1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ASPALATHOS INVESTMENTS, LLC, Case No.: 25-cv-01320-GPC-DEB

12 Plaintiff, ORDER EXTENDING BRIEFING 13 v. DEADLINES 14 JOHN DOES 1–10, including JOHN DOE, the current owner, operator, or 15 controller of Ethereum wallet address 16 0xf70da97812CB96acDF810712Aa562d b8dfA3dbEF, 17 Defendants. 18

19 On November 24, 2025, this Court granted Plaintiff’s counsel’s motion to withdraw 20 and informed Plaintiff of the need to obtain new counsel by December 15, 2025. Though 21 this date has not yet passed, the Court notes that existing briefing deadlines are set to expire 22 prior to Plaintiff’s deadline to obtain new counsel. See ECF No. 58. 23 To alleviate the logistical burden of adjusting deadlines in a piecemeal fashion, the 24 Court will sua sponte extend the existing deadlines. Thus, the current briefing deadlines 25 are as follows: 26 27 1 1. Plaintiff and Circle shall provide additional briefing on the issue of personal 2 jurisdiction and Circle’s contacts with the state of California, with a specific focus 3 on (1) the minimum contacts required for a Court to compel a third party to act 4 pursuant to its authority under the All Writs Act, and (2) the application of the 5 minimum contacts test to cases involving internet-based services. Plaintiff shall 6 submit briefing limited to ten (10) pages on or before January 9, 2026. Circle shall 7 file a response limited to ten (10) pages on or before January 16, 2026. 8 2. Following the limited unsealing to permit Relay to access case files, Circle, through 9 communication with Relay, is to provide additional briefing on the function, 10 ownership, and control of Ethereum wallet address 11 0xf70da97812CB96acDF810712Aa562db8dfA3dbEF, which Plaintiff refers to as 12 “Defendant’s Wallet.” The briefing shall further address what burden any “freeze” 13 on the identified wallet address would place on Circle and third parties unrelated to 14 this action. Circle shall submit briefing limited to ten (10) pages on or before 15 January 9, 2026. Plaintiff shall file any response limited to ten (10) pages on or 16 before January 16, 2026. 17 The Court also notes that, on November 26, 2025, Plaintiff filed a Notice urging the 18 Court to maintain the seal on this case in its entirety. ECF No. 62. The Notice indicated 19 that the seal was set to expire on November 26, 2025. Id. at 1. However, at the time Plaintiff 20 filed its Notice, this case had already been unsealed. 21 The Court points Plaintiff to the Court’s November 21, 2025, Order unsealing this 22 action. ECF No. 59. All future filings in this case will be unsealed, and any party seeking 23 access to previously filed documents in this case may make a request of the Court. Id. at 1. 24 If a party believes that any future filing should be filed under seal, it must move to do so. 25 26 27 1 Further, the Court provided Plaintiff with the opportunity to identify specific 2 ||information that it believes should remain subject to a nondisclosure order moving forward. 3 || at 9-10. Plaintiff must do so within two weeks of obtaining new counsel. Id. 4 The Court reiterates that Plaintiff, a corporation, cannot appear in this action without 5 ||counsel, and cautions Plaintiff that failure to obtain new counsel may result in the 6 || termination of this action. See, e.g., AmNet ESOP Corp. v. CrossCountry Mortg., Inc., No. 7 || 24-CV-0970-MMA-KSC,

, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Aug. 9, 2024); Fed. Sols. 8 || Grp., Inc. v. H2LI-CSC, JV, No. 4:17-CV-05433-KAW,

, at *3 (N.D. 9 || Cal. Oct. 4, 2019). 10 Lastly, the Clerk is ORDERED to email and mail a copy of this Order to □□□□□□□□□□□ 11 ||email and mailing addresses listed in ECF No. 62. 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 Dated: December 10, 2025 =<

15 United States District Judge 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25-cv-01320-GPC-DEB