Declaration of Dwayne Robinson in Support of Admin Motion — Benworth Oto (Dkt. 27.1)

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A declaration of Dwayne A. Robinson, a partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton representing Benworth Capital Partners LLC, supporting Benworth's administrative motion for more time to reply to the respondent's opposition to its petition to vacate the final arbitration award, in Case No. 3:24-cv-4840-AMO, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. It was executed August 29, 2024 and filed as Document 27-1. Robinson says the firm has deadlines in other cases and that the issues need more than seven days to brief. Benworth asks for a 30-day enlargement to October 3, 2024, noting the next hearing is January 9, 2025, and says the respondent objects because it believes the court could decide the petition on the papers before then.

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Case No. 3:24-CV-4840-AMO 
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DECLARATION OF DWAYNE A. ROBINSON, ESQ. IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR 
ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO REPLY TO RESPONDENT’S OPPOSITION TO PETITION TO VACATE FINAL 
ARBITRATION 
 
Daniel C. Girard (State Bar No. 114826)  
dgirard@girardsharp.com  
Simon S. Grille (State Bar No. 294914) 
sgrille@girardsharp.com  
GIRARD SHARP LLP 
601 California Street, Suite 1400 
San Francisco, CA 94108 
Telephone: (415) 981-4800 
 
Jorge L. Piedra (Florida Bar No. 88315) 
(Pro Hac Vice) 
Jpiedra@kttlaw.com  
Dwayne A. Robinson (Florida Bar No. 99976) 
(Pro Hac Vice) 
drobinson@kttlaw.com  
Michael R. Lorigas (Florida Bar No. 123597) 
(Pro Hac Vice) 
mlorigas@kttlaw.com  
KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON 
2525 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, 9th Floor 
Miami, Florida 33134 
Telephone: (305) 372-1800 
 
Attorneys for Benworth Capital Partners, LLC 
 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 
 
 
 
BENWORTH CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, 
 
Petitioner, 
 
v. 
 
OTO ANALYTICS, LLC, 
 
Respondent. 
 
Case No. 3:24-cv-4840-AMO 
 
DECLARATION OF DWAYNE A. 
ROBINSON, ESQ. IN SUPPORT OF 
PETITIONER’S ADMINISTRATIVE 
MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME 
TO REPLY TO RESPONDENT’S 
OPPOSITION TO PETITION TO VACATE 
FINAL ARBITRATION 
 
 
 
 
 
I, Dwayne A. Robinson, Esq., hereby declare under penalty of perjury: 
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I am over the age of 18, competent to provide testimony, and make this declaration based 
on my personal knowledge.  I am a partner at the law firm of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton LLP and 
am one of the attorneys representing Petitioner Benworth Capital Partners LLC (“Benworth”). 
Case 4:24-cv-04840-AMO     Document 27-1     Filed 08/29/24     Page 1 of 3

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Case No. 3:24-CV-4840-AMO 
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DECLARATION OF DWAYNE A. ROBINSON, ESQ. IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR 
ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO REPLY TO RESPONDENT’S OPPOSITION TO PETITION TO VACATE FINAL 
ARBITRATION 
 
2. 
Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton has deadlines in other proceedings that necessitate an 
enlargement of time to file its reply: Oral Argument in the Supreme Court of North Carolina, Cato 
Corporation, et al., v. Zurich American Insurance Company, Case No. COA23-305; Initial Brief due in 
the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Andrea M. Caston, et al., v. Hoffmann-La Roche, 
Inc., et al., Case No. 24-2920, D.C. No. 3:23-cv-00928-TLT; a Reply Brief in Benes v. de la Aguilera, 
Case No. 3D24-0152 (Fla. 3d DCA), among other deadlines. The issues related to the Petition to Vacate 
also require more time to brief than seven days.  
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Benworth requests a 30-day enlargement of time to and including October 3, 2024, to 
submit its reply. 
4. 
Because the next hearing in these related matters is not until January 9, 2025, the requested 
enlargement will not prejudice the parties or the Court. 
5. 
The undersigned met and conferred with counsel for Respondent regarding the requested 
relief.  Respondent said it objects to the extension because it suspects that this Court could resolve the 
Petition to Vacate on the papers before the January 2025 hearing date.  
 
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.  Executed this August 29, 
2024, in Miramar, Florida. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Dwayne A. Robinson 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dwayne A. Robinson 
 
 
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Case No. 3:24-CV-4840-AMO 
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DECLARATION OF DWAYNE A. ROBINSON, ESQ. IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR 
ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO REPLY TO RESPONDENT’S OPPOSITION TO PETITION TO VACATE FINAL 
ARBITRATION 
 
ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3) 
Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filer of this document attests that concurrence in the 
filing of this document has been obtained from the signatories above. 
 
Dated: August 29, 2024 
 
/s/ Simon S. Grille 
 
 
Simon S. Grille 
 
Case 4:24-cv-04840-AMO     Document 27-1     Filed 08/29/24     Page 3 of 3

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