Moses Choi v. 8th Bridge Capital, Inc.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Moses Choi (“Choi”) and Southeast Regional Center, LLC (“SRC”) (collectively, “plaintiffs”) filed this action on December 13, 2017, against defendants 8th Bridge Capital, Inc.; 8th Bridge Capital, LLC; Manhattan Real Estate Fund GP, LLC; Manhattan Real Estate Fund, LP: Manhattan Real Estate Fund II, LP: Manhattan Real Estate Equity Fund, LP; Patrick Jongwon Chang (“Chang”); and Young Hun Kim (“Kim”) (collectively, “defendants”). Dkt. 1 (“the Choi action”).! Plaintiffs filed the operative first amended complaint on December 22, 2017, dkt. (“FAC”), and defendants filed their operative second amended answers and counterclaims on August 16, 2018. Dkts. 52-59. The gravamen of plaintiffs’ claim is that Kim and his 8th Bridge companies breached a joint venture agreement with Choi and SRC, Choi’s company, regarding the marketing of federally-approved projects to foreign investors pursuant to the United States Citizen and Immigration Services EB- immigrant visa program. See generally id. The procedural and factual background of this dispute are set out in the Court’s prior orders. See e.g. dkt.

1 On July 30, 2020, the…