United States v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc.

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420 F. Supp. 2d 1043·2006 WL 687704·2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14037

United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaFebruary 28, 2006CR 04-0125VRWCalifornia13,955 words

Opinion

Walker, J.

ORDER

The United States has filed criminal charges against Reliant Energy Services, Inc (“Reliant”) and four Reliant employees: Jackie Thomas, Reginald Howard, Lisa Flowers and Kevin Frankeny (collectively “defendants”). The indictment charges each defendant with one count of commodities price manipulation in violation of § 9(a)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), 7 U.S.C. § 13 (a)(2), four counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and one count of conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 . Doc # 1 (Indictment). Defendants jointly moved to dismiss the original indictment on vagueness and other grounds. Doc # 72 (MTD).

Subsequent to the filing of defendants’ motion, the government obtained three superseding indictments. Without abandoning their initial motion, defendants now jointly move to dismiss the third superseding indictment on the ground that it is barred by the applicable statute of limitations. Doc #218 (MTD-3SI). Based upon the parties’ arguments and the applicable law, both motions are DENIED.

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This case arises from California’s electricity “crisis” in summer 2000. In 1996, California created two new non-governmental entities to orchestrate the…

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Parties

UNITED STATES of America
Plaintiff
RELIANT ENERGY SERVICES, INC
Defendant

Judges

Walker

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