No. 22-1596

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

HENRY B. SARGENT,

Defendant, Appellee,

FREDERICK M. MINTZ; ALAN P. FRAADE; JOSEPH J. TOMASEK; PATRICK GIORDANO,

Defendants.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Richard G. Stearns, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Barron, Chief Judge, Lynch and Gelpí, Circuit Judges.

Paul G. Alvarez, Senior Appellate Counsel, with whom Dan M. Berkovitz, General Counsel, and Michael A. Conley, Solicitor, were on brief, for appellant.

Peter R. Ginsberg, with whom Christopher R. Neff and Moskowitz & Book LLP were on brief, for appellee.

April 18, 2023 BARRON, Chief Judge. A party to a civil jury trial has the right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 48(c) to request that the district court individually poll each juror after the jury has retu