SEC v. BREHNEN KNIGHT, No. 3:20-cv-01864, Southern District of California (June 20, 2025) — Judgment

 
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 
COMMISSION, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
ONGKARUCK SRIPETCH; AMANDA 
FLORES; BREHNEN KNIGHT; 
ANDREW MCALPINE, ASHMIT 
PATEL; MICHAEL WEXLER; 
DOMINIC WILLIAMS; ADTRON INC. 
a/k/a STOCKPALOOZA.COM; ATG 
INC.; DOIT, LTD.; DOJI CAPITAL, 
INC.; KING MUTUAL SOLUTIONS 
INC.; OPTIMUS PRIME FINANCIAL 
INC.; ORCA BRIDGE; REDLINE 
INTERNATIONAL; and UAIM 
CORPORATION, 
Defendants. 
 Case No.:  20-cv-01864-H-DTF 
 
FINAL CONSENT JUDGMENT AS 
TO DEFENDANT BREHNEN 
KNIGHT 
 
 
 
On  May  5,  2025,  Plaintiff Securities  and  Exchange  Commission (“SEC”)  and 
Defendant  Brehnen  Knight  filed  a  final  consent  agreement  as  to  Defendant  Brehnen 
Knight.    (Doc.  No.  364.)     Accordingly, the  Court  enters  the  following  final consent 
judgment against Defendant Knight:  
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The  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  having  filed  a  Complaint  and  an 
Amended Complaint and Defendant Brehnen Knight having entered a general appearance; 
consented to the Court’s jurisdiction over Defendant Knight and the subject matter of this 
action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment; waived findings of fact and conclusions 
of law; and waived any right to appeal from this Final Consent Judgment: 
I. 
It    is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed that Defendant Knight is  permanently  
restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b) and Rules 10b-5(a) & (c) 
promulgated  thereunder,  17  C.F.R.  §§  240.10b-5(a)  &  (c),  by  using  any  means  or  
instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any national 
securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security: 
(a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; or 
(b) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would 
operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.  
It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil 
Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual 
notice  of  this  Final  Consent Judgment  by  personal  service  or  otherwise:  (a)  Defendant 
Knight’s  officers,  agents,  servants,  employees,  and  attorneys;  and  (b)  other  persons  in  
active concert or participation with Defendant Knight or with anyone described in (a). 
II. 
It  is  hereby  further  ordered,  adjudged,  and  decreed  that  Defendant Knight  is 
permanently  restrained  and  enjoined  from  violating  Sections  17(a)(1)  and  (3)  of  the  
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 77q(a)(1) & (3), in the offer or 
sale  of  any  security  by  the  use  of  any  means  or  instruments  of  transportation  or  
communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly: 
(a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; or 
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(b) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or 
would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser. 
It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil 
Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual 
notice  of  this  Final  Consent Judgment  by  personal  service  or  otherwise:  (a)  Defendant 
Knight’s  officers,  agents,  servants,  employees,  and  attorneys;  and  (b)  other  persons  in  
active concert or participation with Defendant Knight or with anyone described in (a). 
III. 
It  is  hereby  further  ordered,  adjudged,  and  decreed  that  Defendant Knight  is 
permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Sections 5(a) & (c) of the Securities 
Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77e(a) and (c), by, directly or indirectly, in the absence of any applicable 
exemption: 
(a) Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, making use of any 
means  or  instruments  of  transportation  or  communication  in  interstate  
commerce or of the mails to sell such security through the use or medium of 
any prospectus or otherwise; or 
(b) Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, carrying or causing 
to be carried through the mails or in interstate commerce, by any means or 
instruments of transportation, any such security for the purpose of sale or for 
delivery after sale; or 
(c) Making use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication 
in interstate commerce or of the mails to offer to sell or offer to buy through 
the  use  or  medium  of  any  prospectus  or  otherwise  any  security,  unless  a  
registration statement has been filed with the Commission as to such security, 
or while the registration statement is the subject of a refusal order or stop order 
or  (prior  to  the  effective  date  of  the  registration  statement)  any  public  
proceeding or examination under Section 8 of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 
77h. 
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It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil 
Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual 
notice  of  this  Final  Judgment  by  personal  service  or  otherwise:  (a)  Defendant  Knight’s 
officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and (b) other persons in active concert 
or participation with Defendant Knight or with anyone described in (a). 
IV. 
It  is  hereby  further  ordered,  adjudged,  and  decreed  that  Defendant Knight  is 
permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 9(a)(1) of the Exchange Act, 
15 U.S.C. § 78i(a)(1), by, directly or indirectly, by the use of the mails or any means or 
instrumentality  of  interstate  commerce,  or  of  any  facility  of  any  national  securities  
exchange, for the purpose of creating a false or misleading appearance of active trading in 
any  security  other  than  a  government  security,  or  a  false  or  misleading  appearance  with  
respect to the market for any such security, (A) to effect any transaction in such security 
which involves no change in the beneficial ownership thereof, or (B) to enter an order or 
orders  for  the  purchase  of  such  security  with  the  knowledge  that an  order  or  orders  of  
substantially the same size, at substantially the same time, and at substantially the same 
price, for the sale of any such security, has been or will be entered by or for the same or 
different parties, or (C) to enter any order or orders for the sale of any such security with 
the knowledge that an order or orders of substantially the same size, at substantially the 
same time, and at substantially the same price, for the purchase of such security, has been 
or will be entered by or for the same or different parties. 
It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil 
Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual 
notice  of  this  Final  Consent Judgment  by  personal  service  or  otherwise:  (a)  Defendant 
Knight’s  officers,  agents,  servants,  employees,  and  attorneys;  and  (b)  other  persons  in  
active concert or participation with Defendant Knight or with anyone described in (a). 
 
 
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V. 
It  is  hereby  further  ordered,  adjudged,  and  decreed  that  Defendant Knight  is 
permanently barred from participating in an offering of penny stock, including engaging in 
activities with a broker, dealer, or issuer for purposes of issuing, trading, or inducing or 
attempting to induce the purchase or sale of any penny stock.  A penny stock is any equity 
security that has a price of less than five dollars, except as provided in Rule 3a51-1 under 
the Exchange Act,17 C.F.R. § 240.3a51-1. 
VI. 
It is hereby further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, pursuant to Section 21(d)(2) 
of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(2), and Section 20(e) of the Securities Act, 15 
U.S.C. § 77t(e), Defendant Knight is prohibited from acting as an officer or director of any 
issuer that has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, 
15 U.S.C. § 78l, or that is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange 
Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78o(d). 
VII. 
It is hereby further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that Defendant Knight is liable 
for disgorgement of $385,890.02, representing net profits gained as a result of the conduct 
alleged  in  the  Complaint,  together  with  prejudgment  interest  thereon  in  the  amount  of  
$59,693.55,  for  a  total  of  $445,583.57.    Defendant Knight’s  $445,583.57  payment  
obligation will be offset by $71,184.18, the amount of restitution ordered against defendant 
in United States v. Knight, 21-cr-3465-H (S.D. Cal.)  Defendant Knight must satisfy this 
obligation by paying $374,399.39 to the Securities and Exchange Commission within 30 
days after entry of this Final Consent Judgment. 
Defendant Knight may transmit payment electronically to the Commission, which 
will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request.   Payment may also 
be  made  directly  from  a  bank  account  via  Pay.gov  through  the  SEC  website  at  
http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm.    Defendant  Knight  may  also  pay  by  certified  
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check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, which must be delivered or mailed to  
Enterprise Services Center 
Accounts Receivable Branch 
6500 South MacArthur Boulevard 
Oklahoma City, OK 73169 
and must  be  accompanied  by  a  letter  identifying  the  case  title,  civil  action  number,  and  
name  of  this  Court;  Brehnen  Knight  as  a  defendant  in  this  action;  and  specifying  that  
payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment.   
Defendant Knight must simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of payment 
and case identifying information to the Commission’s counsel in this action.  By making 
this payment, Defendant Knight relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest 
in such funds and no part of the funds will be returned to Defendant Knight.   
The Commission must hold the funds (collectively, the “Fund”) until further order 
of this Court.  The SEC may propose a plan to distribute the Fund subject to the Court’s 
approval, and the Court will retain jurisdiction over the administration of any distribution 
of the Fund.   
The   Commission   may   enforce   the   Court’s   judgment   for   disgorgement   and   
prejudgment interest by using all collection procedures authorized by law, including, but 
not limited to, moving for civil contempt at any time after 30 days following entry of this 
Final Judgment.  Defendant Knight must pay post judgment interest on any amounts due 
after 30 days of entry of this Final Consent Judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961.   
VIII. 
It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the Final Consent, (Doc. No. 264), 
is incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein, and that 
Defendant Knight  must  comply  with  all  of  the  undertakings  and  agreements  set  forth  
therein. 
 
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IX. 
It  is  further  ordered,  adjudged,  and  decreed  that,  for  purposes  of  exceptions  to  
discharge set forth in Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §523, the allegations 
in  the  complaint  are  true  and  admitted  by  Defendant  Knight,  and  further,  any  debt  for  
disgorgement,  prejudgment  interest,  civil  penalty  or  other  amounts  due  by  Defendant 
Knight  under  this  Final  Consent Judgment  or  any  other  judgment,  order,  consent  order,  
decree or settlement agreement entered in connection with this proceeding, is a debt for the 
violation  by  Defendant Knight  of  the  federal  securities  laws  or  any  regulation  or  order  
issued  under  such  laws,  as  set  forth  in  Section  523(a)(19)  of  the  Bankruptcy  Code,  11  
U.S.C. §523(a)(19). 
X. 
It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that this Court will retain jurisdiction of 
this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final Judgment. 
XI. 
There being no just reason for delay, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of 
Civil Procedure, the Clerk is ordered to enter this Final Consent Judgment forthwith and 
without  further  notice.    In  addition,  because  this  is  a  final  judgment  against  the  sole  
remaining defendant in this action, the Clerk is directed to close the case. 
 IT IS SO ORDERED. 
DATED: May 27, 2025 
                                                                             
       MARILYN L. HUFF, District Judge 
       UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 
COMMISSION, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ONGKARUCK SRIPETCH; AMANDA 
FLORES; BREHNEN KNIGHT; 
ANDREW MCALPINE, ASHMIT 
PATEL; MICHAEL WEXLER; 
DOMINIC WILLIAMS; ADTRON INC. 
a/k/a STOCKPALOOZA.COM; ATG 
INC.; DOIT, LTD.; DOJI CAPITAL, 
INC.; KING MUTUAL SOLUTIONS 
INC.; OPTIMUS PRIME FINANCIAL 
INC.; ORCA BRIDGE; REDLINE 
INTERNATIONAL; and UAIM 
CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

 Case No.:  20-cv-01864-H-DTF 
 
FINAL CONSENT JUDGMENT AS 
TO DEFENDANT BREHNEN 
KNIGHT 
 
 

 
On May 5, 2025, Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and 

Defendant Brehnen Knight filed a final consent agreement as to Defendant Brehnen 

Knight.  (Doc. No. 364.)  Accordingly, the Court enters the following final consent 

judgment against Defendant Knight:  

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The Securities and Exchange Commission having filed a Complaint and an 

Amended Complaint and Defendant Brehnen Knight having entered a general appearance; 

consented to the Court’s jurisdiction over Defendant Knight and the subject matter of this 

action; consented to entry of this Final Judgment; waived findings of fact and conclusions 

of law; and waived any right to appeal from this Final Consent Judgment: 

I. 

It is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed that Defendant Knight is permanently 

restrained and enjoined from violating, directly or indirectly, Section 10(b) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b) and Rules 10b-5(a) & (c) 

promulgated thereunder, 17 C.F.R. §§ 240.10b-5(a) & (c), by using any means or 

instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any national 

securities exchange, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security: 

(a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; or 

(b) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would 

operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.  

It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual 

notice of this Final Consent Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendant 

Knight’s officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and (b) other persons in 

active concert or participation with Defendant Knight or with anyone described in (a). 

II. 

It is hereby further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that Defendant Knight is 

permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Sections 17(a)(1) and (3) of the 

Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 77q(a)(1) & (3), in the offer or 

sale of any security by the use of any means or instruments of transportation or 

communication in interstate commerce or by use of the mails, directly or indirectly: 

(a) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; or 

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(b) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or 

would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser. 

It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual 

notice of this Final Consent Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendant 

Knight’s officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and (b) other persons in 

active concert or participation with Defendant Knight or with anyone described in (a). 

III. 

It is hereby further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that Defendant Knight is 

permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Sections 5(a) & (c) of the Securities 

Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77e(a) and (c), by, directly or indirectly, in the absence of any applicable 

exemption: 

(a) Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, making use of any 

means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate 

commerce or of the mails to sell such security through the use or medium of 

any prospectus or otherwise; or 

(b) Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, carrying or causing 

to be carried through the mails or in interstate commerce, by any means or 

instruments of transportation, any such security for the purpose of sale or for 

delivery after sale; or 

(c) Making use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication 

in interstate commerce or of the mails to offer to sell or offer to buy through 

the use or medium of any prospectus or otherwise any security, unless a 

registration statement has been filed with the Commission as to such security, 

or while the registration statement is the subject of a refusal order or stop order 

or (prior to the effective date of the registration statement) any public 

proceeding or examination under Section 8 of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 

77h. 

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It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual 

notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendant Knight’s 

officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and (b) other persons in active concert 

or participation with Defendant Knight or with anyone described in (a). 

IV. 

It is hereby further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that Defendant Knight is 

permanently restrained and enjoined from violating Section 9(a)(1) of the Exchange Act, 

15 U.S.C. § 78i(a)(1), by, directly or indirectly, by the use of the mails or any means or 

instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of any facility of any national securities 

exchange, for the purpose of creating a false or misleading appearance of active trading in 

any security other than a government security, or a false or misleading appearance with 

respect to the market for any such security, (A) to effect any transaction in such security 

which involves no change in the beneficial ownership thereof, or (B) to enter an order or 

orders for the purchase of such security with the knowledge that an order or orders of 

substantially the same size, at substantially the same time, and at substantially the same 

price, for the sale of any such security, has been or will be entered by or for the same or 

different parties, or (C) to enter any order or orders for the sale of any such security with 

the knowledge that an order or orders of substantially the same size, at substantially the 

same time, and at substantially the same price, for the purchase of such security, has been 

or will be entered by or for the same or different parties. 

It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, as provided in Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 65(d)(2), the foregoing paragraph also binds the following who receive actual 

notice of this Final Consent Judgment by personal service or otherwise: (a) Defendant 

Knight’s officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and (b) other persons in 

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It is hereby further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that Defendant Knight is 

permanently barred from participating in an offering of penny stock, including engaging in 

activities with a broker, dealer, or issuer for purposes of issuing, trading, or inducing or 

attempting to induce the purchase or sale of any penny stock.  A penny stock is any equity 

security that has a price of less than five dollars, except as provided in Rule 3a51-1 under 

the Exchange Act,17 C.F.R. § 240.3a51-1. 

VI. 

It is hereby further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, pursuant to Section 21(d)(2) 

of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(2), and Section 20(e) of the Securities Act, 15 

U.S.C. § 77t(e), Defendant Knight is prohibited from acting as an officer or director of any 

issuer that has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, 

15 U.S.C. § 78l, or that is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange 

Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78o(d). 

VII. 

It is hereby further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that Defendant Knight is liable 

for disgorgement of $385,890.02, representing net profits gained as a result of the conduct 

alleged in the Complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of 

$59,693.55, for a total of $445,583.57.  Defendant Knight’s $445,583.57 payment 

obligation will be offset by $71,184.18, the amount of restitution ordered against defendant 

in United States v. Knight, 21-cr-3465-H (S.D. Cal.)  Defendant Knight must satisfy this 

obligation by paying $374,399.39 to the Securities and Exchange Commission within 30 

days after entry of this Final Consent Judgment. 

Defendant Knight may transmit payment electronically to the Commission, which 

will provide detailed ACH transfer/Fedwire instructions upon request.   Payment may also 

be made directly from a bank account via Pay.gov through the SEC website at 

http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ofm.htm.  Defendant Knight may also pay by certified 

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check, bank cashier’s check, or United States postal money order payable to the Securities 

and Exchange Commission, which must be delivered or mailed to  

Enterprise Services Center 

Accounts Receivable Branch 

6500 South MacArthur Boulevard 

Oklahoma City, OK 73169 

and must be accompanied by a letter identifying the case title, civil action number, and 

name of this Court; Brehnen Knight as a defendant in this action; and specifying that 

payment is made pursuant to this Final Judgment.   

Defendant Knight must simultaneously transmit photocopies of evidence of payment 

and case identifying information to the Commission’s counsel in this action.  By making 

this payment, Defendant Knight relinquishes all legal and equitable right, title, and interest 

in such funds and no part of the funds will be returned to Defendant Knight.   

The Commission must hold the funds (collectively, the “Fund”) until further order 

of this Court.  The SEC may propose a plan to distribute the Fund subject to the Court’s 

approval, and the Court will retain jurisdiction over the administration of any distribution 

of the Fund.   

The Commission may enforce the Court’s judgment for disgorgement and 

prejudgment interest by using all collection procedures authorized by law, including, but 

not limited to, moving for civil contempt at any time after 30 days following entry of this 

Final Judgment.  Defendant Knight must pay post judgment interest on any amounts due 

after 30 days of entry of this Final Consent Judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961.   

VIII. 

It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the Final Consent, (Doc. No. 264), 

is incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein, and that 

Defendant Knight must comply with all of the undertakings and agreements set forth 

therein. 

 

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IX. 

It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that, for purposes of exceptions to 

discharge set forth in Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §523, the allegations 

in the complaint are true and admitted by Defendant Knight, and further, any debt for 

disgorgement, prejudgment interest, civil penalty or other amounts due by Defendant 

Knight under this Final Consent Judgment or any other judgment, order, consent order, 

decree or settlement agreement entered in connection with this proceeding, is a debt for the 

violation by Defendant Knight of the federal securities laws or any regulation or order 

issued under such laws, as set forth in Section 523(a)(19) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 

U.S.C. §523(a)(19). 

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It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that this Court will retain jurisdiction of 

this matter for the purposes of enforcing the terms of this Final Judgment. 

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There being no just reason for delay, pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure, the Clerk is ordered to enter this Final Consent Judgment forthwith and 

without further notice.  In addition, because this is a final judgment against the sole 

remaining defendant in this action, the Clerk is directed to close the case. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 27, 2025 
                                                                             
       MARILYN L. HUFF, District Judge 
       UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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