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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Long Leaf Trading Group, Inc., James A. 

Donelson, Timothy M. Evans, Jeremy S. 

Ruth, and Andrew D. Nelson, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 20-3758 

Hon. Thomas A. Durkin 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT 

AGAINST DEFENDANT ANDREW NELSON 

 Pursuant to Rule 55(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) requests that the clerk enter default against Defendant 

Andrew Nelson in the above-captioned case.1

 Defendant Nelson has not answered the CFTC’s complaint, participated in discovery, or 

otherwise attempted to defend himself in this case. The CFTC filed its complaint on June 26, 

2020. (ECF No. 1.) Defendant Nelson was properly served with process no later than July 31, 

2020. (ECF No. 15; Platt Decl. ¶¶ 6–8.) Accordingly, Defendant Nelson’s answer was due no 

later than August 21, 2020. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(1)(A)(i). The docket reflects that Defendant 

Nelson has not filed an answer, responsive pleading, or any other document in this litigation. 

(See Dkt.; Platt Decl. ¶ 9.) Moreover, the CFTC has copied Defendant Nelson on all relevant 

 

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 Before filing this motion, the CFTC emailed all Defendants to determine whether they oppose the motion. No 

Defendant has indicated his opposition. 

During this litigation, the Court granted the CFTC’s motion for alternative service by email to Defendant Nelson’s 

email address and by mail to his most likely residential address. (ECF Nos. 12, 13.) To comply with Local Rule 

5.3(a), the CFTC has served this motion and related documents on Defendant Nelson by those same means. 

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communications between the parties, including, for example, emails concerning proposed 

scheduling orders and joint status reports, and has served discovery requests on Defendant 

Nelson. (Platt Decl. ¶ 10.) Mr. Nelson has not replied to any emails between the parties to this 

litigation and has not participated in the case in any way. (Platt Decl. ¶ 11.) 

 Because Defendant Andrew Nelson has failed to plead or otherwise defend himself, the 

CFTC requests the clerk enter his default pursuant to Rule 55(a). 

Dated: December 15, 2020. 

/s/ Joseph C. Platt

Counsel to Plaintiff Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission 

Ashley J. Burden 

aburden@cftc.gov 

Elizabeth M. Streit 

estreit@cftc.gov 

Joseph C. Platt 

jplatt@cftc.gov 

Scott R. Williamson 

swilliamson@cftc.gov 

Robert T. Howell 

rhowell@cftc.gov 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission 

Division of Enforcement 

525 W. Monroe St., Ste. 1100 

Chicago, IL 60661 

Phone: (312) 596-0700 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that on December 15, 2020, I provided service to all parties via CM/ECF or by 

the alternative means described below: 

Jim Falvey 

Falvey Law Office 

200 S. Wacker Dr., Ste. 3100 

Chicago, IL 60606 

312-404-5839 

jimfalvey@yahoo.com 

Counsel to Long Leaf Trading Group, Inc. 

and James A. Donelson 

Andrew May 

Hinshaw & Culberston LLP 

151 N. Franklin St. 

Chicago, IL 60606 

312-704-3400 

amay@hinshawlaw.com 

Counsel to Jeremy Ruth 

By email and UPS: 

Andrew D. Nelson 

267 May St. E. 

Elmhurst, IL 60126 

adnelson0503@gmail.com 

Pro se

Joseph C. Platt

Joseph C. Platt 

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