BCB Cheyenne LLC v. MineOne Wyoming Data Center LLC et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF WYOMING
BCB CHEYENNE LLC d/b/a/ BISON
BLOCKCHAIN, a Wyoming limited
liability company,
Plaintiff,
v. 	Case No. 23-CV-79-ABJ
MINEONE WYOMING DATA
CENTER, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company; MINEONE
PARTNERS LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company; TERRA CRYPTO
INC., a Delaware corporation; BIT
ORIGIN, LTD, a Cayman Islands
company; SONICHASH LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company; BITMAIN
TECHNOLOGIES GEORGIA LIMITED,
a Georgia corporation; and JOHN DOES
1-18, related persons and companies who
control or direct some or all of the named
Defendants,
Defendants.
ORDER ON INFORMAL DISCOVERY CONFERENCE
AND EXTENSION OF DEPOSITION DEADLINE
On September 9, 2024, the Court held an Informal Discovery Conference by Zoom
in the above-captioned case before the Honorable Stephanie A. Hambrick, United States
Magistrate Judge for the District of Wyoming, for the purpose of facilitating deposition
dates for all parties. Plaintiff’s counsel, Patrick J. Murphy, participated representing BCB.
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Paula Colbath, Kari Hartman and David A. Forrest participated on behalf of Defendants
MineOne Wyoming, MineOne Partners, and Terra Crypto (collectively, “MineOne”); Marc
Gottlieb and Meggan Hathaway appeared for Defendants Bit Origin and SonicHash; and
Marc 	Feinstein, 	Khale 	Lenhart 	and 	Kate 	Stutz, 	participated 	representing 	BitMain
Technologies Georgia (“Bitmain”).
Prior to the conference, the parties met and conferred on August 29, 2024. In that
conferral, MineOne agreed to make available Dr. Erick Rengifo on September 10, 2024,
via Zoom; Bitmain agreed to make available expert witness, Ken Hayward, via Zoom on
September 13, 2024; and BCB agreed to make its expert available, Patrick Gahan, on
September 17, 2024, via Zoom. The Court held this discovery conference to resolve the
remaining disputed deposition dates.
After hearing all parties regarding the scheduling of depositions, the Court
facilitated the following agreements:
1. 	The parties agreed to not set a deposition date at this time for BCB’s witness,
Michael Murphy.
2. 	BCB’s witness, Emory Patterson, will be made available for deposition on
September 17, 2024, via Zoom.
3. 	MineOne’s expert, Dr. Erick Rengifo, will be made available for deposition
on September 12, 2024, via Zoom.
In addition to the above agreements, the Court HEREBY ORDERS:
1. 	An extension of the deadline for depositions to September 30, 2024;
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2. 	MineOne’s counsel to produce availability dates for the depositions of BCB’s
witnesses, Neil Phippen, Sean Murphy, and Steven Randall;
3. 	MineOne’s counsel to produce availability dates for the depositions of Haku
Du and Dr. Jiaming Li as soon as possible;
4. 	Should the parties fail to reach an agreed-upon date between September 18
to September 30, 2024, to depose experts, Ken Haywood and Patrick
Gahan, the originally scheduled dates of depositions, September 13, 2024,
and September 17, 2024, respectively, control;
5. 	And that counsel – not individual agents, officers, or the like of the parties
– are the only participants in any and all future meets and confers.
Dated this 9th day of September, 2024.
Stephanie A. Hambrick
United States Magistrate Judge
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