Feathers
Feathers v. United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARK FEATHERS, Case No. 22-cv-05756-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE DISMISSAL AND
v. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
11 Defendant.
12 Pro se plaintiff Mark Feathers asks for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from conducting administrative proceedings against him. The allegations in the complaint, Dkt. No. 1, and the application for a TRO, Dkt. No. 2, are thin to the point of vanishing, and it is difficult to understand what Feathers’ claims against the SEC might be. They appear to relate to a civil enforcement action against Feathers in which an administrative law judge (ALJ) concluded that Feathers had violated the federal securities laws in connection with investment funds he created and managed. See In the Matter of Mark Feathers, Release No. 1403, 2020 WL 5763383, at *1 (ALJ Sept. 25, 2020). The ALJ granted a summary disposition in…