Declaration of Dwayne Robinson in Support of Admin Motion — Benworth Oto (Dkt. 28.1)

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The Declaration of Dwayne A. Robinson, a partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton LLP representing Benworth Capital Partners LLC, in support of Benworth's administrative motion for a nunc pro tunc enlargement of page limits for its petition to vacate the final arbitration award, in Benworth Capital Partners LLC v. Oto Analytics, LLC, Case 4:24-cv-04840-AMO in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, filed 08/29/24 as Document 28-1. It states that the petition is 67 pages, beyond the limit set by Local Rule 7-2, and that Benworth needs the space to address a record of over 4,000 pages and the final arbitration award. It recounts the parties' dealings and says Womply objected after a meet and confer on August 28, 2024.

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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 
NUNC PRO TUNC ENLARGEMENT OF PAGE LIMITS APPLICABLE TO BENWORTH’S PETITION TO VACATE FINAL 
ARBITRATION AWARD 
 
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 NUNC PRO TUNC 
ENLARGEMENT OF PAGE LIMITS 
APPLICABLE TO BENWORTH’S PETITION 
TO VACATE FINAL ARBITRATION 
AWARD 
 
 
 
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 28-1     Filed 08/29/24     Page 1 of 4

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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 
NUNC PRO TUNC ENLARGEMENT OF PAGE LIMITS APPLICABLE TO BENWORTH’S PETITION TO VACATE FINAL 
ARBITRATION AWARD 
 
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Benworth filed a Petition to Vacate that is 67 pages in length.  
3. 
Benworth believes that the 25-page limit prescribed by Local Rule 7-2 is insufficient to 
adequately present its case for vacatur to the Court due to the complex nature of this dispute, the extensive 
record, and the demanding standard for vacating an arbitration award. 
4. 
Respondent Oto Analytics, LLC f/k/a Oto Analytics, Inc. d/b/a Womply (“Womply”) 
expressed to Benworth that it believed the Petition to Vacate violated the Local Rules, but Womply filed 
a response to the Petition without moving to strike the Petition to Vacate.  
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Womply informed Benworth that it would not move to strike the Petition to Vacate for 
being over page limits if Benworth consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction for the related cases. Even 
after Benworth did not respond in agreement to a magistrate, Womply did not move to strike the Petition 
to Vacate. Again, it instead responded to the merits of that petition.   
6. 
Benworth proposed to Womply that the parties agree to consolidate briefing on the vacatur 
and confirmation proceedings and to extended pages limits for the consolidated briefing.  
7. 
Womply’s position is that its Opposition filed on August 26, 2024 rendered Benworth’s 
proposal moot. 
8. 
Benworth requests that the Court grant a nunc pro tunc enlargement of the page limits 
applicable to the Petition to Vacate to 67 pages in the event the Court declines to consolidate proceedings 
and briefing related to the Confirmation Proceedings. To meet the demanding standard for vacatur, 
Benworth must survey the relevant undisputed facts in detail—which are set forth in a record containing 
over 4,000 pages of documentary, photographic, and video evidence—and do so in the context of hundreds 
of pages of SBA SOPs, rules, and regulations as well as the 73-page final arbitration award. 
9. 
The undersigned met and conferred with counsel for Womply on August 28, 2024 regarding 
the requested relief.  Womply objects to the requested relief because it believes Benworth should have 
sought this relief closer in time to when Womply accepted service of the Petition to Vacate. 
 
 
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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 
NUNC PRO TUNC ENLARGEMENT OF PAGE LIMITS APPLICABLE TO BENWORTH’S PETITION TO VACATE FINAL 
ARBITRATION AWARD 
 
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true 
and correct.  Executed this August 29, 2024, at Miami, 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 
NUNC PRO TUNC ENLARGEMENT OF PAGE LIMITS APPLICABLE TO BENWORTH’S PETITION TO VACATE FINAL 
ARBITRATION AWARD 
 
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 
 
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