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`BIENERT KATZMAN
`LITTRELL WILLIAMS LLP
`Thomas H. Bienert, Jr., SBN 135311
`James D. Riddet, SBN 39826
`Whitney Z. Bernstein, SBN 304917
`Carlos A. Nevarez, SBN 324407
`903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350
`San Clemente, California 92673
`Telephone: (949) 369-3700
`Email: tbienert@bklwlaw.com
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`Attorneys For Mohammed Abdul Qayyum
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`BIRD MARELLA BOXER WOLPERT
`NESSIM DROOKS LINCENBERG &
`RHOW, P.C.
`Gary S. Lincenberg, SBN 123058
`Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk, SBN 261646
`Darren L. Patrick, SBN 310727
`Alexis A. Wiseley, SBN 330100
`1875 Century Park East, Floor 23
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`Telephone: (310) 201-2100
`Email: glincenberg@birdmarella.com
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` awiseley@birdmarella.com
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`Attorneys For Petr Pacas
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`WIECHERT, MUNK &
`GOLDSTEIN, PC
`David W. Wiechert, SBN 94607
`Jessica C. Munk, SBN 238832
`27136 Paseo Espada, Suite B1123
`San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
`Telephone: (949) 361-2822
`Email: wiechert@aol.com
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`Attorneys For Jacob Bychak
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`MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS,
`GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.
`Randy K. Jones, SBN 141711
`3580 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 300
`San Diego, Ca 92130
`Telephone: (858) 314-1510
`Email: rkjones@mintz.com
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`Daniel J. Goodrich, BBO 692624 (Pro Hac)
`Ryan Dougherty, BBO 703380 (Pro Hac)
`1 Financial Center
`Boston, MA 02111
`Email: djgoodrich@mintz.com
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`Attorneys For Mark Manoogian
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`DECLARATION OF WHITNEY Z. BERNSTEIN
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 3:18-cr-04683-GPC
`Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel
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`I, Whitney Z. Bernstein, declare as follows:
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`I am a partner at Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP, counsel of record for
`one of the four named defendants, Mohammed Abdul Qayyum, in the above captioned
`action. I am licensed to practice law in the State of California and am admitted to the United
`States District Court for the Southern District of California. I make this declaration in
`support of concurrently filed Defendants’ Supplemental Brief Regarding the Government’s
`Reliance on Unpublished, Non-Precedential, and Off-Point Legal Authority to Admit
`404(b) Evidence.
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`I make this declaration based on personal knowledge. I am familiar with the
`pleadings and papers served and filed in this case. If called as a witness, I could and would
`testify competently to the facts set forth in this declaration under oath.
`Exhibit A hereto are true and correct copies of excerpts from the transcript of
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`the hearing on January 25, 2019.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that
`the foregoing is true and correct, and that I executed this declaration on April 15, 2022, at
`Oceanside, California.
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