F.T.C. v. JOHNSON

No. 14-3286.

800 F.3d 448 (2015)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Eric L. JOHNSON, Receiver-Appellee. BF Labs, Inc. a Wyoming corporation, doing business as Butterfly Labs; Darla Drake, an individual; Nasser Ghoseiri, an individual; Sonny Vleisides, an individual, Defendants-Appellees. Kyle Alexander; Dylan Symington, Movants Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noah K. Wood , Aristotle N. (Ari) Rodopoulos , Wood Law firm, LLC, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

David L. Sieradzki , Office of Gen. Counsel, Helen Wong , Lea Frazier , Gregory Ashe , Jason Adler , Bureau of Consumer Protection, Jonathan E. Nuechterlein , Gen. Counsel, Joel Marcus , Dir. of Litigation, Fed. Trade Comm'n, Washington, DC, for appellee Fed. Trade Comm'n.

James M. Humphrey , Michael S. Foster , Miriam E. C. Bailey , Polsinelli PC, Kansas City, MO, for appellees BF Labs Inc., Darla Drake, and Sonny Vleisides.

Before GRUENDER, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


The Federal Trade Commission sued BF Labs, Inc. (BFL) for unfair and deceptive acts. Two consumers, Kyle Alexander and Dylan Symington, moved to intervene. The district court1 denied their motion. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

In April 2014, the two...

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