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`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.
`PAUL D. TRIPODI II (SBN 162380)
`ptripodi@wsgr.com
`WENDY L. DEVINE (SBN 246337)
`wdevine@wsgr.com
`NATALIE J. MORGAN (SBN 211143)
`nmorgan@wsgr.com
`633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1550
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: 323-210-2900
`Fax: 866-974-7329
`Hilgers Graben PLLC
`MICHAEL T. HILGERS (Pro Hac Vice)
`mhilgers@hilgersgraben.com
`575 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 202
`Lincoln, NE 68521
`Telephone: 402-218-2106
`Fax: 402-413-1880
`Attorneys for Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN DIEGO DIVISION
`NUVASIVE, INC., a Delaware
`Case No. 18-cv-00347-CAB-MDD
`corporation,
`DECLARATION OF
`CHRISTIANA GARRETT IN
` Plaintiff,
`SUPPORT OF NUVASIVE, INC.’S
`MOTION TO EXCLUDE
`v.
`UNTIMELY, UNSUPPORTED,
`AND IMPROPER EXPERT
`OPINIONS
`PER CHAMBERS RULES, NO
`ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS
`SEPARATELY ORDERED BY THE
`COURT
`Judge: Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo
`Courtroom: 4C
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`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
`Delaware corporation, and ALPHATEC
`SPINE, INC., a California corporation,
` Defendants.
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`I, Christiana Garrett, declare the following:
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`I am an attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, counsel for
`Plaintiff, NuVasive, Inc. (“NuVasive”). I submit this Declaration in support of
`NuVasive’s Motion to Exclude Untimely, Unsupported, and Improper Expert
`Opinions. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein. I could and
`would competently testify to those facts if called upon to do so.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`Opening Report of Barton L. Sachs, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P.E., F.A.C.H.E., dated
`November 20, 2020.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`3.
`the Deposition Transcript of Barton L. Sachs, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P.E.,
`F.A.C.H.E., dated January 11, 2021.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`4.
`Rebuttal Report of Barton L. Sachs, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P.E., F.A.C.H.E., dated
`December 18, 2020.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`5.
`Supplemental Rebuttal Expert Report of Keith R. Ugone, Ph.D., dated December
`18, 2020.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`6.
`Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc. First Set of Interrogatories (Nos. 1-10), dated April 4,
`2018.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.’s Third Set of Interrogatories (No. 17) to Defendants,
`dated September 24, 2019.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`Defendants’ Supplemental Responses to Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.’s Interrogatories
`(Nos. 2, 7, 11, and 17), dated November 6, 2020.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`Rebuttal Expert Report of Keith R. Ugone, Ph.D., dated December 4, 2019.
`10. Attached hereto as Exhibit 9 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`the Deposition Transcript of Mike Aleali, dated October 30, 2020.
`I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States of
`America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 26th day of January
`2021, in Redlands, California.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
`document has been served on this date to all current and/or opposing counsel of
`record, if any to date, who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via
`the Court’s CM/ECF system per Civ.L.R. 5.4(d). Any other counsel of record will
`be served by electronic mail, facsimile and/or overnight delivery.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
`America that the above is true and correct. Executed this 26th day of January 2021,
`in Los Angeles, California.
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`By: /s/ Soo Kim
`SOO KIM
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