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1 TAMANY J. VINSON BENTZ (SBN 258600)

tamany.bentz@us.dlapiper.com
2 JASON T. LUEDDEKE (SBN 279242)
jason.lueddeke@us.dlapiper.com
3 MICHAEL PATRICK BROWN (SBN 328579)
michael.p.brown@us.dlapiper.com
4 BENJAMIN GRUSH (SBN 335550)
benjamin.grush@us.dlapiper.com
5 DLA PIPER LLP (US)
2000 Avenue of the Stars
6 Suite 400 North Tower
Los Angeles, California 90067-4735
7 Telephone: 310.595.3000
Facsimile: 310.595.3300
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Attorneys for Plaintiff
9 BREAKING CODE SILENCE
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11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
12 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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14 BREAKING CODE SILENCE, a Case No. 2:22-cv-02052-SB-MAA
California 501(c)(3) nonprofit,
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DECLARATION OF DEE ANNA
16 Plaintiff, HASSANPOUR IN SUPPORT OF
PLAINTIFF BREAKING CODE
17 v. SILENCE’S OPPOSITION
18 KATHERINE MCNAMARA, an Judge: Hon. Maria A. Audero
individual, JEREMY WHITELEY, an Complaint Filed: March 28, 2022
19 individual, and DOES 1 through 50, Trial Date: n/a
inclusive,
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I, Dee Anna Hassanpour, declare as follows:
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24 1. I make this declaration based on personal knowledge and if called as a
25 witness would and could testify competently hereto.
26 2. I was never on the Board of Directors for Breaking Code Silence.
27 3. I never had a formal role with Breaking Code Silence.
28 4. I signed a document titled Individual Board Member Responsibilities in

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1 anticipation of joining the Board of Breaking Code Silence, but I never joined the
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3 5. I also signed a document titled Board of Directors Code of Conduct in
4 anticipation of joining the Board of Breaking Code Silence, but I never joined the
5 Board.
6 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United State that the
7 foregoing is true and correct.
8 Executed this 22nd day June, 2023 at Los Angeles, California.
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12 Dee Anna Hassanpour
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(Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 5(b))
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3 I declare that I am employed with the law firm of DLA Piper LLP (US),
whose address is ______________, ____________, California _____-____; I am
4 not a party to the within cause; I am over the age of eighteen years and I am readily
5 familiar with DLA Piper’s practice for collection and processing of correspondence
for mailing with the United States Postal Service and know that in the ordinary
6 course of DLA Piper’s business practice the document described below will be
7 deposited with the United States Postal Service on the same date that it is placed at
DLA Piper with postage thereon fully prepaid for collection and mailing.
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9 I further declare that on the date hereof I served a copy of:

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11 by personally transmitting via electronic means to the electronic mail address(es)
12 noted below a true and correct copy of the aforementioned document(s)
from _____________@us.dlapiper.com on the date ascribed below. The
13 transmission was reported as complete without error. I am aware that the form of
14 original signature must be maintained and must be available for review and copying
on the request of the court or any party to this action.
15 Catherine A. Close
Helene P. Saller
16 Adam Tate
17 Adam J. Schwartz
JULANDER BROWN BOLLARD
18 9110 Irvine Center Drive
19 Irvine, CA 92618
Tel: (949) 477-2100
20 Fax: (949) 477-6355
21 cac@jbblaw.com
helene@jbblaw.com
22 Adam@jbblaw.com
23 adam@ajschwartzlaw.com
24 I declare under penalty of perjury that the above is true and correct. Executed
25 at East Palo Alto, California, June 22, 2023.
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