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DECL. OF MATTHEW L. GREEN IN SUPP. OF
MOT. FOR SANCTIONS
13-cv-1944-CAB (BLM)
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JAMES B. GILPIN, Bar No. 151466
James.Gilpin@bbklaw.com
MATTHEW L. GREEN, Bar No. 227904
Matthew.Green@bbklaw.com
BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP
655 W. Broadway, 15th Floor
San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: (619) 525-1300
Facsimile: (619) 233-6118
Attorneys for Defendants
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY
OF SAN DIEGO (erroneously sued as SUPERIOR
COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY); HON.
ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTA, Presiding Judge of
the Superior Court (erroneously sued as Robert J.
Trentacosta); MICHAEL M. RODDY, Executive
Officer of the Superior Court; JUDICIAL
COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA; HON. STEVEN
JAHR, Administrative Director of the Courts;
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS;
HON. TANI G. CANTIL-SAKAUYE, Chief Justice
of California; HON. LISA SCHALL, Judge of the
Superior Court; HON. LORNA A. ALKSNE, Judge
of the Superior Court; HON. CHRISTINE K.
GOLDSMITH, Judge of the Superior Court; HON.
JEANNIE LOWE, Commissioner of the Superior
Court (Ret.); HON. WILLIAM H. McADAM, JR.,
Judge of the Superior Court; HON. EDLENE C.
McKENZIE, Commissioner of the Superior Court;
HON. JOEL R. WOHLFEIL, Judge of the Superior
Court; HON. MICHAEL GROCH, Judge of the
Superior Court; and KRISTINE P. NESTHUS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR
ASSOCIATION, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 13-cv-1944-CAB (BLM)
Judge: Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo
DECLARATION OF MATTHEW L.
GREEN IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
FOR SANCTIONS
Date: June 27, 2014
Time: 2:00
Courtroom: 4C
[NO ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS
REQUESTED BY COURT]
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I, Matthew L. Green, declare as follows:
1. I have personal knowledge of the following facts and if called to
testify, I would and could testify competently thereto.
2. I am an attorney at law duly licensed to practice before all courts in the
State of California. I am an attorney at Best Best & Krieger LLP, attorneys of
record for Defendants (1) Superior Court of California, County of San Diego,
erroneously sued as Superior Court of San Diego County, (2) the Honorable Robert
J. Trentacosta, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, erroneously sued as Robert J.
Trentacosta, (3) Michael M. Roddy, Executive Officer of the Superior Court, (4)
Judicial Council of California, (5) the Honorable Steven Jahr, Administrative
Director of the Courts, (6) Administrative Office of the Courts, (7) the Honorable
Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California, (8) the Honorable Lisa Schall,
Judge of the Superior Court, (9) the Honorable Lorna A. Alksne, Judge of the
Superior Court, (10) the Honorable Christine K. Goldsmith, Judge of the Superior
Court, (11) the Honorable Jeannie Lowe, Commissioner of the Superior Court
(Ret.), (12) the Honorable William H. McAdam, Jr., Judge of the Superior Court,
(13) the Honorable Edlene C. McKenzie, Commissioner of the Superior Court, (14)
the Honorable Joel R. Wohlfeil, Judge of the Superior Court, (15) the Honorable
Michael Groch, Judge of the Superior Court, and (16) Kristine P. Nesthus, the
Superior Courts Director of Legal Services and General Counsel (collectively,
Judicial Defendants).
3. I spent (1) 2.8 hours conferring and corresponding with Stephen D.
Lucas of the Lucas & Haverkamp Law Firm, counsel for Defendant San Diego
County Bar Association, regarding the contents of the omnibus motion to dismiss
and reviewing the final omnibus motion filed on March 28, 2014, as Document
Number 131, (2) 12.5 hours preparing the Judicial Defendants supplemental
memorandum of points and authorities in support of the omnibus motion and the
notice of joinder in the same, and (3) 8.6 hours preparing the motion for sanctions,
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that all counsel of record who are deemed
to have consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this
document via the courts CM-ECF system per Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
5(b)(2)(E). Any other counsel of record will be served by facsimile transmission
and/or first class mail this 13th day of May 2014.
/s/ Matthew L. Green _______
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