Houghton
Houghton v. Leshner
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AMANDA HOUGHTON, et al., Case No. 22-cv-07781-WHO
Plaintiffs,
ORDER APPOINTING LEAD
v. PLAINTIFF AND LEAD COUNSEL
ROBERT LESHNER, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 47 Defendants.
Plaintiffs Amanda Houghton, Charles Douglas, and Susan Franklin (“Plaintiffs”) move under 15 U.S.C. § 77z-1(a)(3),1 seeking appointment as Lead Plaintiff and approval of their selection of Gerstein Harrow LLP and Fairmark Partners LLP as Lead Counsel for a class of people who purchased COMP, a cryptocurrency asset. See Complaint, (Dkt. No. 1) ¶¶ 4, 188. This matter is appropriate for resolution on the papers and the hearing on March 15, 2023 is hereby VACATED. See Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). Plaintiffs have satisfied the PSLRA notice requirement3and are the only plaintiff or plaintiff group who has moved for appointment. Under the PSLRA, there is rebuttable presumption that Plaintiffs are the “most adequate” given that they filed the Complaint, made a motion for…