Declaration of Valerie A. Haggans — Bofa Ca Unemployment (Dkt. 513.2)

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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB · Doc. 513-2 · 2025-07-03 · Docket on CourtListener

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A declaration of Valerie A. Haggans, counsel at Goodwin Procter LLP for defendant Bank of America, N.A., filed July 3, 2025 as Doc. 513-2 in In re: Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation, No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. It supports the defendant's motion to stay pending resolution of a Rule 23(f) petition, noticed for September 16, 2025 before Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel. The declaration attaches as Exhibit 1 the defendant's Petition for Leave to Appeal Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f), with appendices, dated June 30, 2025. It is two pages and signed under penalty of perjury.

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JAMES W. MCGARRY (pro hac vice) 
JMcGarry@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
100 Northern Avenue 
Boston, MA 02210 
Tel.: +1 617 570 1000 
Fax: +1 617 523 1231 
 
SABRINA M. ROSE-SMITH (pro hac vice) 
SRoseSmith@goodwinlaw.com 
MATTHEW L. RIFFEE (pro hac vice) 
MRiffee@goodwinlaw.com 
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 
1900 N Street, NW 
Washington, DC 20036 
Tel.: +1 202 346 4000 
Fax: +1 202 346 4444 
 
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. 3:21-MD-02992-GPC-MSB 
DECLARATION OF VALERIE A. 
HAGGANS IN SUPPORT OF 
DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO 
STAY PENDING RESOLUTION 
OF RULE 23(f) PETITION 
Date:   
September 16, 2025 
Time:   
TBD 
Ctrm:   
2D – 2nd Floor  
Judge:  
Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel 
  
Case 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB     Document 513-2     Filed 07/03/25     PageID.29698 
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HAGGANS DECL. ISO DEFENDANT’S 
MOT. TO STAY 
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CASE NO. 21-MD-02992-GPC-MSB 
  
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I, 
Valerie A. Haggans, state and declare as follows: 
1. 
I am an attorney licensed to practice before this Court.  
2. 
I am a counsel at Goodwin Procter LLP, attorneys of record for 
Defendant BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (“BANA”) in this action.  
3. 
I make this declaration in support of Defendant’s Motion to Stay 
Pending Resolution of Rule 23(f) Petition. I have personal knowledge of the matters 
set forth in this Declaration and/or upon a review of non-privileged records kept by 
Goodwin Procter LLP in the regular course of its business, and if called upon to do 
so, I could and would testify competently to same.   
Exhibit 
4. 
Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of Defendant’s 
Petition for Leave to Appeal Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f), and appendices thereto, and 
dated June 30, 2025. 
 
I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 
Executed on this 3rd day of July, 2025. 
 
 
By: /s/ Valerie A. Haggans 
       VALERIE A. HAGGANS 
 
 
 
 
 
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