Declaration of Shane Daniels in Support of Defendant Bank of America — In re BofA Unemployment Litigation (Dkt. 84-8)

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Declaration of Shane Daniels, a Senior Vice President for Claims Administration at Bank of America, N.A., in support of the bank's motion to dismiss the master consolidated complaint in In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation, Case No. 21-MD-02992-LAB-MSB, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, filed 10/01/21 as Document 84-8 (4 pages). Daniels says he is familiar with the bank's handling of claims by holders of debit cards issued for the California Employment Development Department. He states that the bank's claim records show the claims of a listed group of named individual plaintiffs have been fully paid. The declaration gives no amounts.

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DECLARATION OF SHANE DANIELS 
ISO MOTION TO DISMISS  
CASE NO. 21-MD-02992-LAB-MSB 
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JAMES W. MCGARRY (pro hac vice)
JMcGarry@goodwinlaw.com 
YVONNE W. CHAN (pro hac vice) 
YChan@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
100 Northern Avenue 
Boston, MA  02210 
Tel.: +1 617 570 1000 
Fax: +1 617 523 1231 
Attorneys for Defendant  
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – 
SAN DIEGO DIVISION 
IN RE: BANK OF AMERICA 
CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS LITIGATION 
Case No. 21-MD-02992-LAB-MSB 
DECLARATION OF SHANE 
DANIELS IN SUPPORT OF 
DEFENDANT BANK OF 
AMERICA, N.A.’S MOTION TO 
DISMISS MASTER 
CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT 
PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 
12(B)(1) AND 12(B)(6) 
Date:  
January 10, 2022 
Time: 
11:30 a.m. 
Ctrm: 
14A – 14th Floor 
Judge:  
Hon. Larry Alan Burns 
Filed/Lodged Concurrently with: 
1. Notice of Motion & Motion
2. Memorandum
3. Request for Judicial Notice
4. Declaration of Robert Chestnut
5. [Proposed] Order
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DECLARATION OF SHANE DANIELS 
ISO MOTION TO DISMISS 
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I, Shane Daniels, declare as follows: 
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I am employed by Bank of America, N.A. (“BANA”) as a Senior Vice
President, Business Executive Operations for Claims Administration.  I make this 
declaration based upon personal knowledge and belief, upon BANA’s records 
maintained in the ordinary course and scope of business, and upon information 
gathered from other BANA employees.  If called to testify as to any of the matters 
set forth in this declaration, I could and would competently testify thereto. 
2.
In my capacity as Senior Vice President, Business Executive Operations
for Claims Administration, I am familiar with BANA’s practices for handling and 
investigating claims made by cardholders with debit cards issued by BANA for the 
California Employment Development Department (“EDD”).  As part of my 
responsibilities, I routinely review and analyze account level files and claim records 
for EDD cards.  
3.
I have reviewed BANA’s claim records for a number of Plaintiffs in this
case.  These records reflect that those claims have been fully paid for the following 
individual Plaintiffs: 
a. Jennifer Meza
b. Stanley Robinson
c. Alex Yuan
d. Jory Zoelle
e. Audrey Grant
f. Brian Jones
g. Courtney Alvarez
h. Crystal Horath
i. Daniel Byrn
j. David Vasquez
k. Derrick Jabara
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ISO MOTION TO DISMISS 
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l. Heather Morris
m. Idemudia John
n. Janette Mouck
o. Jason Turnbull
p. Jonathan Aguirre
q. Jonathan Sparks
r. Jordan Aders
s. Joseph Friend
t. Joseph Magallan
u. Juan Valenzuela
v. Lacey Wise
w. Lizet Gonzalez
x. Lyndsey Gutcher
y. Manuel Villagomez
z. Marcus De Hoyos
aa. Monica Garcia 
bb. Philip Chavez 
cc.Randle Posten
dd. Rebekah Anderson
ee. Sara Morales 
ff. Shant Hakopian 
I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 
Executed on this 1st day of October, 2021. 
By:  s/ __________________ 
SHANE DANIELS 
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DECLARATION OF SHANE DANIELS 
ISO MOTION TO DISMISS 
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SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION 
Pursuant to Section 2(f)(4) of the Electronic Case Filing Administrative 
Policies and Procedures Manual, I hereby certify that the content of this document is 
acceptable to Shane Daniels, and that I have obtained Mr. Daniels’s electronic 
signature in the filing of this document.   
Dated: 
October 1, 2021 
s/  Yvonne W. Chan 
Yvonne W. Chan 
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