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DECLARATION OF ALEXANDER L. CHENEY
CASE No. 3:24-cv-4840-AMO
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
Alexander L. Cheney (SBN 302157)
acheney@willkie.com
333 Bush Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone:
(415) 858-7400
Attorney for Respondent
Oto Analytics, LLC
BENWORTH CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC,
Petitioner,
v.
OTO ANALYTICS, LLC,
Respondent.
Case No. 3:24-cv-4840-AMO
DECLARATION OF ALEXANDER L.
CHENEY IN SUPPORT OF
RESPONDENT’S OPPOSITION TO
PETITIONER’S ADMINISTRATIVE
MOTION FOR ENLARGMENT OF TIME
TO REPLY TO OTO ANALYTICS, LLC’S
OPPOSITION TO PETITION TO VACATE
FINAL ARBITRATION AWARD
Hon. Araceli Martínez-Olguín
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I, Alexander L. Cheney, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare as follows:
1.
I am a member in good standing of the bars of California and New York. I am
admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. I
am a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, counsel for Respondent Oto Analytics, LLC (f/k/a
Oto Analytics, Inc. d/b/a Womply) (“Womply”).
2.
I respectfully submit this declaration to provide this Court with certain materials
cited in Womply’s Opposition to Petitioner’s Administrative Motion for Enlargement of Time to
Reply to Womply’s Opposition to Petition to Vacate Final Arbitration Award (the “Opposition”).
This declaration is based on my personal knowledge or information provided to me.
3.
On August 7, 2024, Benworth Capital Partners LLC (“Benworth”) filed a redacted
version of its Notice of Petition and Petition to Vacate Final Arbitration Award (the “Petition”;
ECF No. 1) and an appendix thereto (ECF Nos. 1-1–1-57; collectively, the “Appendix”), which
was filed entirely under seal
4.
On August 8, 2024, Benworth’s counsel sent an email to Womply’s counsel
containing unredacted copies of the Petition and Appendix. A true and correct copy of that email
is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
5.
Womply accepted service of the Petition effective August 14, 2024 (ECF No. 8),
and filed its opposition to the Petition 14 days later on August 26, 2024 (ECF No. 25).
6.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of the docket sheet in the
case styled Andrea M. Caston, et al. v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., et al., 3:23-cv-00928-TLT (N.D.
Cal.).
7.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of the docket sheet in the
case styled Andrea M. Caston, et al. v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., et al., Case No. 24-2920
(9th Cir.).
8.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of the docket sheet in the
case styled Cato Corporation, et al. v. Zurich American Insurance Company, Case No. COA23-
305 (N.C.).
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of the docket sheet in the
case styled Joel Benes, et al. v. Luis De La Aguilera, et al., Case No. 3D24-0152 (Fla. 3d DCA).
I declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and the United
States that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed at San Francisco, California on this 30th day of August, 2024.
Dated: August 30, 2024
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
By: /s/ Alexander L. Cheney
Alexander L. Cheney
Attorney for Respondent
Oto Analytics, LLC
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