IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI

WESTERN DIVISION FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, ) Plaintiff, v. Case No. 14-CV-0815-W-BCW BF LABS INC., et al., Defendants.

DEFENDANTS BF LABS INC., SONNY VLEISIDES, AND DARLA JO DRAKE’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL

Defendants BF Labs Inc., Sonny Vleisides, and Darla Jo (“Jody”) Drake move this Court for leave to file Defendants’ BF Labs Inc., Sonny Vleisides, and Darla Jo Drake’s Response to the Temporary Receiver’s Motion to Approve Interim Budget under seal. The Temporary Receiver has requested that any Briefing in Response to the Interim Budget be filed under seal.

WHEREFORE, Defendants respectfully request this Court enter its Order granting the Defendants leave to file under seal.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ James M. Humphrey

James M. Humphrey MO # 50200 Michael S. Foster MO # 61205 Miriam E. Bailey MO # 60366 Polsinelli PC

900 W. 48th Place, Suite 900 Kansas City, Missouri 64112-1895 Telephone: (816) 753-1000 Facsimile: (816) 753-1536 jhumphrey @ polsinelli.com mfoster @ polsinelli.com

mbailey @ polsinelli.com

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Braden M. Perry MO # 53865 Kennyhertz Perry, LLC

420 Nichols Road, Suite 207

Kansas City, MO 64112

Direct: 816-527-9445

Fax: 855-844-2914

braden @kennyhertzperry.com

Attorneys for Defendants BF Labs Inc., Sonny Vleisides, and Darla Drake.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on October 17, 2014, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which sent notification of such filing to the following:

Helen Wong

Teresa N. Kosmidis

Leah Frazier

Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Mail Stop CC-10232 Washington DC 20580 202-326-3779 (Wong) 202-326-3216 (Kosmidis) 202-326-2187 (Frazier) hwong @ftc.gov

tkosmidis @ ftc.gov

Ifrazier @ftc.gov

Charles M. Thomas

Assistant United States Attorney Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse 400 East Ninth Street, Room 5510 Kansas City, MO 64106 816-426-3130

charles.thomas @usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Bryant T. Lamer

Kersten L. Holzhueter

Andrea M. Chase

Katie Jo Wheeler

Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP 1000 Walnut Street, Suite 1400 Kansas City MO 64106 816-474-8100

blamer @spencerfane.com kholzheuter @ spencerfane.com achase @ spencerfane.com kwheeler @ spencerfane.com

Attorneys for Receiver Eric L. Johnson /s/ James M. Humphrey Attorney for Defendants

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