UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

Case No. 20-CV-81205-RAR

SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

v.

COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS 

GROUP, INC. d/b/a PAR FUNDING, et al.,

Defendants.

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ORDER SETTING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

THIS CAUSE, having come before this Court upon the District Court’s

referral of the pending claims of non-parties Radiant Images, Inc., Giane Wolfe, 

Tourmappers North America, LLC, Julie Paula Katz, Fleetwood Services, LLC, 

Robert Fleetwood, Pamela Fleetwood, Gex Management, Inc., Carl Dorvil, MH 

Marketing Solutions Group, Inc., Michael Heller, Sunrooms Group, Inc., Michael 

Foti, Petropangea, Inc. Johnny Harrison, Volunteer Pharmacy, LLC, Chad Frost, 

Sean Whalen and Yngyin Iris Chen (“Non-Party Movants”) to the undersigned for a

settlement conference, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: 

The Receiver, counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission, and 

representatives on behalf of the Non-Party Movants shall appear remotely via Zoom 

videoconference before this Court on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., for 

a settlement conference. The Court will email the Zoom link to counsel in advance of 

the settlement conference. 

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On the day before the settlement conference, the Court will conduct an ex parte

fifteen (15) minute telephone conference with counsel for each side (without clients). 

Counsel shall email chambers (reinhart@flsd.uscourts.gov) at their earliest 

convenience to advise the Court of their availability on that date and schedule a time 

for their ex parte telephone conference. The following rules shall apply to the 

settlement proceedings:

a.) NO CONTINUANCES. This settlement conference shall not be 

continued unless good cause is shown for another date. Any motions for 

continuance of the settlement conference must be in writing, properly filed with the 

Court prior to the date of the conference, and shall contain a proposed date for 

rescheduling the conference. Counsel moving to continue the conference shall 

consult with opposing counsel in proposing a new date for the conference. 

b.) WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS TO THE COURT. No later than

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, counsel shall submit directly to chambers a written 

submission of no more than five (5) pages (single spaced), which shall contain a brief 

explanation of the dispute between the parties, a proposal for resolving the dispute, 

and a brief explanation of why such resolution is appropriate. The submission shall 

also indicate whether there are any liens or any third parties whose involvement 

would help facilitate settlement. The parties are instructed not to submit such 

documents to the Clerk of Court. Rather, to facilitate timely submission of the 

documents, each party shall email their submissions to 

reinhart@flsd.uscourts.gov. Such submissions will be kept confidential and will 

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not be disclosed to the opposing party without prior approval of the submitting party. 

c.) ATTENDANCE OF PARTIES REQUIRED. The Receiver, counsel for 

the Securities and Exchange Commission, and representatives on behalf of the 

Non-Party Movants shall participate in the settlement conference. Except as 

provided under Local Rule 16.2E, counsel and each party, or representatives of each 

party, with ultimate settlement authority must be present at the settlement 

conference.

d.) STATEMENTS NOT ADMISSIBLE. Statements made by any party 

during the settlement conference shall be confidential and privileged. Accordingly, 

parties are encouraged to be frank in their discussions. The Court expects the 

parties to address each other with courtesy and respect.

DONE and ORDERED in Chambers this 19th day of December, 2023, at 

West Palm Beach in the Southern District of Florida.

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BRUCE E. REINHART

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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