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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`MONIB ZIRVI,
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`Case No. 2:23-cv-01997-MCA-JSA
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`Honorable Madeline Cox Arleo
`United States District Court Judge
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`NOTICE OF MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
`UNDER FEDERAL RULE OF
`CIVIL PROCEDURE 11
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`ILLUMINA, INC., THERMO FISHER
`SCIENTIFIC, AKIN GUMP STRAUSS
`HAUER & FELD LLP, LATHAM &
`WATKINS, RIP FINST, SEAN BOYLE,
`MATTHEW A. PEARSON, ANGELA
`VERRECCHIO, ROGER CHIN, and
`DOUGLAS LUMISH,
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`TO:
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`Ahmed M. Soliman
`Soliman & Associates, P.C
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`Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
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`Clerk, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
`Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse
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`Newark, New Jersey 07102
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`Joseph D. Garrity
`Lorium Law
`101 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 1800
`Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
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`Amar Anand Agrawal
`Eisenberg, Gold & Agrawal, PC
`1040 Kings Highway North, Suite 200
`Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
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`Case 2:23-cv-01997-MCA-JSA Document 99 Filed 10/10/23 Page 2 of 4 PageID: 2915
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`Denise Alvarez
`Michael S. Stein
`Brendan Michael Walsh
`Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C.
`21 Main Street, Suite 200
`Hackensack, NJ 07601
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`Michelle Ernst
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`1271 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, New York 10020
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`Liza M. Walsh
`Marc D. Haefner
`Selina Miriam Ellis
`Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP
`Three Gateway Center
`100 Mulberry Street, 15th Floor
`Newark, NJ 07102
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`PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendant Illumina Inc., by and through its
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`counsel—upon failure of Plaintiff to withdraw with prejudice his claims against
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`Defendant Illumina on or before October 3, 2023—shall move before the United
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`States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the Honorable Madeline Cox
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`Arleo, United States District Judge, for an Order under Federal Rule of Civil
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`Procedure 11 imposing sanctions on Plaintiff and Plaintiff’s counsel, including an
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`award of attorneys’ fees and costs to Illumina.
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`PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Defendant Illumina will rely on
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`the accompanying Memorandum of Law and Exhibits attached thereto in support of
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`its Motion.
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`PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a proposed Order is submitted
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`herewith.
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`Dated: September 12, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Keith J. Miller
`Keith J. Miller
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`ROBINSON MILLER LLC
`Keith J. Miller
`Ironside Newark
`110 Edison Place, Suite 302
`Newark, NJ 07102
`Telephone: (973) 690-5400
`Fax: (973) 466-2761
`kmiller@rwmlegal.com
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`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`Bradford J. Badke (pro hac vice)
`Ching-Lee Fukuda (pro hac vice)
`787 Seventh Avenue
`New York, NY 10019
`Telephone: (212) 839-5300
`Fax: (212) 839-5599
`jbadke@sidley.com
`clfukuda@sidley.com
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`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`Joshua J. Fougere (pro hac vice)
`Adam Kleven
`1501 K Street NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Telephone: (202) 736-8000
`Fax: (202) 736-8711
`jfougere@sidley.com
`akleven@sidley.com
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`Counsel for Defendant Illumina Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on September 12, 2023, I served Plaintiff’s counsel with
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`the foregoing Motion for Sanctions and Memorandum of Law in Support of that
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`Motion via overnight mail and email pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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`11(c)(2) and Rule 5. I further certify that on October 10, 2023, I electronically filed
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`the foregoing Motion for Sanctions and Memorandum of Law with the Clerk of
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`Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notice of filing to the email
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`addresses for all counsel listed on the Electronic Mail Notice list.
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`/s/ Keith J. Miller
`Keith J. Miller
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