Raymond J. Lucia, Companies, Inc. v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 18-cv-2692 DMS (JLB)

RAYMOND J. LUCIA

COMPANIES, INC., and ORDER:

RAYMOND J. LUCIA, SR.,

(1) GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ Plaintiffs, MOTION TO DISMISS, AND 13 v. (2) DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY

U.S. SECURITIES AND INJUNCTION AS MOOT

EXCHANGE COMMISSION, JAY CLAYTON, in his official capacity as Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and MATTHEW G. WHITAKER, in his official capacity as Acting United States Attorney General,

Defendants. 20 Pending before the Court are Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for lack of jurisdiction,1 and Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction. The motions have been fully briefed. As discussed below, Defendants’ jurisdictional arguments are

Defendants include the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Jay Clayton in…