Amundsen
Securities And Exchange Commission v. Amundsen
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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10 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION,
11 No. C 83-00711 WHA Plaintiff, 12
v.
13 ORDER DENYING PETITION TO
JOSEPH S. AMUNDSEN, VACATE INJUNCTION
14 Defendant. 15
16 17 In 1983, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against defendant 18 Joseph Amundsen, then a certified public accountant, alleging that defendant misrepresented 19 material facts in audit reports he had prepared in connection with securities of Olympic Oil and 20 Gas, Inc. The complaint further alleged that defendant had made false statements under oath to 21 the SEC staff investigating him. Defendant, proceeding pro se, voluntarily signed a consent 22 “Final Judgment of Permanent Injunction.” The 1983 consent judgment permanently enjoined 23 defendant from “appearing or practicing before the Commission in any way” (Dkt. Nos. 1–3). 24 This matter was assigned to the undersigned in 2010. Defendant has, since then, moved 25 to vacate the agreed-to injunction on a…