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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`IN RE BROILER CHICKEN ANTITRUST
`LITIGATION
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`This Document Relates To:
`End-User Consumer Plaintiffs
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`Case No. 1:16-cv-08637
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`Honorable Thomas M. Durkin
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`MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE TESTIMONY OF DR. LUIS CABRAL
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`Defendants1, by and through their undersigned counsel, respectfully move this Court for
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`entry of an Order excluding the testimony of Dr. Luis Cabral on the grounds that this testimony is
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`not admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. This motion is based on the accompanying
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`Memorandum in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Dr. Cabral, all
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`accompanying declarations and exhibits, the pleadings and papers on file in this action, oral
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`argument, and such other matters as the Court may consider in hearing the motion.
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`1 Defendants include Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, Perdue Farms, Inc., Perdue Foods LLC,
`Mountaire Farms Inc., Mountaire Farms, LLC, Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Inc., Foster Farms,
`LLC, Foster Poultry Farms, Koch Foods Incorporated, JCG Foods of Alabama LLC, JCG Foods
`of Georgia LLC, Koch Meat Co., Inc., House of Raeford Farms, Inc., Wayne Farms, LLC,
`Sanderson Farms, Inc., Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Foods Division), Sanderson Farms, Inc.
`(Processing Division), Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Production Division), Norman W. Fries, Inc. d/b/a
`Claxton Poultry Farms, O.K. Foods, Inc., O.K. Farms, Inc., O.K. Industries, Inc., Mar-Jac Poultry,
`Inc., Mar-Jac Poultry MS, LLC, Mar-Jac Poultry AL, LLC, Mar-Jac AL/MS, Inc., Mar-Jac
`Poultry, LLC, Mar-Jac Holdings, Inc., Simmons Foods, Inc., Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc., Case
`Foods, Inc. Case Farms, LLC, Case Farms Processing Inc., Agri Stats, Inc., and Harrison Poultry,
`Inc.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`IN RE BROILER CHICKEN ANTITRUST
`LITIGATION
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`This Document Relates To:
`End-User Consumer Plaintiffs
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`Case No. 1:16-cv-08637
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`Honorable Thomas M. Durkin
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`MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE TESTIMONY OF DR. LUIS CABRAL
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`Defendants1, by and through their undersigned counsel, respectfully move this Court for
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`entry of an Order excluding the testimony of Dr. Luis Cabral on the grounds that this testimony is
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`not admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. This motion is based on the accompanying
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`Memorandum in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Dr. Cabral, all
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`accompanying declarations and exhibits, the pleadings and papers on file in this action, oral
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`argument, and such other matters as the Court may consider in hearing the motion.
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`1 Defendants include Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, Perdue Farms, Inc., Perdue Foods LLC,
`Mountaire Farms Inc., Mountaire Farms, LLC, Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Inc., Foster Farms,
`LLC, Foster Poultry Farms, Koch Foods Incorporated, JCG Foods of Alabama LLC, JCG Foods
`of Georgia LLC, Koch Meat Co., Inc., House of Raeford Farms, Inc., Wayne Farms, LLC,
`Sanderson Farms, Inc., Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Foods Division), Sanderson Farms, Inc.
`(Processing Division), Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Production Division), Norman W. Fries, Inc. d/b/a
`Claxton Poultry Farms, O.K. Foods, Inc., O.K. Farms, Inc., O.K. Industries, Inc., Mar-Jac Poultry,
`Inc., Mar-Jac Poultry MS, LLC, Mar-Jac Poultry AL, LLC, Mar-Jac AL/MS, Inc., Mar-Jac
`Poultry, LLC, Mar-Jac Holdings, Inc., Simmons Foods, Inc., Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc., Case
`Foods, Inc. Case Farms, LLC, Case Farms Processing Inc., Agri Stats, Inc., and Harrison Poultry,
`Inc.
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`Dated: January 29, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
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`MAYER BROWN LLP
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`By: /s/ Carmine R. Zarlenga
`Carmine R. Zarlenga (#90784529)
`William H. Stallings (admitted pro hac vice)
`Stephen M. Medlock (admitted pro hac
`vice)
`Oral D. Pottinger (admitted pro hac vice)
`1999 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20006
`Telephone: (202) 263-3000
`Facsimile: (202) 263-3300
`czarlenga@mayerbrown.com
`wstallings@mayerbrown.com
`smedlock@mayerbrown.com
`opottinger@mayerbrown.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Foster Farms, LLC
`and Foster Poultry Farms, a California
`Corporation
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`By: /s/ Carrie C. Mahan
`Carrie C. Mahan (#459802)
`Christopher J. Abbott (#1014487)
`2001 M Street N.W., Ste. 600
`Washington, D.C. 20036
`Telephone: (202) 682-7000
`Facsimile: (202) 857-0940
`carrie.mahan@weil.com
`christopher.abbott@weil.com
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`Pravin R. Patel (#0099939)
`Brian G. Liegel (#0119269
`1395 Brickell Avenue, Ste. 1200
`Miami, FL 33131
`Telephone: 305-577-3100
`pravin.patel@weil.com
`brian.liegel@weil.com
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`EIMER STAHL LLP
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`Michael L. McCluggage (#01820966)
`224 South Michigan Avenue, Ste. 1100
`Chicago, IL 60604
`Telephone: (312) 660-7665
`Facsimile: (312) 692-1718
`mmccluggage@eimerstahl.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Pilgrim’s Pride
`Corporation
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`VENABLE LLP
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`By: /s/ J. Douglas Baldridge
`J. Douglas Baldridge (#437678)
`Lisa Jose Fales (admitted pro hac vice)
`Danielle Foley (admitted pro hac vice)
`Andrew Hernacki (admitted pro hac vice)
`600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001
`Telephone: (202) 344-4000
`Facsimile: 202-344-8300
`jdbaldridge@venable.com
`ljfales@venable.com
`drfoley@venable.com
`athernacki@venable.com
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`FALKENBERG IVES LLP
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`Kirstin B. Ives
`30 N. LaSalle St., Ste 4020
`Chicago, IL 60602
`Telephone: (312) 566-4803
`Facsimile: (312) 566-4810
`kbi@ffilaw.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants Perdue Farms,
`Inc. and Perdue Foods LLC
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`By: /s/ John W. Treece
`John W. Treece (#3122889)
`1135 West Montana Street
`Chicago, IL 60614
`Telephone: (312) 961-7808
`jtreece@jwtreece.com
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`ROSE LAW FIRM
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`Amanda K. Wofford (admitted pro hac vice)
`Bourgon Reynolds (admitted pro hac vice)
`120 East Fourth Street
`Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
`Telephone: (501) 375-9131
`Facsimile: (501) 375-1309
`awofford@roselawfirm.com
`breynolds@roselawfirm.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants Mountaire Farms
`Inc., Mountaire Farms, LLC and Mountaire
`Farms of Delaware, Inc.
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`NOVACK AND MACEY LLP
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`By: /s/ Stephen Novack
`Stephen Novack
`Stephen J. Siegel
`Christopher S. Moore
`100 North Riverside Plaza
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Telephone: (312) 419-6900
`Facsimile: (312) 419-6928
`snovack@novackmacey.com
`ssiegel@novackmacey.com
`cmoore@novackmacey.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants Koch Foods
`Incorporated, JCG Foods of Alabama LLC,
`JCG Foods of Georgia LLC and Koch Meat
`Co., Inc.
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`VEDDER PRICE P.C.
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`By: /s/ Gregory G. Wrobel
`Gregory G. Wrobel (#3122900)
`222 N. LaSalle Street
`Chicago, IL 60601
`Telephone: (312) 609-7722
`Facsimile: (312) 609-5005
`gwrobel@vedderprice.com
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`JORDAN PRICE WALL GRAY JONES &
`CARLTON, PLLC
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`Henry W. Jones, Jr. (admitted pro hac vice)
`1951 Clark Avenue Raleigh, NC 27605
`Telephone: (919) 828-2501
`Facsimile: (919) 834-8447
`hjones@jordanprice.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant House of Raeford
`Farms, Inc.
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`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
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`By: /s/ Daniel E. Laytin, P.C.
`Daniel E. Laytin, P.C.
`Christa C. Cottrell, P.C.
`Stacy Pepper
`300 North LaSalle Street
`Chicago, IL 60654
`Telephone: (312) 862-2000
`Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
`dlaytin@kirkland.com
`ccottrell@kirkland.com
`stacy.pepper@kirkland.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants Sanderson Farms,
`Inc., Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Foods
`Division), Sanderson Farms, Inc.
`(Processing Division), and Sanderson
`Farms, Inc. (Production Division) and
`Liaison Counsel for Defendants
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`PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
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`By: /s/ Christopher E. Ondeck
`Christopher E. Ondeck (admitted pro hac
`vice)
`Stephen R. Chuk (admitted pro hac vice)
`1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Ste 600
`South
`Washington, DC 20004
`Telephone: (202) 416-6800
`Facsimile: (202) 416-6899
`condeck@proskauer.com
`schuk@proskauer.com
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`Attorneys for Wayne Farms LLC
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`KUTAK ROCK LLP
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`EDWARD C. KONIECZNY LLC
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`By: /s/ John P. Passarelli
`John P. Passarelli (admitted pro hac vice)
`James M. Sulentic (admitted pro hac vice)
`1650 Farnam Street
`Omaha, NE 68102
`Telephone: (402) 346-6000
`Facsimile: (402) 346-1148
`john.passarelli@kutakrock.com
`james.sulentic@kutakrock.com
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`J.R. Carroll (admitted pro hac vice)
`Jeffrey M. Fletcher (admitted pro hac vice)
`234 East Millsap Road, Ste 200
`Fayetteville, AR 72703-4099
`Telephone: (479) 973-4200
`Facsimile: (479) 973-0007
`jr.caroll@kutakrock.com
`Jeffrey.fletcher@kuakrock.com
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`Kimberly M. Hare (#6323326)
`One South Wacker Drive, Ste 2050
`Chicago, IL 60606-4614
`Telephone: (312) 602-4100
`Facsimile: (312) 602-4101
`kimberly.hare@kutakrock.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants O.K. Foods, Inc.,
`O.K. Farms, Inc., and O.K. Industries, Inc.
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`By: /s/ Edward C. Konieczny
`Edward C. Konieczny (admitted pro hac
`vice)
`400 Colony Square, Ste 1501
`1201 Peachtree Street, NE
`Atlanta, GA 30361
`Telephone: (404) 380-1430
`Facsimile: (404) 382-6011
`ed@koniecznylaw.com
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`SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL, LLP
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`David C. Newman (admitted pro hac vice)
`W. Parker Sanders (admitted pro hac vice)
`1230 Peachtree Street, N.E.
`Promenade, Ste 3100
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`Telephone: (404) 815-3500
`Facsimile: (404) 815-3509
`dnewman@sgrlaw.com
`psanders@sgrlaw.com
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`James L. Thompson
`Lynch Thompson LLP
`150 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 2600
`Chicago, IL 60606
`T: (312) 445-4623
`F: (312) 896-5883
`jthompson@lynchthompson.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants Mar-Jac Poultry,
`Inc., Mar-Jac Poultry MS, LLC, Mar-Jac
`Poultry AL, LLC, Mar-Jac Poultry LLC,
`Mar-Jac Holdings, Inc.
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`VAUGHAN & MURPHY
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`HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
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`By: /s/ Charles C. Murphy, Jr.
`Charles C. Murphy, Jr. (admitted pro hac
`vice)
`690 S Ponce Court NE
`Atlanta, GA 30307
`Telephone: (404) 667-0714
`Facsimile: (404) 529-4193
`cmurphy@vaughanandmurphy.com
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`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
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`James F. Herbison
`Michael P. Mayer
`35 West Wacker Drive
`Chicago, Illinois 60601
`Telephone: (312) 558-5600
`Facsimile: (312) 558-5700
`jherbison@winston.com
`mmayer@winston.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Norman W. Fries,
`Inc. d/b/a Claxton Poultry Farms
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`By: /s/ William L. Monts III
`William L. Monts III (admitted pro hac
`vice)
`Justin W. Bernick (admitted pro hac vice)
`555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20004-1109
`Telephone: (202) 637-5910
`Facsimile: (202) 637-5911
`william.monts@hoganlovells.com
`justin.bernick@hoganlovells.com
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`MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK, AND
`STONE P.L.C.
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`Jacob D. Koering
`225 West Washington Street, Ste 2600
`Chicago, Illinois 60606
`Telephone: (312) 460-4272
`Facsimile: (312) 460-4201
`koering@millercanfield.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Agri Stats, Inc.
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`SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP
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`EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP
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`By: /s/ Lynn H. Murray
`Lynn H. Murray
`111 S. Wacker Dr., Ste 4700
`Chicago IL 60606
`Telephone: (312) 704-7700
`Facsimile: (312) 558-1195
`lhmurray@shb.com
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`Laurie A. Novion
`2555 Grand Blvd.
`Kansas City, MO 64108
`Telephone: (816) 474-6550
`Facsimile: (816) 421-5547
`lnovion@shb.com
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`CONNER & WINTERS
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`John R. Elrod
`Vicki Bronson (admitted pro hac vice)
`4375 N. Vantage Drive, Ste. 405
`Fayetteville, AR 72703
`Telephone: (479) 582-5711
`jelrod@cwlaw.com
`vbronson@cwlaw.com
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`By: /s/ Patricia A. Gorham
`James R. McGibbon (admitted pro hac vice)
`Patricia A. Gorham (admitted pro hac vice)
`Peter M. Szeremeta (admitted pro hac vice)
`Kaitlin A. Carreno (admitted pro hac vice)
`Dylan de Fouw (admitted pro hac vice)
`999 Peachtree Street, N.E., Ste 2300
`Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3996
`Telephone: (404) 853-8000
`Facsimile: (404) 853-8806
`jimmcgibbon@eversheds-sutherland.com
`patriciagorham@eversheds-sutherland.com
`peterszeremeta@eversheds-sutherland.com
`katilincarreno@eversheds-sutherland.com
`dylandefouw@eversheds-sutherland.com
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`SMITH AMUNDSEN LLC
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`Ronald Balfour
`150 N. Michigan Avenue, Ste 3300
`Chicago, Illinois 60601
`Telephone: (312) 894-3369
`Facsimile: (312) 997-1816
`rbalfour@salawus.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Simmons Foods,
`Inc. and Simmons Prepared Foods Inc.
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`Attorneys for Defendant Harrison Poultry,
`Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on January 29, 2021, the foregoing document was served via CM/ECF
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`on all counsel of record.
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`/s/ Carmine R. Zarlenga
`Carmine R. Zarlenga
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