Procopio

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Case No.: 3:20-cv-00182-BEN-LL

COMMISSION,

ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED

Plaintiff, MOTION TO INTERVENE AND v. STAY PROCEEDINGS

ALEX C. PROCOPIO,

[Doc. 23];

MARK S. ZOUVAS,

and

CHRISTIAN R. HANSEN,

15 Defendants.

17 The United States of America, by and through its counsel, Robert S. Brewer, Jr., 18 United States Attorney, and Aaron P. Arnzen, Assistant United States Attorney, moves to 19 intervene as of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2) and in the alternative, 20 for permissive intervention under Rule 24(b). (Doc. 23.) The United States also requests 21 a stay of these civil proceedings pending resolution of the parallel criminal case docketed 22 at United States v. Zouvas, 20-cr-0368-AJB. Neither Plaintiff Securities and Exchange 23 Commission (SEC) nor Defendant Mark S. Zouvas oppose the motion. (Docs. 24, 25.) 24 The remaining Defendants have already been terminated…