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`COHEN-JOHNSON, LLC
` H. Stan Johnson, Esq.
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`375 E. Warm Springs Road, Suite 104
`Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
`Telephone: (702) 823-3500
`Facsimile: (702) 823-3400
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`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
` Shon Morgan (Pro Hac Vice forthcoming)
` (shonmorgan@quinnemanuel.com)
` John W. Baumann (Pro Hac Vice application pending)
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`865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor
`Los Angeles, California 90017
`Telephone:
`(213) 443-3000
`Facsimile:
`(213) 443-3100
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` Cristina Henriquez (Pro Hac Vice)
` (cristinahenriquez@quinnemanuel.com)
`555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor
`Redwood Shores, California 94065
`Telephone:
`(650) 801-5000
`Facsimile:
`(650) 801-5000
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`Attorneys for ANCESTRY.COM OPERATIONS
`INC., ANCESTRY.COM INC., and
`ANCESTRY.COM LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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` Case No.: 2:20-cv-02292-GMN-BNW
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`DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`ANTHONY SESSA and MARK SESSA, on
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`Virginia Corporation; ANCESTRY.COM,
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`ANCESTRY.COM LLC, a Delaware Limited
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`Case 2:20-cv-02292-GMN-BNW Document 39 Filed 09/30/21 Page 2 of 3
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`DATED this 30th day of September, 2021 Respectfully submitted,
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`By /s/ H. Stan Johnson
`H. Stan Johnson, Esq.
`Nevada Bar No. 0265
`375 E. Warm Springs Road, Suite 104
`Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
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`Attorneys for Defendants Ancestry.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to FRCP 5(b)(2)(E), I hereby certify that on this day, I caused a true and correct copy
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`DATED this 30th day of September 2021.
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