We are investors in Cardone Equity Fund V and/or Cardone Equity Fund VI who were included in the class action Pino v. Cardone Capital, LLC, et al., Case No. 2:20-cv-08499-JFW (KSx) in the Central District of California.

The official deadline to opt out of this class action was July 14, 2026. Many of us never received the notice in time, did not understand it, or reasonably believed the relevant deadline was in 2027 (the scheduled trial period). As a result, we remained in the class by default even though we never intended to join this lawsuit.

We only became fully aware of our involvement and the real consequences of staying in the class after Mr. Cardone’s deposition under oath became widely available online. At that point the deadline had already passed.

Hundreds of investors, publicly reported as approximately 900 or more, have already successfully opted out. We want the same opportunity. We wish to keep our investments and not be bound by any judgment or settlement in this case.

We respectfully ask the Court to:

1. Allow Class Members who can show good cause (including lack of timely actual notice, confusion about the deadline, or similar circumstances) to submit late opt-out requests; 
2. Accept late exclusion requests from the undersigned and treat them as timely; and
3. Direct the Claims Administrator to update the Class list accordingly so that those who never intended to remain in this lawsuit are removed

This is a matter of basic fairness and due process. Investors who never intended to be part of this litigation should not be forced to stay in simply because they missed a notice or misunderstood the dates.

If you are a Fund V or Fund VI investor who missed the July 14, 2026 deadline and want to opt out, please sign this petition and share it with other investors in the same situation.

Sign this petition to ask the Court to allow late opt-outs for those of us who never intended to remain in this class action.

— Andres Fischborn

Investor in Funds 5 & 6 (with my wife)