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`SUPERIOR COURT
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`DOCKET NO.: X08-FST-CV21-6055654-S
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`RYAN O’TOOLE and AMI O’TOOLE,
`for themselves and other similarly
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`Plaintiffs,
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`MIX PRIME WOODBURY, LLC,
`MIX PRIME DANBURY, LLC, BNT, LLC,
`LJATIF RAMADANI, and KUNG H. WEI
`Defendants.
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`SUPERIOR COURT
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`JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
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`AT STAMFORD
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`COMPLEX LITIGATION
`DOCKET
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`JULY 5, 2022
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`PLAINTIFFS’ OBJECTION RE: DKT. 135.00-137.00
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`Plaintiffs Ryan O’Toole and Ami O’Toole, et al., hereby object to Defendants filings,
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`Dkt. 135.00-137.00. None of these filings were ever served on Plaintiff per Defendants’
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`certification. In addition, Defendants’ notice of compliance is false in several respects.
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`Defendants’ filings contain several material misrepresentations to the Court as follows:
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`“Specifically,Defendants supplemented their responses to Plaintiffs’ Requests for
`Production of Documents emailed to Attorney Petela on March 21, 2022 (Bates Nos.
`MIX PRIME 000001 – 000051).”
`This is untrue. Plaintiffs received 22 pages of production on March 21, 2022, but
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`has received no supplements.
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`“Defendants provided Deposition Dates for the Defendants’ witnesses”
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`This is untrue. See email chain, attached hereto as Exhibit A. Plaintiffs’ last request was
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`June 7, 2022.
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`• Defendants provided a Protective Order to govern the discovery;”
`This is not only untrue, but Defendants withdrew a motion for a protective order.
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`• “Defendants agreed to provide production and interrogatory answers, subject to their
`objections, no later than July 31, 2022.”
`This is untrue. See email chain below. Plaintiff requested supplemental production
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`by a date certain, but no response was received.
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`For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs request this Court grant their Motion to Compel in
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`its entirety, overrule any objections Defendants have asserted, and enter nonsuit against
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`Defendants for making several misrepresentations to the court to further obstruct the provision of
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`discovery ordered by the Court.
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`PLAINTIFFS, RYAN O’TOOLE and AMI
`O’TOOLE, for THEMSELVES and other similarly
`situated employees
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` /s/ Michael T. Petela
`By:
` Michael T. Petela, Jr.
`Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore, LLC
`900 Chapel Street, 11th Floor
`New Haven, CT 06510
`Juris No. 426871
`Tel: (203) 691-6491
`Fax: (860) 218-9555
`mpetela@hayberlawfirm.com
`Attorney for Plaintiffs
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a copy of the above was mailed or electronically delivered on July 5,
`2022, to all counsel and pro se parties of record:
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`Attorney Ryan O’Donnell
`Ford & Harrison LLP
`CityPlace II, Suite 610
`185 Asylum Street
`Hartford, CT 06103
`rodonnell@fordharrison.com
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`Attorney Joshua Hawks-Ladds
`Pullman & Comley, LLC
`90 State House Square
`Hartford, CT 06103
`jhawks-ladds@pullcom.com
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`Michael T. Petela, Jr.
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`EXHIBIT A
`EXHIBIT A
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`Michael Petela, Jr.
`From:
`Michael Petela, Jr.
`Sent:
`Tuesday, July 5, 2022 2:25 PM
`To:
`Maria Filindarakis; Hawks-Ladds, Joshua; Ryan O'Donnell; Johanna G. Zelman;
`MKaufmann@pullcom.com
`Richard Hayber; Thomas Durkin; Ellen Wallin; Ellen Wallin
`RE: O'Toole - Discovery
`135.00 D Not Supp Production.pdf; 136.00 D Not Compliance.pdf; 137.00 D Req Adj Not
`Compliance.pdf
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`Cc:
`Subject:
`Attachments:
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`Ms. Kaufman, 
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`It appears these were filed with the court, but never served on our firm.  I request that you withdraw all three.   
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`In addition, to the extent you believe re‐filing appropriate, your filings contain several material misrepresentations to 
`the court as follows: 
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`“Specifically,Defendants supplemented their responses to Plaintiffs’ Requests for Production of
`Documents emailed to Attorney Petela on March 21, 2022 (Bates Nos. MIX PRIME
`000001 – 000051).” Our records show this is untrue. I received 31 pages on those dates. I’ve
`received no supplements.
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`“Defendants provided Deposition Dates for the Defendants’ witnesses” Our records show this is
`untrue. My last request was June 7, 2022. See email chain below.
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`Defendants provided a Protective Order to govern the discovery;” Our records show this is not
`only untrue, but Defendants withdrew a motion for a protective order.
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`“Defendants agreed to provide production and interrogatory answers, subject to their objections, no
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`July 31, 2022.” Our records show this is untrue. See email chain below.
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`Please advise. 
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`Michael T. Petela, Jr. 
`Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore, LLC 
`Direct: (203) 553‐7437 
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`From: Maria Filindarakis <MFilindarakis@fordharrison.com>  
`Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 9:42 AM 
`To: Michael Petela, Jr. <mpetela@hayberlawfirm.com>; Hawks‐Ladds, Joshua <jhawks‐ladds@pullcom.com>; Ryan 
`O'Donnell <RODonnell@fordharrison.com>; Johanna G. Zelman <Jzelman@fordharrison.com> 
`Cc: Richard Hayber <rhayber@hayberlawfirm.com>; Thomas Durkin <tdurkin@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin 
`<ellen@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin <ellen@hayberlawfirm.com> 
`Subject: RE: O'Toole ‐ Discovery 
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`Attorney Petela,  
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`Our team is working on reviewing discovery and determining/producing the outstanding items. We anticipate having 
`these to you by the end of next week, assuming our clients will return the signed interrogatories by that time. If we run 
`into any issues, we will notify you. We will also provide dates at that time for depositions.  
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`Thank you.  
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`Best,  
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`Maria Filindarakis 
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`From: Michael Petela, Jr. <mpetela@hayberlawfirm.com>  
`Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 9:33 AM 
`To: Hawks‐Ladds, Joshua <jhawks‐ladds@pullcom.com>; Ryan O'Donnell <RODonnell@fordharrison.com>; Maria 
`Filindarakis <MFilindarakis@fordharrison.com>; Johanna G. Zelman <Jzelman@fordharrison.com> 
`Cc: Richard Hayber <rhayber@hayberlawfirm.com>; Thomas Durkin <tdurkin@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin 
`<ellen@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin <ellen@hayberlawfirm.com> 
`Subject: RE: O'Toole ‐ Discovery 
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`Counsel, 
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` see you withdrew your motion for protective order / stay.  Thank you. 
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`Please respond to my inquiry below so that we can avoid further unnecessary motion practice.  Please identify when you 
`will supply the outstanding discovery and deposition dates (or state if you continue to refuse to provide it / them) so 
`that I know how to proceed.   
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`Thanks, 
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`Michael T. Petela, Jr. 
`Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore, LLC 
`Direct: (203) 553‐7437 
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`From: Michael Petela, Jr.  
`Sent: Friday, June 3, 2022 10:51 AM 
`To: Hawks‐Ladds, Joshua <jhawks‐ladds@pullcom.com>; O'Donnell, Ryan Anderson (rodonnell@fordharrison.com) 
`<rodonnell@fordharrison.com>; Maria Filindarakis <MFilindarakis@fordharrison.com>; jzelman@fordharrison.com 
`Cc: Richard Hayber <rhayber@hayberlawfirm.com>; Thomas Durkin <tdurkin@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin 
`<ellen@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin <ellen@hayberlawfirm.com> 
`Subject: RE: O'Toole ‐ Discovery 
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`Counsel, 
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`Given the Court’s orders denying your motions yesterday, I request that you withdraw the motion for stay and 
`protective order in the O’Toole matter, immediately supply discovery (or supply a date certain for production), and 
`supply new deposition dates for the witnesses we’ve noticed several times now.   
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`Thanks, 
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`Mike 
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`Michael T. Petela, Jr. 
`Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore, LLC 
`Direct: (203) 553‐7437 
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`From: Michael Petela, Jr.  
`Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 12:03 PM 
`To: Katz, Johanna S. <JKatz@PULLCOM.COM>; Hawks‐Ladds, Joshua <jhawks‐ladds@pullcom.com>; O'Donnell, Ryan 
`Anderson (rodonnell@fordharrison.com) <rodonnell@fordharrison.com>; Maria Filindarakis 
`<MFilindarakis@fordharrison.com> 
`Cc: Richard Hayber <rhayber@hayberlawfirm.com>; Thomas Durkin <tdurkin@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin 
`<ellen@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin <ellen@hayberlawfirm.com> 
`Subject: RE: O'Toole ‐ Discovery 
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`We intend to oppose thanks. 
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`Michael T. Petela, Jr. 
`Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore, LLC 
`Direct: (203) 553‐7437 
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`From: Katz, Johanna S. <JKatz@PULLCOM.COM>  
`Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 12:02 PM 
`To: Michael Petela, Jr. <mpetela@hayberlawfirm.com>; Hawks‐Ladds, Joshua <jhawks‐ladds@pullcom.com>; O'Donnell, 
`Ryan Anderson (rodonnell@fordharrison.com) <rodonnell@fordharrison.com>; Maria Filindarakis 
`<MFilindarakis@fordharrison.com> 
`Cc: Richard Hayber <rhayber@hayberlawfirm.com>; Thomas Durkin <tdurkin@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin 
`<ellen@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin <ellen@hayberlawfirm.com> 
`Subject: RE: O'Toole ‐ Discovery 
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`Hi Mike,  
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`Sorry I missed your call earlier. We will not be proceeding with discovery or depositions in light of our pending motion 
`for protective order requesting a stay of discovery, which was filed on April 18th. I apologize if this was not clear. We 
`note you have not yet opposed the motion for protective order. Please advise whether you intend to oppose the 
`motion. If not, we will file our request for adjudication.  
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`Thanks, 
`Johanna  
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`Johanna Katz, Esq.
`Pullman & Comley LLC
`T 860 424 4320 • jkatz@pullcom.com
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`From: Michael Petela, Jr. <mpetela@hayberlawfirm.com>  
`Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 11:13 AM 
`To: Katz, Johanna S. <JKatz@PULLCOM.COM>; Hawks‐Ladds, Joshua <jhawks‐ladds@pullcom.com>; O'Donnell, Ryan 
`Anderson (rodonnell@fordharrison.com) <rodonnell@fordharrison.com>; Maria Filindarakis 
`<MFilindarakis@fordharrison.com> 
`Cc: Richard Hayber <rhayber@hayberlawfirm.com>; Thomas Durkin <tdurkin@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin 
`<ellen@hayberlawfirm.com>; Ellen Wallin <ellen@hayberlawfirm.com> 
`Subject: FW: O'Toole ‐ Discovery 
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`Johanna, 
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`Sorry for responding with a Red Rooster email earlier.  On Mix Prime, I believe your last communication actually claimed 
`you’d produce production and responses by April 8, 2022.  See below.   
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`Depos are scheduled tomorrow.  We wish to proceed anyway.  Please confirm you will be producing the two witnesses 
`tomorrow.   
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`Will you be supplying interrogatory responses and additional document production tomorrow? If not, when?   
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`Please advise.    
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`Thanks, 
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`Mike 
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`Michael T. Petela, Jr. 
`Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore, LLC 
`Direct: (203) 553‐7437 
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`From: Michael Petela, Jr.  
`Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 10:36 AM 
`To: Ellen Wallin <ellen@hayberlawfirm.com> 
`Subject: FW: O'Toole ‐ Discovery 
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`Michael T. Petela, Jr. 
`Hayber, McKenna & Dinsmore, LLC 
`Direct: (203) 553‐7437 
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`From: Katz, Johanna S. <JKatz@PULLCOM.COM>  
`Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 4:08 PM 
`To: Michael Petela, Jr. <mpetela@hayberlawfirm.com> 
`Cc: Ryan O'Donnell <RODonnell@fordharrison.com>; Maria Filindarakis <MFilindarakis@fordharrison.com>; Gersten, 
`Eliot B. <EGersten@PULLCOM.COM>; Hawks‐Ladds, Joshua <jhawks‐ladds@pullcom.com> 
`Subject: O'Toole ‐ Discovery 
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`Attorney Petela,  
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`Attached please find our discovery objections in the two O’Toole matters, as well as responsive documents for the 
`named plaintiffs. As discussed, we will provide the remaining responses, subject to our objections, by April 8, 2022. You 
`had also asked that we provide you with new deposition dates. We and our clients currently have availability on April 
`26th, May 3rd, May 4th, and 5th. Please advise if any of these dates work for you. If not, please provide some alternate 
`dates and we will check with our clients.  
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` hope you have a nice weekend and have an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful weather today.  
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`Thanks, 
`Johanna  
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`Johanna Katz
`Attorney
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`Pullman & Comley LLC
`90 State House Square
`Hartford, CT 06103-3702
`T 860 424 4320 • F 860 424 4370
`jkatz@pullcom.com • www.pullcom.com
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