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ChadAustin,Bsq.SBN 235457 4632Berwick Drive SanDiego,CA92117 Telephone: (619) 992-7 100 (619\ 295-1 Facsimile: 401 Attorneyfor Plaintiff,JAMES M. KINDER, an individual

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IIARRAH'S EN'I'trRTAINMENT. Inc.: 1 5 HARRAH'S OPERATINGCOMPANY. I n c . ;H A R R A H , SM A R K E T I N G 1 6 SERVICE,S CORPORATION;HARRAH'S I-ICENSE COMPANY. LLC: I]ARRAH,S t 7 I-AUGHLIN,Inc.;HBR REALTY CO.MPANY, Inc.andDOES 1 through100, Plaintiff. C a s e o . 0 7 C V 2 1 3 2D M S ( A . f ) N B idatedwith 07CY2226DMS (A.ll])l [Consof
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Mag. Judge: I Ion. Anthony.f. Battaglia DECLARATION OF CHAD AUSTIN IN S U P P O R TO F P L A I N T I F F ' S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO REMAND INO ORAr. ARGt.lMEN]'l Datc: . fu n c 1 3 ,2 0 0 8 Time: p 1:30 .m. Courtroom: l0

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as 2 1 I. CHAD AUSTIN. declare follows:

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I am an attorneyat law duly licensedand admittedto practicebeforeall courtsof

the Stateof California, United States the District Court,Southern District of Californiaandthe Ninth Circuit Court of Appealsand have beenattorneyof recordfor Plaintiff in this matter since

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personalknowledgeexceptwhere statedon informationand belief. 'fhe facts statedin this declaration true, of my own personalknowledge. are

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Attachedheretoas Exhibit A is a true and correctcopv of the Notice of Removal

filed by defendant Harrah'sEntertainment, Inc. on November 21, 2007

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Attachedheretoas Exhibit B is a true and correctcopy of my declaration datcd

D.."-ber 28, 2001 andfiledin supportof Plaintiff s Motion to File First AmendedComplaint, naming additionaldefendants.

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December 21,2007 and filed in supportof Plaintifl.sOpposition De{'endant to Ilarrah's Entertainment, Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss.

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I declare underpenaltyof perjuryunderthe laws of the Stateof Californiaand the lawsof the United States that the foregoingis true and correctand that this declaration was executed by mc on May 30, 2008 in SanDiego,California.

D AT E D : y3 0 ,2 0 0 8 Ma By: /s/ Chad Austin

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CIIAD AUSTIN, Bsq.,Attorneyfor Plaintiff..IAMES M. KINDER net Email: chaclausti nr'i?cox.

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James Kinderv. Harrah's M. Entertainment, et al. Inc. Case 07CV2132 No. DMS (AJB) Consolidated 01CV2226 with DMS (AJB)

Index of Exhibits ExhibitA ExhibitB E xhibitC Pages 1-3 Pages 4-7 Pages 13 8-

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NOTICEOF REMOVALOF CIVI ACTION gg to 1441( b) ] fPur suanr28 U.S.C. 1332,

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2 0 ENTERTAINMENT, INC' herebyremoves the United States to District Court,Southern District

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Removalis basedupondiversity jurisdictionin that the Plaintiff and, Specialty Appearing

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Pursuant 28 U.S.C. 1446, to attached hereto collectively ExhibitA aretheSummons as $

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SpeciallyAppearing DefendantHARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC. is, and has

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Plaintiff alleges 3. that Defendants havemademultiple callsto Plaintiffs numberin ll i l . 20 llviolationof47'U.S.C. andthatPlaintiffmay recover to $1,500 a $227(bXlXAXiii), up as tl 2l llviolationfor eachsuchcall that was willful. (Complaint, 8-9). In addition,plaintiff seeks flfl 22

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and attorneys' feespursuantto Califo -:rlia Civil Code sectionI 780(d) anclCalifomia Code lldamages

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WHEREFORE, pursuant 28 U.S.c.gg133l,1332, 1441, to and Specially Appearing

removes case 5 Defendant this fromtheSuperior Courtof theState California andfor the of in 6 County SanDiegoto theUnited of States District Courtfor theSouthem Districtof Califomia. 7 8 9 10 1l T2 l3 t4 15 l6 17 18 l9 20 2T 22
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Chad Austin. I:sq. SBN235451 3 12 9 d i a tre e r In S S a nD i cg oC A 9 2 1 0 3 -6 0 14 , T cl e p h o n(6 1 ) 2 9 7 -8 8 8 8 e: 9 liacsimile: (619)295-1401 Attornsy Plaintifl, lbr JAMESM. KINDIjR,anindir,,idual

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I am fully tamiliarwith all of the lactsandcircuntstanccs surrounding this declaration submitted supportof Plaintilf s Motion to liile First Amended is in

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I h a v ep e r s o n a l l ys t e n e t o t h c t a p cr c c o r d i n go l ' c a c h n dc v c r ) , c a l(l 7 i n t s t a l ) i d s a

nrade Def-endant Plaintilfs numbcrassigned a paging by ()19-999-999(). to to scrvicc

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Oneof the 7 callsmadeto PlaintifJ-s numbcrassigncd a pagingscrvicc. to which

was madcon I)ccember 9.2003 at l0:19 a.nr.. r,r,as whatclcarlvappcarcd bc a prcrccordcd 1o t c l e m a r k c t i n g l lw h i c hs t a t c dh a ti t w ' a s n a d c n b c h a l l ' o l " ' l l a r r a hl' ls n c o r - r a s i n o . " ' l ' h a r ca (' t r o i casinois locatcd Vallcy(lcntcr.Sanl)icgo ('ounty.('alilirrnia.Mv invcstigation rcvcalcd in has thatthe Ilarrah'sl{inconCasino ownedby the Rinconbandol'Missi
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prerecorded werecallspromoting thc telemarketing complained in thisaction calls of 25 unlawful 26 Ilarrah'sLaughlin in Nevada. Casino Laughlin, 2 Zg 7 ) ( AJ ? CAS[: 07C.V 2261) M S B) NO.

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My investigationpublic of titledocuments revealcd IIARI{AII'S has rhat

COMPANY, Inc. owns"Harrah's (]asino."'lwo (2) ol'theunlawful 2 OPERA'I'ING [.asVegas
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prerecordcd telemarketing complained in this action calls of r.l,crc callsprontgtilgthc Ilarrah's Las VcgasCasinoin LasVcgas. Nevada.

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My invcstigation o1'public title docurnents rcr.,calcd Iltll{ ltUAL l'y has thar

COMPANY, Inc. (a nr-evada corporalion) owns"l larrah's Councillllul'l.s C'asino." Onc ( I ) o1' the unlawlulprerecorded telemarkcting callscomplaincd in this actior.r a call prornotirrg of w,as thc Ilanah's ('ouncilIlluffs Clasino ('ouncilIllLrl'li. in Iowa.

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(lasinoin Metropolis. t 4 aclionwas a call promoting Hanah'sMctropolis thc lllinois. I do not yct

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I visitedeachof thc websites the llarrah'sCasinos 1br (IIarrah'sLaughlin Casino,

Harrah'sLasVegasCasino, Harrah's RinconCasino. Hanah'sMetropolis Casino and Ilarrah's CouncilBluffs Casino).Eachof thosewebsites listsat thc bottonr paltc"() 200] llarrah's o1-thc 'l'hcrelbrc. License Company, LLC. All rightsreservcd." I arninlbrnicdand bclicr,'c thal Ilarrah'sl,iccnsc Company. LLC is or nraybc a nccessar)i party'to this action.

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I declare underpenalty perjuryunderthc lawso1'thc of State o1-('alilornia thc lawsolanci the UnitedStates the forcgoing trueandcorrcct that is andthatthis dcclaration cxccutcd was by m e on l)ccembcr 2007in SanDicso.('alilbrnia. 28.

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Chad Austin. l-sq. SBN235457 3129ndia treet I S S a nD i e g oC A 9 2 l 0 3 -6 0 14 , T el cp h o n(6 1 9 ) 9 7 -8 8 8 8 c: 2 F a csi mi l (6 1 9 ) 9 5 -1 4 0 1 e: 2 Attorncy l,lainriff, fbr JAMESM. KIr-DEI{. individual an

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I, C'HnDAUSTIN. dcclare follows: as l. I amanattomey law duly licensed admittcd practice at and to belbre courts all ol.

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theState Califbmia, United of the States District Court. Southern District o1'Calilbrnia thc and

and attorney o1'record Plaintill'inthismattcr lbr since 23 NinthCircuitCourtof Appeals havebeen
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I am fully lamiliarwith all ol'thelactsandcircumsranccs surrounding this

'l'his oase. declaration submitted support Plaintilfs Opposition I)ef'endanl's is in of to Morionto Dismiss. The matters stated this dcclaration true.of my own pcrsonal in arc knowledgc.

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Plaintiffhasin his posscssion Ihavc pcrsonally and listcncd thc tapcrccordings to

ol'cachand cvcrycall (7 in total)madcby Del'endant l,laintill-snumberassiglcdto a paging to service619-999-9999, SanDiego,Calilbrnianumbcr. a

Onc ( I ) of thc unlawfulprcrecordcd tclcmarkcting callscontplaincd ol'ip this

aotion. which wasmadcon I)cccmber 2003at I 0:l 9 a.ni.. 9. was wlratclcarlyappcarcd bc a 1o

prerecordcdtelcmarkctingcall.'l'hcprcrccordcdnrcssagcslatcdthatitwasntaciconbc "llarrah's RinconCasino," (lalilirrnia.My located Vallcy Clcnter. l)icgo (-'ounty'. in San lnvcstlgatlon revealed thc Ilanah's Rincon('asinois owncdby,thc llincon bando1' has that MissionIndians andoperatcd onc or morco1-scvcral by llarrah'scntitics. includinR not but

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On l)eccmber 2007.1accessed wcbsitelor thc North ('ountytirnes 11. thc and

foundan articlccntitlcd "(iamblinggrowthcouldlcadto unlriendly conrpctition." trucand a corrcctcopyol'which is attached hcreto lrxhibitI). whichstarcd. as intar uliu. "ltincon. which haspartnered with l.asVcgas giantIlarrah's Entertainmcnt. hassaidthat its casino with 1.600 slot machines can't compcte with its neiqhbors withoutntoreslots."

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