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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CONSTANTINE GUS CRISTO, Case No.: 19cv1910-GPC(MDD)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING FEDERAL

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO

DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

MATTER JURISDICTION

COMMISSION; FINANCIAL

INDUSTRY REGULATORY

[Dkt. No. 31.] AUTHORITY; JAY CLAYTON, in his official capacity as Chairman of the U.S. 17 Securities and Exchange Commission; WILLIAM BARR, in his official capacity as United States Attorney General; 19 ROBERT W. COOK, President and Chief Executive Officer of FINRA; SEC employees DOE 1-20; and FINRA 21 employers DOE 1-20, 22 Defendants.

24 Before the Court is Defendant U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay 25 Clayton, in his official capacity as Chairman of the SEC, and William Barr’s, in his 26 official capacity as the United States Attorney General, (collectively “Federal 27 Defendants”) motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Federal Rule 28 of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(1) and…