Federal Trade Commission v. Grant Connect, LLC et al, No. 2:2009cv01349 - Document 301 (D. Nev. 2011)

Court Description: ORDER Granting 288 MOTION for Order to Show Cause Why Global Gold, Inc. and Steven R. Henriksen Should Not Be Held in Contempt of Court for Violation of the (1) Preliminary Injunction Order as to Defendants Global Gold, Inc.; Pink LP; Vantex Group LLC; Vertek Group, MOTION for Order to Show Cause Why Global Gold, Inc. and Steven R. Henriksen Should Not Be Held in Contempt of Court for Violation of the (1) Preliminary Injunction Order as to Defendants Global Gold, Inc.; Pink LP; Vantex Group L LC; Vertek Group, MOTION for Order to Show Cause Why Global Gold, Inc. and Steven R. Henriksen Should Not Be Held in Contempt of Court for Violation of the (1) Preliminary Injunction Order as to Defendants Global Gold, Inc.; Pink LP; Vantex Group LLC; Vertek Group, filed by Robb Evans. Signed by Judge Philip M. Pro on 3/15/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - EDS)

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Federal Trade Commission v. Grant Connect, LLC et al Doc. 301 Case 2:09-cv-01349-PMP-RJJ Document 299 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Filed 03/15/11 Page 1 of 6 RANDOLPH L. HOWARD (Nev. SBN 006688) e-mail: rhoward@klnevada.com KOLESAR & LEATHAM, CHTD. 3320 West Sahara Ave., Suite 380 Las Vegas, NV 89102 Telephone: (702) 362-7800 Facsimile: (702) 362-9472 GARY OWEN CARIS (Cal. SBN 088918) e-mail: gcaris@mckennalong.com LESLEY ANNE HAWES (Cal. SBN 117101) e-mail: lhawes@mckennalong.com MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP 300 South Grand Avenue, 14th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071-2901 Telephone: (213) 688-1000 Facsimile: (213) 243-6330 Attorneys for Receiver ROBB EVANS of ROBB EVANS & ASSOCIATES LLC 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 14 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 15 16 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, 17 18 19 v. GRANT CONNECT, LLC; et al., Defendants. 20 21 22 23 24 Case No. 2:09-CV-01349-PMP-RJJ ORDER ON RECEIVER’S MOTION FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY GLOBAL GOLD, INC. AND STEVEN R. HENRIKSEN SHOULD NOT BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR VIOLATION OF THE: (1) PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ORDER AS TO DEFENDANTS GLOBAL GOLD, INC.; PINK LP; VANTEX GROUP LLC; VERTEK GROUP, LLC; RACHAEL A. COOK; STEVEN R. HENRIKSEN; AND JULIETTE M. KIMOTO; AND (2) AMENDED MINUTE ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS ENTERED OCTOBER 19, 2010 Date: Time: Place: 25 26 March 14, 2011 2:30 p.m. Courtroom 7C 27 28 M C K ENNA L ONG & A LDRIDGE LLP A TTO RNEYS A T L A W L OS A NGELES LA:17821340.1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:09-cv-01349-PMP-RJJ Document 299 1 Filed 03/15/11 Page 2 of 6 The hearing on the Receiver’s Motion for Order to Show Cause Why Global 2 Gold, Inc. and Steven R. Henriksen Should Not Be Held in Contempt of Court for 3 Violation of the (1) Preliminary Injunction Order as to Defendants Global Gold, 4 Inc.; Pink L.P.; Vantex Group LLC; Vertek Group, LLC; Rachel A. Cook; Steven 5 R. Henriksen; and Juliette M. Kimoto; and (2) Amended Minute Order of 6 Proceedings Entered October 19, 2010 (“Motion”) filed by the Receiver Robb 7 Evans of Robb Evans & Associates LLC (“Receiver”) came on regularly for 8 hearing at the above-referenced date, time and place, the Honorable Philip M. Pro, 9 United States District Judge presiding. Gary Owen Caris of McKenna Long & 10 Aldridge LLP appeared on behalf of the Receiver; Tracey Thomas and Dotan 11 Weinman appeared on behalf of Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission; Dean Y. 12 Kajioka of Kajioka & Associates appeared on behalf of defendants Global Gold, 13 Inc. and Steven R. Henriksen; and Douglass A. Mitchell of Boies Schiller & 14 Flexner appeared on behalf of defendants Juliette M. Kimoto, Pink L.P., Vantex 15 Group, LLC and Vertek Group, LLC. The Court, having read and considered the 16 Motion, the response to the Motion by defendants Global Gold, Inc. and Steven R. 17 Henriksen, and the Receiver’s reply, and having heard and considered the 18 arguments of counsel, and good cause appearing therefor, 19 IT IS ORDERED that: 20 1. Not more than thirty (30) days from the date of entry of this Order, 21 defendants Global Gold, Inc. and Steven R. Henriksen shall turn over to the 22 Receiver all funds, documents and assets of Global Gold Limited, including 23 without limitation all funds held in all bank accounts of Global Gold Limited in 24 New Zealand. 25 2. If defendants Global Gold, Inc. and Steven R. Henriksen fail to timely 26 turn over all funds, documents and assets of Global Gold Limited pursuant to the 27 provisions of paragraph 1 of this Order, then Global Gold, Inc. and Steven R. 28 Henriksen shall be immediately held in contempt of Court. In such event, the Court M C K ENNA L ONG & A LDRIDGE LLP 2 A TTO RNEYS A T L A W L OS A NGELES LA:17821340.1 Case 2:09-cv-01349-PMP-RJJ Document 299 Filed 03/15/11 Page 3 of 6 1 shall then determine the appropriate sanctions for such contempt as to Global Gold, 2 Inc. and Steven R. Henriksen. 3 3. This Order shall be effective as to Global Gold, Inc. and Steven R. 4 Henriksen upon service by electronic transmission upon their counsel, Dean Y. 5 Kajioka. 6 7 DATED: 8 March 15, 2011. ___________________________________ The Honorable Philip M. Pro United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 M C K ENNA L ONG & A LDRIDGE LLP 3 A TTO RNEYS A T L A W L OS A NGELES LA:17821340.1 Case 2:09-cv-01349-PMP-RJJ Document 299 1 2 Filed 03/15/11 Page 4 of 6 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I am a citizen of the United States and employed in Los Angeles County, 3 California. I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within-entitled 4 action. My business address is 300 South Grand Avenue, 14th Floor, Los Angeles, 5 CA 90071. 6 On March 15, 2011, I served the ORDER ON RECEIVER’S MOTION 7 FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY GLOBAL GOLD, INC. AND 8 STEVEN R. HENRIKSEN SHOULD NOT BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF 9 COURT FOR VIOLATION OF THE: (1) PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 10 ORDER AS TO DEFENDANTS GLOBAL GOLD, INC.; PINK LP; VANTEX 11 GROUP LLC; VERTEK GROUP, LLC; RACHAEL A. COOK; STEVEN R. 12 HENRIKSEN; AND JULIETTE M. KIMOTO; AND (2) AMENDED 13 MINUTE ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS ENTERED OCTOBER 19, 2010 upon 14 the parties and/or counsel listed and by the methods indicated on the attached 15 Service List. 16 I declare upon the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, 17 and that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this Court at whose 18 direction the service was made. Executed on March 15, 2011 at Los Angeles, 19 California. 20 /s/ Pamela A. Coates Pamela A. Coates 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 M C K ENNA L ONG & A LDRIDGE LLP 4 A TTO RNEYS A T L A W L OS A NGELES LA:17821340.1 Case 2:09-cv-01349-PMP-RJJ Document 299 Filed 03/15/11 Page 5 of 6 SERVICE LIST 1 2 3 4 The following CM/ECF participants were served by electronic means on March 15, 2011: 5 6 Blaine T. Welsh Blaine.Welsh@usdoj.gov, Eunice.jones@usdoj.gov, sue.knight@usdoj.gov Dean Y. Kajioka kajiokalaw@gmail.com Douglass A. Mitchell dmitchell@bsfllp.com, swisniewski@bsfllp.com Gary Owen Caris gcaris@mckennalong.com, lhawes@mckennalong.com. p.coates@mckennalong.com Lesley Anne Hawes lhawes@mckennalong.com. gcaris@mckennalong.com, p.coates@mckennalong.com Randolph L. Howard rhoward@klnevada.com, ckishi@klnevada.com, usdistrict@klnevada.com 14 Roberto Anguizola ranguizola@ftc.gov, ranguizola@me.com 15 Tracey Thomas tthomas@ftc.gov 16 Robin E. Perkins rperkins@dixontruman.com 17 Jason J. Bach jbach@bachlawfirm.com, ccross@bachlawfirm.com, mmascarello@bachlawfirm.com, Sandra.herbstreit@bachlawfirm.com 19 Ruthanne M. Deutsch rdeutsch@ftc.gov 20 Dotan Weinman dweinman@ftc.gov 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 21 22 23 The following non-CM/ECF participant was served by electronic mail on March 15, 2011: 24 25 Tasha Jn Paul – writetasha@yahoo.com 26 27 28 The following non-CM/ECF participants were served by first-class mail, postage prepaid on March 15, 2011: M C K ENNA L ONG & A LDRIDGE LLP 5 A TTO RNEYS A T L A W L OS A NGELES LA:17821340.1 Case 2:09-cv-01349-PMP-RJJ Document 299 Filed 03/15/11 Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rachel A. Cook 9329 Colorful Rainbow Las Vegas, Ne 89166 Kyle Kimoto 07791-025 Federal Correctional Institution – Herlong P.O. Box 800 Herlong, CA 96113 James J. Gray 281 Stafford Way Rochester, NY 14626 Randy D. O’Connell 467 Vancouver Court Reno, NV 89511 13 14 15 The following non-CM/ECF participant was served by first-class mail, postage prepaid, and electronic mail, on March 15, 2011: 16 17 18 19 Michael L. Henriksen, Jr. 5916 Wildhorse Lodge Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89131-8977 E-mail: tikaharakore@gmail.com 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 M C K ENNA L ONG & A LDRIDGE LLP 6 A TTO RNEYS A T L A W L OS A NGELES LA:17821340.1

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