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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`MV3 PARTNERS, LLC
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`VS.
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`ROKU, INC.
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`* CIVIL ACTION NO. W-18-CV-308
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`June 15, 2020
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`BEFORE THE HONORABLE ALAN D ALBRIGHT, JUDGE PRESIDING
`TELEPHONIC STATUS CONFERENCE
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`APPEARANCES:
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`For the Plaintiff:
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`For the Defendant:
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`J. Mark Mann, Esq.
`Andy W. Tindel, Esq.
`Mann Tindel Thompson
`300 W. Main St.
`Henderson, TX 75652
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`Jonathan K. Waldrop, Esq.
`Paul G. Williams, Esq.
`Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP
`1349 West Peachtree Street N.W.
`Suite 1500
`Atlanta, GA 30309
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`Marcus A. Barber, Esq.
`Heather S. Kim, Esq.
`Darcy L. Jones, Esq.
`Kasowitz Benson Torres, LLP
`333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
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`Craig D. Cherry, Esq.
`Haley & Olson, P.C.
`100 N Ritchie Road, Suite 200
`Waco, TX 76712
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`Richard D. Milvenan, Esq.
`McGinnis Lochridge and Kilgore
`600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100
`Austin, TX 78701
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`KRISTIE M. DAVIS, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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`Alexander J. Hadjis, Esq.
`Lisa M. Mandrusiak, Esq.
`W. Todd Baker, Esq.
`Christopher Ricciuti, Esq.
`Oblon, McClelland, Maier &
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`1940 Duke Street, 11th Floor
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`Darryl Adams, Esq.
`Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC
`401 Congress Ave., Ste. 1650
`Austin, TX 78701
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`David N. Deaconson, Esq.
`Pakis, Giotes, Page & Burleson
`P.O. Box 58
`Waco, TX 76703-0058
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`Kristie M. Davis
`United States District Court
`PO Box 20994
`Waco, Texas 76702-0994
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`Court Reporter:
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`KRISTIE M. DAVIS, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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`(June 15, 2020, 9:11 a.m.)
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`THE COURT: Good morning. Alan Albright. Welcome,
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`everybody. If I could hear first from --
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`I'm sorry. Suzanne, if you'd call the case, please.
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`THE REPORTER: I'm not sure she's on, but I can call it.
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`Telephonic status conference in Civil Action W-18-CV-308,
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`MV3 Partners vs. Roku.
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`THE COURT: Thank you, Kristie.
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`As you can tell, we are having some technical difficulties
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`this morning. Thank you, everyone, for holding on and sticking
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`with us.
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`If I can hear first from counsel for plaintiff who's going
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`to be speaking this morning and then from counsel for
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`defendant, that would be great.
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`MR. MANN: This is Mark Mann, Your Honor. Good morning.
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`And we also have on the phone Jon Waldrop, Andy Tindel, Heather
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`Kim, Paul Williams, Marcus Barber. I know I'm leaving somebody
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`MR. TINDEL: Darcy.
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`MR. MANN: Darcy Jones.
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`THE COURT: Okay. And for defendant?
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`MR. MILVENAN: Your Honor, this is Rick Milvenan. We've
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`got Alex Hadjis, Lisa Mandrusiak, Todd Baker, Christopher
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`Ricciuti, Dave Deaconson and Darryl Adams.
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`THE COURT: Good morning, all. Let me start off, which
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`I've unfortunately had to start off before with this group, and
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`apologize as profusely as I can for the delay in the trial. I
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`want to assure everyone on this call I did everything I could
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`to not postpone this trial, but forces beyond my control have
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`caused me to delay it. So -- and of course they are all at
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`heart related to the COVID problem that we're all wrestling
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`You know, we have some information from other courts now
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`who have tried to go to trial and they've used different
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`methods with different levels of success, and my goal of course
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`is to make sure that when we do go to trial this is a very --
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`it's obviously very important to both sides and to the Court,
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`and I want to make sure that we get it done correctly.
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`So I know you all have heard this before where I've said
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`I'm going to set the trial for a date that I think will stick.
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`So I'm -- while ultimately I'm going to make the decision what
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`we do, I'm curious to hear from the parties. I have available
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`August 3rd. The -- another case, the Match-Bumble case, has
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`settled and it has freed me up for two weeks in August that I
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`had been planning to do that and so I can easily move this case
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`to that date. However, you know, I'm watching the news this
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`morning. I'm seeing that cases in Texas are on the rise, and I
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`don't -- I'm curious to hear from you all if -- what your
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`thoughts are about going ahead and setting it on August 3rd,
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`which I'm 100 percent in favor of, but I'm a little worried
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`about setting it for that date and it not -- and us having
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`another problem. I have no reason to think we'll have another
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`problem right now other than history.
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`And so, Mr. Mann, I'll start with you and get your
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`thoughts and then I'll turn to Mr. Milvenan or Mr. Adams or
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`whoever's going to speak on behalf of defendants.
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`Mr. Mann?
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`MR. MANN: Thank you, Your Honor. And, number one, we
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`appreciate you -- we know you're working hard to get us -- to
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`get a trial for both sides. So don't -- you don't obviously
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`ever need to apologize to us because we know it's not you and
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`we know it's forces beyond your control, but what I would say
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`is I know we're in flux somewhat, but we'd like to have a date
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`set. I don't think we can very well just say, well, we'll set
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`it when we think we can get to it. I kind of anticipated you
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`may say August 3rd and so -- we've not discussed it as a team
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`necessarily, but I think we're going to take the position that
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`when you set this case for trial we're going to be there for
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`trial, and as long -- and I know the Court will work with us if
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`we have a witness or two that may need to appear remotely
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`because of a conflict that came up that wasn't anticipated
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`because we moved the trial, but we're ready to go and we're
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`going to follow the Court's direction on setting that case for
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`trial on August 3rd. We'd like to go then. I think that would
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`be a good time for us, and then whatever pretrial date that you
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`think would work. The pretrial that's still left. I'm sorry.
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`THE COURT: No. No. No. I understand. And I will tell
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`you, Mr. Mann, you're nice to say that, but I went through a
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`bit of a depression last week, you know, when all this was --
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`I'm very, very disappointed that we won't be going to trial. I
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`think it's important that we get to trial and, you know, so,
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`you know, I could go on for awhile, but I won't.
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`Mr. Milvenan?
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`MR. MILVENAN: Well, Your Honor, you know, we feel fairly
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`similar to what Mr. Mann said, you know, about August 3rd we
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`could certainly try it then. We are mindful that the Texas
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`Supreme Court, you know, has extended their ban on civil jury
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`trials till August 31st. So, you know, we share your concern
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`that this is potentially a shaky trial date, but, you know,
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`we're certainly, you know, as the Court is, you know, prepared
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`THE COURT: Well, let me say about that. That's a very --
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`you know, we have -- you know, I'm doing -- we're doing our
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`best to keep up with what's going on in the state as well. My
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`understanding that -- I could stand to be corrected -- is I
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`believe that the Supreme Court is all -- State Supreme Court is
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`also allowing jurisdictions to kind of make up their -- if they
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`can show that in their particular geographic area that they are
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`less affected, you know, say, you know, in Waco rather than
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`Austin, for example, I think -- I think the state courts in
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`Waco, for example, are opening back up. I will tell you all
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`that I was actually beginning of last week optimistic for your
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`sake because as I was walking around Waco, people were -- and
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`maybe this is a bad thing, we'll never know, but, you know,
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`people were playing basketball, people were playing -- big
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`groups were playing soccer. There was a large prayer group
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`people doing a prayer meeting. I don't know exactly which
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`cause they were for, but they were collected. They weren't
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`wearing masks, and to me that was telling me that the people
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`mentally on this issue. And so I'm -- I would like -- I don't
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`hear any real resistance. I don't have -- and my other -- the
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`other bit of information here, so you know, is this date sort
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`of fell into our hands. I was probably going to try and set it
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`in August anyway and jigger some other things, but if we miss
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`August 3rd, boy, it gets a lot tougher to deal with, other than
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`I'm trying to make some accommodations by inviting some other
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`So -- well, I'm going to set this trial for August 3rd.
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`Here is the only thing I don't know today. Right now I believe
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`that that Friday we have a Markman hearing set, and so the
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`thinking would be that you all would pick the jury, you know,
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`the Thursday or Friday before. You all would -- we'd start
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`Well, let me actually hear from you all on this as well,
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`starting with Mr. Mann. I am thinking of -- yes, sir.
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`MR. MANN: No. No. I'm sorry. I was going back to the
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`THE COURT: I'm thinking of seeing if I can move the
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`My recollection from when I was in trial is I probably would
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`have been okay with four really packed days of trial and then a
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`Friday off and then pick back up Monday, but if -- Mr. Mann,
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`MR. MANN: Your Honor, I know there's a lot of theories on
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`whether it's -- I mean, three days is nice to wait, but it's
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`ready, we'll get ready. If we have three, we'll get ready. So
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`we're -- I think we're probably willing to do whatever the
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`Court feels the need to do. I mean, appreciate you asking.
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`THE COURT: Well, and let me add by suggesting we would go
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`Friday, I'm not trying to make it so we get the case to the
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`jury by the end of Friday. I'm just trying to -- you know,
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`in my head -- and I'll hear from Mr. Milvenan or whoever from
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`the defendant in a second -- in my head I guess I'm kind of
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`my plan is to go pretty solid trial days Monday through
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`Thursday at least 9:00 to 5:00. And I'll tell you all now, if
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`I haven't before, I don't like, unless it's unavoidable, to
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`keep witnesses overnight. And so that might mean on any
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`witness. It also might mean we stay, you know, not a crazy
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`MR. MILVENAN: Your Honor, I'm going to defer to Mr.
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`THE COURT: Oh, sure. Of course.
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`MR. HADJIS: Yeah. Good morning, Your Honor.
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`Thank you, Rick.
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`A question comes to mind in relation to the scheduling
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`discussion we're having, and that is, previously Your Honor had
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`scheduled jury selection the week prior on Thursday, and I
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`THE COURT: Yes, sir.
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`MR. HADJIS: And if you were going to do that again, at
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`THE COURT: Yes. And by the way, I tried to say it, but
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`MR. HADJIS: Excellent. And would Magistrate Manske also
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`THE COURT: He will. Yes.
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`MR. HADJIS: Okay. Great. Thank you, Your Honor.
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`THE COURT: You will get a much -- you'll get a much
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`MR. HADJIS: Your Honor, I do want to raise one point or
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`question about the August 3rd trial schedule that we're
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`could not be available for this time frame, but if it's
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`THE COURT: And let me say this as well. That's a great
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`because that means I don't have to move anything I've currently
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`got set around, but I think if -- again, just to do everything
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`let us know hopefully today or so because then I think I
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`later in the month up two weeks or something and try doing it
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`that way. So I will do everything I can in my power to offset
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`how many times I've moved this around and to try and make sure
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`MR. HADJIS: It does, Your Honor. That is much
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`THE COURT: Well, it wasn't that long ago, though it is
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`extent I can accommodate y'all's schedule, absolutely happy to
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`do it. And if this will do it, you know, just let us know
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`sooner rather than later so I can start either jiggering my
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`possibilities and I'm happy to do literally anything I can to
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`reason this date would be better for -- really, really better
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`other, and then whatever works best for everyone overall, let
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`MR. HADJIS: For scheduling purposes, for the -- for,
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`THE COURT: Yes, sir.
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`MR. HADJIS: Okay.
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`THE COURT: Oh, yeah. I'm not going to -- that's what I'm
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`MR. HADJIS: Thank you, Your Honor.
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`THE COURT: You bet.
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`Anything else?
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`MR. ADAMS: Your Honor, this is Darryl Adams for Roku.
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`KRISTIE M. DAVIS, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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`U.S. DISTRICT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (WACO)
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`MR. MILVENAN: Well, Darryl, before we get to that, just
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`THE COURT: I think that's Mr. Milvenan talking.
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`MR. MILVENAN: Yes. It is, Your Honor.
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`THE COURT: Okay. Good. Yes. Yeah. There's no -- we'll
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`MR. MILVENAN: All right. Thank you, Your Honor.
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`THE COURT: And thank you for asking.
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`MR. HADJIS: Your Honor, there is one additional thing
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`THE COURT: I think we would redo it. That would be my --
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`KRISTIE M. DAVIS, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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`U.S. DISTRICT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (WACO)
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`you -- that is kind of off the cuff. Let me give that a little
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`I just don't know on this phone call off the top of my head.
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`MR. HADJIS: Thank you, Your Honor.
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`THE COURT: You bet.
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`MR. ADAMS: And, Your Honor, this is Darryl Adams, and I'm
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`KRISTIE M. DAVIS, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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`U.S. DISTRICT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (WACO)
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`THE COURT: Okay. That's another thing I'll have to --
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`Yahoo alert. So I -- it's much more fun that way when I find
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`THE COURT: If you sent it to Josh, he has it.
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`MR. ADAMS: I know.
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`THE COURT: Is there -- if you send it to me, not so much.
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`THE COURT: Is there anything else we can take up?
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`MR. TINDEL: Judge, this is Andy Tindel.
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`THE COURT: Yes, sir.
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`MR. TINDEL: On the 18th we were to submit our questions
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`KRISTIE M. DAVIS, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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`U.S. DISTRICT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (WACO)
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`Since we are postponing the trial, would the Court consider us
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`THE COURT: Sure.
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`MR. TINDEL: Okay.
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`THE COURT: Absolutely. That's fine.
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`KRISTIE M. DAVIS, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
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`U.S. DISTRICT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (WACO)
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`Is there -- if there's nothing else we can take up, thank
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`Mr. Mann?
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`MR. MANN: I don't think there's anything else from the
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`THE COURT: Okay. And anything else from Mr. Adams or Mr.
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`MR. MILVENAN: I think we're good, Your Honor.
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`THE COURT: Okay. I will talk to you all in the near
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`THE COURT: Take care.
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`(Hearing adjourned at 9:36 a.m.)
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT )
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`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`I, Kristie M. Davis, Official Court Reporter for the
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`United States District Court, Western District of Texas, do
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`certify that the foregoing is a correct transcript from the
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`record of proceedings in the above-entitled matter.
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`I certify that the transcript fees and format comply with
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`Certified to by me this 18th day of June 2020.
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`KRISTIE M. DAVIS
`Official Court Reporter
`800 Franklin Avenue
`Waco, Texas 76701
`(254) 340-6114
`kmdaviscsr@yahoo.com
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