| Crypto Lawsuit
Over AI16Z Is Delayed By Lax
Service of Process in SF As DAO
Unrepresented
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
May 19 – A damages case
against a crypto promoter was
heard but put over on May 19
by U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jed S. Rakoff due to
lack of diligence in serving
the lead defendant. Inner City
Press live tweeted it to the
end. A co-defendant, it
emerged off the record, is in
Australia and will require a
lengthy Hague Convention
process. The thread:
OK, now in case
against Shaw Walters and Eliza
Labs and "AI16Z DAO" - DLA
Piper says they represent the
first two, but the DAO can't
be sued.
Judge Rakoff: Why
haven't you served Mr.
Walters? Plaintiffs' lawyer:
We sent a process server to
his address. Judge: Where?
Plaintiffs' lawyer: In San
Francisco. He was unavailable.
Judge Rakoff: I
am not going to move the case
forward on this basis: 1
attempt? Judge Rakoff:
We are going to move this-
excuse me! - 2 weeks, &
you must have a full written
report on your efforts to
serve Mr. Walters. June 2 -
but I'm at the judicial
conference, the first week of
June - so Friday June 5
Deputy: An 11 am
VOSR. Judge: So 10
am Judge: OK.
Counsel: Excuse me-
Opponent: The
judge hopped off.
Counsel: Sebastian
Quinn-Watson is a resident of
Australia, so it will take
months under the Hague
Convention Opponent: None of
this should be on the record
[Why not?] Adjourned
The case is
Pikabea v. Walters et al.,
1:26-cv-3238 (Rakoff)
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