On Monday, November 17, 2025, Judge Dale A. Drozd of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued an Order denying motions to dismiss brought by defendants alleged to be responsible for stealing over $28 million in crypto assets from participants in the Bittensor network. Judge Drozd held that Hoppin Grinsell’s client, JustM2J, successfully established personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants and preserved JustM2J’s principal claims including violations of the federal Wiretap Act, fraud, conversion, unjust enrichment, and violation of California’s stolen property statute. Judge Drozd simultaneously denied the defendants’ related motion for sanctions explaining that “[i]n the court’s view, it is defendants’ motion for sanctions that is not well-supported.”
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