District Court, E.D. New York July 16, 2018, 18-CV-361 (Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. McDonnell)

Jack B. Weinstein, Senior United States District Judge:

Defendant's motion to reconsider the court's March 6, 2018 Memorandum and Order ("Order") denying defendant's motion to dismiss was heard on July 9, 2018. See ECF No. 99. Defendant challenges the court's ruling that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC")'s broad *367statutory authority, Title 7 U.S.C.