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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT HOWARD JOHN GOMBERT Plaintiff, v. LARRY LYNCH and WILLIAM KAMINSKI Defendants. : : : : : : :
Civil Action No. 3:01 CV 1913 (DJS)
January 19, 2007
AFFIDAVIT OF BRIAN R. HOLE IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT The undersigned, being duly sworn, hereby deposes and says as follows: 1. 2. I am over the age of eighteen (18) years and believe in the obligations of an oath. I submit this affidavit in support of Plaintiffs' Reply Brief in Support of His
Motion for Partial Summary Judgment dated January 19, 2007 and in support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment dated January 19, 2007. 3. I am an associate with the law firm of Bingham McCutchen LLP ("Bingham"),
counsel for Plaintiff Howard J. Gombert ("Gombert"). 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the transcript of the
Deposition of J dated December 13, 2006. 5. Attached hereto as Exhibit B, is a true and correct copy of the transcript of the
Deposition of William J. Kaminski dated November 30, 2006. 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of the transcript of the
Deposition of Larry E. Lynch dated December 5, 2006.
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7.
Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of the transcript of the
Deposition of James M. Mullin dated November 29, 2006. 8. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of the May 8 Warrant
documents, including Connecticut Superior Court Form JD-CR-52 Property Seized Under Search Warrant, Search and Seizure Affidavit and Application, Search and Seizure Warrant, and Inventory Form. 9. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of the New Milford Police
Department Evidence Seizure Form dated May 9, 2000. 10. Attached hereto as Exhibit G is a true and correct copy of the New Milford Police
Department Inventory Tracking Report dated March 26, 2004. 11. Attached hereto as Exhibit H is a true and correct copy of pictures taken by the
New Milford Police Department of seized evidence dated May 9, 2000. 12. Attached hereto as Exhibit I is a true and correct copy of a New Milford Police
Department memorandum to All Department Personal Regarding Department Order 89-03 Search and Seizure, dated June 8, 1989. 13. Attached hereto as Exhibit J is a true and correct copy of the March 1 Warrant
documents, including Connecticut Superior Court Form JD-CR-52 Property Seized Under Search Warrant, Search and Seizure Affidavit and Application, Search and Seizure Warrant, and Inventory Form.
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14.
Attached hereto as Exhibit K is a true and correct copy of New Milford Police
Department's Consent to Search Form dated March 1, 2000. 15. Attached hereto as Exhibit L is a true and correct copy of the New Milford Police
Department Evidence Seizure Form dated March 1, 2000. 16. Attached hereto as Exhibit M is a true and correct copy of New Milford Police
Department's Consent to Search form dated April 17, 2000. 17. Attached hereto as Exhibit N is a true and correct copy of letters by and through
Gombert directing the return of his property dated April 12, 2000, November 3, 2001, January 29, 2003, February 6, 2003, March 18, 2003, August 18, 2003, October 6, 2003, October 24, 2003, October 29, 2003 and August 25, 2004. 18. Attached hereto as Exhibit O is a true and correct copy of the March 31, 2004
Possessed Property Receipt signed by Lou Panico. 19. statement. 20. Attached hereto as Exhibit Q is a true and correct copy of photographs depicting Attached hereto as Exhibit P is a true and correct copy of J's February 29, 2000
certain bags located inside Gombert's Firebird taken by the New Milford Police Department on or about March 1 or March 2, 2000. 21. Attached hereto as Exhibit R is a true and correct copy of the New Milford Police
Department Incident Report dated March 2, 2000.
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22.
Attached hereto as Exhibit S is a true and correct copy of the New Milford Police
Department Incident Report dated June 26, 2003. 23. Attached hereto as Exhibit T is a true and correct copy of the Possessed Property
Report dated March 3, 2000 signed by Randy Tompkins. 24. Attached hereto as Exhibit U is a true and correct copy of Form JD-CR-18
Inventory of Property Seized Without A Warrant dated March 9, 2000. 25. Attached hereto as Exhibit V is a true and correct copy of the transcript of the
Deposition of Howard J. Gombert, Jr. dated August 4, 2004.
Dated at Hartford, Connecticut, this 19th day of January, 2007.
____/s/ Brian R. Hole___________ Brian R. Hole
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of January, 2007.
_____/s/ Sara R. Simeonidis___ Commissioner of the Superior Court
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CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of the foregoing was sent via the Court's electronic notification system or by first class U.S. mail, postage prepaid, on this 19th day of January, 2007, to the following counsel of record: James N. Tallberg, Esq. Karsten & Dorman, LLC 8 Lowell Road West Hartford, CT 06119
______/s/__________ Brian R. Hole
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