United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit _____________________________________

August Term 2022

(Argued: June 28, 2023 Decided: December 11, 2023)

Nos. 22-1057, 22-1061

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LYNN ALLEN, CHERI GARCIA, TIMOTHY CORSI,

Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees,

— v. —

GRIST MILL CAPITAL LLC,

Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant,

DANIEL E. CARPENTER,

Plaintiff.∗ _____________________________________ Before: LYNCH, LOHIER, and BIANCO, Circuit Judges.

The government, through defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Lynn Allen, an agent of the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”), appeals from an order of the United States District Court for th