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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Case No. 18-cv-06371-LB

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12 Plaintiff, DISCOVERY ORDER 13 v. Re: ECF No. 194 14 JEAN DANHONG CHEN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 In this lawsuit, the SEC charges a scheme by the defendants to violate U.S. securities laws by, 18 among other acts, acting unlawfully as brokers and receiving unlawful commissions, in connection 19 with investment offerings under the federal EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, and then covering 20 up the scheme.1 The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) administers the 21 EB-5 program, which allows foreign investors to invest at least $500,000 in USCIS-approved 22 businesses, thereafter obtain a two-year “conditional permanent residency” visa, and (if at least ten 23 U.S. jobs are created) obtain permanent residency.2 Often, the investments are made through an 24 investment vehicle such as a limited partnership or a limited liability company (offered through 25…