. Chase’s local counsel designee pursuant to Rule 

180(b)(2)(ii) of the Local Rules of Practice. 

 3. The litigation against Mr. Vassallo by the Securities 

and Exchange Commission has been terminated by the Court’s Order 

and Final Judgment Against Anthony Vassallo which were filed on 

May 23, 2014. Therefore, in the underlying motion, Mr. Chase 

and I are asking the Court for permission to withdraw as counsel 

of record for Anthony Vassallo. Since Mr. Vassallo is now 

serving a 16 year sentence in a federal penitentiary, and given 

the difficulty that a prison inmate has in communicating with 

people outside the prison, we are also asking the Court to 

extend the time in which Mr. Vassallo may file a notice of 

appeal. 

 4. I have been informed by the Court’s Courtroom Deputy 

Clerk that the next available law and motion date on which the 

underlying motion may be heard is July 28, 2014. However, in 

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WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OF RECORD AND REQUEST THAT THE TIME FOR ANTHONY VASSALLO 

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the underlying motion we are requesting that the time for Mr. 

Vassallo to file a notice of appeal be extended to July 22, 

2014. Therefore, the time to hear the underlying motion needs 

to be shortened so that the Court may consider the matter before 

the time for the filing of a notice of appeal has otherwise 

expired. 

 5. I have been informed by the Court’s Courtroom Deputy 

Clerk that July 7, 2014, is available on the Court’s law and 

motion calendar. For the foregoing reason, I request that time 

be shortened and the underlying motion be placed on the Court’s 

law and motion calendar at 10:00 a.m. on July 7, 2014. 

 6. On June 16, 2014, I spoke by telephone with Lloyd 

Farnharm, one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s trial 

counsel in this case. Mr. Farnharm authorized me to inform the 

Court that he has no objection to the Court shortening the time 

for the hearing of the underlying motion. 

 Executed at Sacramento, California this 17th day of June, 

2014. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is 

true and correct. 

 /s/ Clyde M. Blackmon________ 

 CLYDE M. BLACKMON 

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ORDER SHORTENING TIME 

 GOOD CAUSE APPEARING it is ordered that time be shortened 

for the hearing of the Motion for Permission to Withdraw as 

Counsel of Record and Request That the Time for Anthony Vassallo 

to File a Notice of Appeal Be Extended (the underlying motion) 

filed by David R. Chase and Clyde M. Blackmon. 

 It is further ordered that the underlying motion shall be 

heard on the Court’s calendar at 10:00 a.m. July 7, 2014, and 

that any response to the underlying motion shall be filed by 

June 30,2014. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 20, 2014. 

 

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