Free Reply to Response to Motion - District Court of California - California

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Chad Austin,Esq.SBN235451 3129 IndiaStreet SanDieso. CA 'l-elephone: 92103-6014 (619) 297-8888 (619) Facsimile: 295-1401
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Attorney Plaintiff, for JAMESM. KINDER.anindividual

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UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCoURT SOUTHERN DISTRICToF CALIFoRNIA

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No. 07 CV 2226DMS (A.lU) Case .fudge: Hon. I)ana M. Sabraw Mag..lLrdgc: IIon. Antliony.f. Ilattaglia DECLARATION OF CHAD ATJSTIN I N S T J P P O RO F P L A I N T I F F ' S R E P L Y T TO DEFENDANT'S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO FILE FIRSTAMENDED COMPLAINT .lanuary 20011 2-5. 'I)ate: : l'imc 1 : 3 0p . m . ('ourtroorn: l0

HARRAH'S ENTERI'AINMENT.Inc.and DOES I through100.inclusive. Defendants.

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I, CHAD AUSTIN. declare fbllows: as 1. I am an attorney law duly licensed at and admittedto pracliccbelbreall courtsof

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On December I ,2007,l accessed FASTwebwebsite, I the which publishes real

2 estateownershipinformationrelatingto propertiesaroundthe United States. After doing a 3 "PropertyProfile" of 2900 SouthCasinoDrive. Laughlin.Nevada.I fbund the document true a
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propertyat saidaddress, which is the address the F{arrah's for LaughlinCasinoin Laughlin, Nevada,as "Harrah'sLaughlin,Inc." Also attached heretoand incorporated hereinby ref'erence and correctcopy of which is attached heretoas Exhibit A. That documcntlists the owncr of the

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is Exhibit G, a true and correctcopy of the websitefor Flarrah's l-aughlinCasino.which listsits address 2900 SouthCasinof)rive. Laushlin.Nevada. as

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On January 2008.I accessed IrAS'l-web 17, thc websitc. wliich publishes real

estate ownership infbrmation relatingto propcrtics aroundthe [JnitcdStates.Alier doing a "PropertyProfile" of 3475Las VegasBoulevardSouth,Las Vegas.Ncvada,I fbund the document true and correctcopy of which is attachcd a heretoas llxhibit B. 'l'hat documcntlists

the owner of the propertyat saidaddress. which is the address thc Ilarrah's Las VcgasCasino 1br in Las Vegas, Nevada, "Harrah'sClub." Also attached as lieretoand incorporated hereinby reference Exhibit H, a true and correctcopy of the websitelbr Ilarrah's Las VegasC-'asino, is

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20 which lists its address as3475Las VegasBoulevard Soulh,Las Vegas,Nevada.

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1 of On December 1, 2007,l accessed websitefor the NevadaSecrctary State the

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and ran a search llarrah's Club. That search for foundthe documenl true and correctcoov of a

heretoas Exhibit C, which states that Harrah'sClub is no longera valid entity 25 which is attached

26 in the Stateof Nevadaand that it mergedinto Harrah's OperatingCompany,Inc. effective 27 28
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On December ,2007.l accessed FASTwebwebsite. 17 the which publishes real

estate ownership informationrelatingto properties aroundthc LJnited States.Aficr doing a

correctcopy of which is attached heretoas Exhibit D.

-l'hat document lists thc owncr o1-the

propertyat saidaddress, which is the address the liarrah's CouncilBlulfs Casinoin Council for Blrffr, Iowa, as "Hbr RealtyCo Inc." Also attached heretoand incorporatcd hereinby rcfcrence is Exhibit I. a trueandcorrect copyof the website llarrah'sCouncill]lufl.sCasino. 1br which l i s t si t s a d d r e sa s 2 7 0 l 2 3 r dA v e n u e C o u n c i l ] l u l l s .I o w a . s . f

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On January 17,2008, accessed Business I the Portalparto1'the Clalifbrnia

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Secretary State's website rana California Business Marketing of and Search Harrah's 1br Services Corporation foundthedocument trueandcorrect is hcrcto and a copyo1-which altachcd lbr Marketing asExhibitE. Thatdocument Ibr o1'proccss" llarrah's states the"agent scrvicc that W S e r vi ce so rp o ra ti os " C ORPORAI' ION C in SITRVICIT COMPANY IllUll W ILL D O

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.I.he 20 BUSINESS CALIFORNIA CSC- LAWYERS INCORPORAI.ING SBRVICE.', IN AS L'
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CA SACRAMENTO. 95852." address thatasent for waslisted "PO BOX 526036 as

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Exhibit F. That documentstates that the "agent for serviceof proccss"fbr Harrah's Operating

Inc. ,.CORPORATION SERVICECOMPANY WIIICH WILL DO BUSINESS 2 COMpany, is IN
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CALIFORNIA AS CSC - LAWYERS INCORPORATINGSERVICE." The address that for agent was listedas "PO BOX 526036SACRAMENTO.CA 95852."

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I declare underpenaltyo1perjuryunderthe laws of the Stateof Calilbrniaand the laws of the United Statesthat the foregoingis true and correctand that this declarationwas executed by me on January 17,2008in SanDiego.California.

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