Stauffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOB STAUFFER, Case No. 21-cv-00567-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE SECURITIES LAW JURY

v. INSTRUCTION

ORPHEUS FLOW TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 At the pretrial conference in January 2025, the Court said that it would advise the parties whether proposed jury instructions would be given for plaintiff Stauffer’s claim under the California Corporate Securities Law, Cal. Corp. Code § 25401. Dkt. No. 84. The parties filed revised proposed jury instructions with arguments for and against the securities instructions. Dkt. No. 87 at 22-26. The instructions will not be given, and the claim is dismissed. The reasons for this disposition are straightforward. The first amended complaint (FAC) alleges that Stauffer was “a co-founder of defendant Orpheus Flow Technologies LLC, who was promised equity in return for his work.” Dkt. No. 19 ¶ 1. Stauffer’s “job duties were far reaching and integral to the entire backbone of the…