Case 5:15-cv-02299-JGB-KK Document 15 Filed 11/17/15 Page 1 of 3 Page ID #:172

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David L. Aronoff (State Bar No. 152606)

daronoff@winston.com
Gayle I. Jenkins (State Bar No. 168962)
gjenkins@winston.com
Stephanie M. Leonard (State Bar No. 288061)
sleonard@winston.com
WINSTON & STRAWN thLLP
333 S. Grand Avenue, 38 Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1543
Telephone: (213) 615-1700
Facsimile: (213) 615-1750
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
COR Clearing, LLC

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EASTERN DIVISION

333 S. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1543

Winston & Strawn LLP

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COR CLEARING, LLC, a limited

liability company,

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Plaintiff,
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ASHIRA CONSULTING, LLC., a
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limited liability company; SHEIK
FIDROSH KHAN AKA ABIDA KHAN, )
an individual; and ALIA S. KHAN, an )
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individual,
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Defendants.
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Case No. 5:15-cv-02299-JBP(KKx)

Assigned to the Hon. Jesus G. Bernal
PLAINTIFF COR CLEARING,
LLCS AMENDED NOTICE OF
MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION
Date:
Time:
Location:
Before:

December 14, 2015

9:00 a.m.
Courtroom 1
Hon. Jesus G. Bernal

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AMENDED NOTICE OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

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AMENDED NOTICE OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION1

TO THE COURT, DEFENDANTS, PROPOSED PLAINTIFF INTERVENOR,

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AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on December 14, 2015, or as soon thereafter as

333 S. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1543

Winston & Strawn LLP

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counsel may be heard in Courtroom 1 of United States District Court of California,

Central District, located at 3470 Twelfth Street, Riverside, California, 92501, Plaintiff

COR Clearing, LLC (Plaintiff or COR Clearing) will move the Court pursuant to

Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 65-1 of the Central District

of California Local Rules for a preliminary injunction enjoining Defendants Ashira

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Consulting, LLC, Sheik Fidrosh Khan a/k/a Abida Khan (Abida Khan), and Alia S.

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Khan (collectively, Defendants) from pursuing an arbitration brought before the

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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) styled Ashira Consulting, LLC v.

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COR Clearing, LLC, et al., FINRA Case No. 15-02385.

This motion will be made on the grounds that Defendants have no right to

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invoke FINRAs dispute resolution process pursuant to FINRA Rule 12200.

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Defendants should be enjoined from pursuing the Arbitration because: (a) there is no

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agreement to arbitrate between Plaintiff and any Defendants; (b) Defendants Abida

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Khan and Ashira Consulting, LLC are not, and have never been, customers of

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Plaintiff; and (c) Defendant Alia S. Khans investment in a third party entity is not

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connected to CORs business activities, and therefore Defendants have no basis to

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bring an arbitration proceeding before FINRA against Plaintiff. Thus, COR Clearing

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is more than likely to succeed on the merits that it cannot be compelled to arbitrate

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Defendants claim before FINRA; COR Clearing would suffer irreparable injury if its

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Motion is not granted; the balance of equities favors COR Clearing; and the public

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COR Clearing, LLC submits this amended notice of its previously filed Motion for a
Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. No. 10) following the transfer of this case from the Hon.
Virginia A. Phillips to the Hon. Jesus G. Bernal on November 13, 2015. (Dkt. No. 11.)
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interest is served by the issuance of an injunction to stop Defendants from arbitrating a

dispute that COR Clearing never agreed to arbitrate.

This motion is based upon this notice, the previously filed memorandum of

points and authorities (see Dkt. 10), and declarations of Gayle I. Jenkins and Lisa

Bridgeford (see id.), all pleadings and papers on file in this action, and any argument

or evidence that may be presented at the hearing on this matter.

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333 S. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1543

Winston & Strawn LLP

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Dated: November 17, 2015

By:

/s/ Gayle I. Jenkins

David L. Aronoff
Gayle I. Jenkins
Stephanie M. Leonard

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WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

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Attorneys for Plaintiff COR Clearing, LLC

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AMENDED NOTICE OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION