`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 64
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`INDEX NO. 20-46602
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 08/02/2022
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`OF NEW YORK
`STATE
`: COUNTY
`SUPREME
`COURT
`
`OF ORLEANS
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`AB 511 DOE,
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`v.
`
`Plaintiff,
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`Index
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`No.:
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`20-46602
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`LYNDONVILLE
`
`DISTRICT
`ELEMENTARY
`
`CENTRAL
`AND LYNDONVILLE
`SCHOOL,
`
`SCHOOL
`
`Defendants.
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`AFFIRMATION
`
`OF CARLOS
`
`A. SANTOS,
`
`ESQ.
`
`CARLOS
`
`A. SANTOS,
`
`ESQ.,
`
`an attorney
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`licensed
`
`to practice
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`in the State
`
`of New York,
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`hereby
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`affirms
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`the
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`truth
`
`of
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`the
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`following
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`statements
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`under
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`penalty
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`of perjury:
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`1.
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`2.
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`I am an attorney
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`with
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`the
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`law firm
`
`of Steve
`
`Boyd,
`
`P.C.
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`On July
`
`11,
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`2022,
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`I appeared
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`at a pre-trial
`
`conference
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`on
`
`behalf
`
`of
`
`plaintiff
`
`AB
`
`511 Doe
`
`in the
`
`above
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`matter.
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`I am not
`
`the
`
`primary
`
`attorney
`
`assigned
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`to AB 511
`
`Doe's
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`matter
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`and
`
`appeared
`
`because
`
`the
`
`assigned
`
`to AB 511 Doe's
`
`case,
`
`Leah
`
`Costanzo,
`
`Esq.,
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`was
`
`not
`
`attorney
`
`available
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`to appear
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`on that
`
`date.
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`3.
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`Ms.
`
`Costanzo
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`shared
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`an
`
`
`with me received
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`from
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`defense
`
`attorney
`
`Shannon
`
`B. O'Neill,
`
`Esq.,
`
`dated
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`July
`
`22,
`
`2022.
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`This
`
`
`claims
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`that
`
`at
`
`the
`
`pre-trial
`
`conference,
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`I
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`"mentioned
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`the
`
`only
`
`outstanding
`
`item
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`was
`
`completing
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`the
`
`inspection"
`
`of
`
`the
`
`school
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`and
`
`further
`
`claimed
`
`that
`
`I
`
`"said
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`there
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`would
`
`be no issues
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`with
`
`filing
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`a note
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`of
`
`issue
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`on August
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`5."
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`4.
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`According
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`to my
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`contemporaneous
`
`notes
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`regarding
`
`this
`
`conference,
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`it was Ms.
`
`O'Neill,
`
`not me,
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`who
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`represented
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`that
`
`the
`
`site
`
`inspection
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`was
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`the
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`only
`
`outstanding
`
`item
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`of
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`
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`discovery.
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`I specifically
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`recall
`
`discussing
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`that multiple
`
`depositions
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`had just
`
`been
`
`held,
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`and
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`it was
`
`possible
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`that
`
`post-deposition
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`discovery
`
`demands
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`would
`
`need
`
`to
`
`be made
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`in
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`addition
`
`to
`
`completion
`
`of
`
`the
`
`site
`
`inspection.
`
`The
`
`filing
`
`of a note
`
`of
`
`issue
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`on
`
`or before
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`August
`
`5, 2022
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`was
`
`premised
`
`on the
`
`opportunity
`
`to conduct
`
`a site
`
`inspection
`
`of
`
`the
`
`school
`
`prior
`
`to that
`
`date
`
`and
`
`there
`
`being
`
`no additional
`
`need
`
`for
`
`discovery
`
`from
`
`the
`
`recent
`
`depositions.
`
`arising
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`5.
`
`Because
`
`I am not
`
`the
`
`primary
`
`attorney
`
`handling
`
`this matter,
`
`I was
`
`unable
`
`to state
`
`at
`
`the
`
`pre-trial
`
`conference
`
`whether
`
`additional
`
`discovery
`
`arising
`
`from
`
`the
`
`depositions
`
`would
`
`be
`
`necessary
`
`or not.
`
`It
`
`is my
`
`recall,
`
`however,
`
`that
`
`I clearly
`
`informed
`
`defense
`
`counsel
`
`that
`
`additional
`
`demands
`
`may
`
`be forthcoming.
`
`Additional
`
`demands
`
`would,
`
`obviously,
`
`have
`
`the
`
`potential
`
`to delay
`
`the
`
`filing
`
`of
`
`the Note
`
`of
`
`Issue.
`
`DATED:
`
`July
`
`28,
`
`2022
`
`Carlos
`
`A. Santos,
`
`Esq.
`
`2
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`