SIPDA Revocable Trust v. The Parking Reit, Inc.
SIPDA Revocable Trust v. The Parking Reit, Inc.
Trial Court Opinion
1 || Ogonna M. Brown, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 7589 2 || Brian D. Blakley, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 13074 3 || LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP 3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600 4 || Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996 Tel: (702) 949-8200 5 || Fax: (702) 949-8298 6 || VENABLE LLP G. Stewart Webb, Jr., Esq. (pro hac vice) John T. Prisbe, Esq. (pro hac vice) g || Evan T. Shea, Esq. (pro hac vice) 750 East Pratt Street, Suite 900 9 || Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Telephone: (410) 244-7400 10 |] Facsimile: (410) 244-7742 Attorneys for Defendants The Parking REIT, Inc., Robert Aalberts, 3 David Chavez, John Dawson, Shawn Nelson, Nicholas Nilsen, William Wells, and Allen Wolff 13 £3 eg 14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 35 15 FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA zz a8 16 m > #3 17 sIPDA REVOCABLE TRUST, by Trenton 18 others similarly sitieted ofitselfand all | (4 SF NO, 2:19-cv-00428-APG-BNW Plaintiffs, 20 Vv. W 21 || THE PARKING REIT, INC., MICHAEL V. UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE □□ SHUSTEK. ROBERT J. AALBERTS SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY IN 22! DAVID CHAVEZ, JOHN E. DAWSON CONNECTION WITH PENDING 93 || SHAWN NELSON, NICHOLAS NILSEN, DISMISSAL MOTION WILLIAM WELLS and ALLEN WOLFF, 24 Defendants. ORDER 25 26 27 28
] Defendants The Parking REIT, Inc. (“TPR” or the “Company’”) and the Independe: 2 ||Directors (Aalberts, Chavez, Dawson, Nelson, Nilsen, Wells, and Wolff, and collectively with TPI 3 ||the “TPR Defendants”), through counsel and pursuant to Local Rule 7-2(g), move for leave of Cou 4 ||to submit a copy of the June 25, 2020 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Elevent 5 ||Circuit in Freedman v. magicJack Vocaltec, Ltd., F.3d ,
2020 WL 3467396(11th Cir. 202( 6 ||as supplemental authority relevant to their pending motion to dismiss. For this motion, the TP. 7 ||\Defendants state as follows: 8 1. On January 9, 2020, the TPR Defendants filed a motion to dismiss (the “Dismiss: 9 ||Motion,” ECF No. 38) as to plaintiff’s first amended complaint (the “FAC,” ECF No. 32). 10 2. On May 5, 2020, the TPR Defendants filed a reply memorandum ( the “Reply,” EC 11 ||No. 58) in connection with that Dismissal Motion. 12 3. In both the Dismissal Motion and the Reply, the TPR Defendants cited the Distri 13 ||Court decision of Freedman v. magicJack Vocaltec, Ltd.,
2018 WL 6110996(S.D. Fla. Nov. 2 14 |/2018) as support for the propositions that plaintiff in this case has not pled a viable direct stockhold 15 |\claim and that the matters alleged in the FAC are derivative in nature. See Dismissal Motion, EC 3 16 ||No. 38, at 11-12; Reply, ECF No. 58, at 3. 4 17 4. The TPR Defendants’ dismissal papers also noted that an appeal had been filed ; 18 || Freedman and that the appeal was then pending. 19 5. On June 25, 2020, in a published opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for tk 20 ||/Eleventh Circuit issued its decision in the appeal and affirmed. A copy of the Eleventh Circuit | 21 ||decision in Freedman vy. magicJack Vocaltec, Ltd., F.3d __,
2020 WL 3467396(1 Ith Cir. 202( 5 22 |lis attached hereto as Exhibit 1. The Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision is supplemental authority fc 23 ||the TPR Defendants’ Dismissal Motion and was not available when the TPR Defendants’ pric 24 |/papers were filed. 25 6. The TPR Defendants respectfully request leave to submit the attached publishe 26 |jopinion of the Eleventh Circuit in Freedman v. magicJack Vocaltec, Ltd, _ F.3d ____, 2020 W 27 ||3467396 (11th Cir. 2020) as supplemental authority. 28
] 7. Counsel for the TPR Defendants has inquired of counsel for all other parties and bee 2 |jinformed that there is no opposition to this Court granting leave to the TPR Defendants for th 3 ||submission of the Eleventh Circuit’s recent decision in Freedman. 5 || Dated: July 14, 2020 6 /s/ Ogonna M. Brown Ogonna M. Brown, Esq. 7 Nevada Bar No. 7589 Brian D. Blakley, Esq. 8 Nevada Bar No. 13074 LEWIS ROCA ROTHBERGER CHRISTIE LLP 9 3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 600 Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 10 Telephone: (702) 474-2622 Facsimile: (702) 949-8298 VENABLE LLP 2 G. Stewart Webb, Jr., Esq. (pro hac vice) 13 John T. Prisbe, Esq. (pro hac vice) g Evan T. Shea, Esq. (pro hac vice) oe 750 East Pratt Street, Suite 900 33 15 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 BZ Telephone: (410) 244-7400 3s 3 16 Facsimile: (410) 244-7742 Ie n> 8 17 Attorneys for Defendants The Parking REIT, Inc., Robert J. Aalberts, David Chavez, John E. Dawson, Shawn 18 Nelson, Nicholas Nilsen, William Wells, and Allen Wolff
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74 IT IS SO ORDERED 23 24 25 ZA United States District Judge Dated: July 17, 2020. 27 28
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