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`No. 21-_____
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`In the
`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Fifth Circuit
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`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC., AND
`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.,
`Petitioners,
`v.
`FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND
`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
`Respondents.
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`On Petition for Review of an Order of the
`Federal Communications Commission
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`PETITION FOR REVIEW
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`Andrew D. Lipman
`Russell M. Blau
`David B. Salmons
`MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
`1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
`Washington, DC 20004-2541
`(202) 739-3000
`andrew.lipman@morganlewis.com
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`February 5, 2021
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`Glen D. Nager
`Michael A. Carvin
` Counsel of Record
`James E. Gauch
`JONES DAY
`51 Louisiana Ave., NW
`Washington, DC 20001-2113
`(202) 879-3939
`macarvin@jonesday.com
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`Counsel for Petitioners Huawei Technologies USA, Inc.,
`and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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`Case: 21-60089 Document: 00515736220 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/08/2021
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`Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 706, 47 U.S.C. § 402, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2342–
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`2344, and Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 15(a), Huawei Technolo-
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`gies USA, Inc., and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Petition-
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`ers”), hereby petition this Court for review of the final order of the United
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`States Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) captioned In the
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`Matter of Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communi-
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`cations Supply Chain Through FCC Programs—Huawei Designation
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`(“Final Designation Order”), Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 20-
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`179, PS Docket No. 19-351. The Final Designation Order was released on
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`December 11, 2020, and a copy of the order is attached as Exhibit A. This
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`Petition for Review is timely filed “within 60 days after … entry,” 28
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`U.S.C. § 2344, of “public notice of the order,” 47 U.S.C. § 405(a), which is
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`“the release date” “[f]or non-rulemaking documents released by the Com-
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`mission,” 47 C.F.R. § 1.4(b)(2), like the Final Designation Order.
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`To date, no court has upheld the validity of the Final Designation
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`Order.
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`Jurisdiction and venue are proper because Petitioners are ad-
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`versely affected by the Final Designation Order, which is a final FCC
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`order under 47 U.S.C. § 402 and 28 U.S.C. § 2342, and because Huawei
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`Technologies USA, Inc., is a corporation organized under Texas law with
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`its principal office in this circuit at 5700 Tennyson Parkway #500 in
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`Plano, Texas 75024, see 28 U.S.C. § 2343.
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`Petitioners seek review of the Final Designation Order on the
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`grounds that it exceeds the FCC’s statutory authority; violates federal
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`law and the Constitution; is arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discre-
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`tion, and not supported by substantial evidence, within the meaning of
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`the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.; was adopted
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`through a process that failed to provide Petitioners with the procedural
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`protections afforded by the Constitution and the Administrative Proce-
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`dure Act; and is otherwise contrary to law. Accordingly, Petitioners re-
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`spectfully request that this Court (1) hold that the Final Designation Or-
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`der is unlawful, (2) vacate the Final Designation Order, and (3) provide
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`such other relief as this Court deems appropriate.
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`CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS
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`No. 21-_____, Huawei Technologies USA, Inc., and Huawei
`Technologies Co., Ltd. v. Federal Communications Commission
`and United States of America
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`The undersigned counsel of record certifies that the following listed
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`persons and entities as described in the fourth sentence of Fifth Circuit
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`Local Rule 28.2.1 have an interest in the outcome of this case. These rep-
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`resentations are made in order that the judges of this Court may evaluate
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`possible disqualification or recusal.
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`1.
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`Petitioner Huawei Technologies USA, Inc., is a wholly owned,
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`indirect subsidiary of Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. Specifi-
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`cally, Huawei Technologies USA, Inc., is wholly owned by Huawei Tech-
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`nologies Coöperatief U.A. (Netherlands). Huawei Technologies Coöper-
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`atief U.A.’s parent corporation is Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (China).
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`Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., is 100% owned by Huawei Investment &
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`Holding Co., Ltd.
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`2.
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`Petitioner Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., is a wholly owned,
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`direct subsidiary of Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.
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`3. Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd., has no parent corpo-
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`ration, and no publicly held corporation owns 10% or more of its stock. Of
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`Huawei Investment’s shares, (a) just over 1% are owned by the founder
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`of Huawei, Mr. Ren Zhengfei, and (b) the remainder are owned by the
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`Union of Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd., which administers an
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`employee stock ownership plan in which around 104,500 employees par-
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`ticipate.
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`4.
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`5.
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`The Federal Communications Commission is a federal agency.
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`The United States of America is a respondent by statute. See
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`28 U.S.C. § 2344; 47 U.S.C. § 402(a).
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`6.
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`The order on review potentially impacts the financial inter-
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`ests of the telecommunications industry as a whole, including manufac-
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`turers, end users, and service providers in a broad range of industries,
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`such as internet, cellular and landline telephone, and similar telecommu-
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`nications applications. Such entities may include, among others, the par-
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`ties that participated in the rulemaking proceedings before the Federal
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`Communications Commission (WC Docket No. 18-89) on which the final
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`designation here at issue (PS Docket No. 19-351) was based, see Pet. for
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`Review 11-16, No. 19-60896 (5th Cir. filed Dec. 4, 2019; docketed Dec. 5,
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`2019); Pet. for Review 12-17, No. 19-60896 (5th Cir. Jan. 7, 2020), as well
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`as the parties that participated in the final designation proceedings lead-
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`ing to the Final Designation Order here at issue (PS Docket No. 19-351),
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`see infra pp. 7-9.
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`The parties and their counsel are:
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`Petitioners
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`Counsel
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`Huawei Technologies
`USA, Inc., and Huawei
`Technologies Co., Ltd.
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` Glen D. Nager
`Michael A. Carvin
`James E. Gauch
`JONES DAY
`51 Louisiana Ave., NW
`Washington, DC 20001-2113
`(202) 879-3939
`macarvin@jonesday.com
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`Andrew D. Lipman
`Russell M. Blau
`David B. Salmons
`MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
`1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
`Washington, DC 20004-2541
`(202) 739-3000
`andrew.lipman@morganlewis.com
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`Respondents
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`United States Federal
`Communications
`Commission
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`United States of America
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`Dated: February 5, 2021
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`Counsel
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`P. Michele Ellison
`Federal Communications Commission
`Office of General Counsel
`45 L Street NE
`Washington, DC 20554
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`Monty Wilkinson
`U.S. Department of Justice
`950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
`Washington, DC 20530
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Michael A. Carvin
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`Counsel of Record for Huawei
`Technologies USA, Inc., and
`Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that on February 5, 2021, the foregoing Petition for Review
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`was electronically filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Fifth Circuit using the CM/ECF system and two copies were sent to the
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`Clerk of Court by overnight United Parcel Service.
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`I further certify that today:
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`1.
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`I caused a copy of this Petition for Review to be delivered to
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`the United Parcel Service for service by overnight delivery on:
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`P. Michele Ellison
`Office of General Counsel
`Federal Communications Commission
`45 L Street NE
`Washington, DC 20554
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`Monty Wilkinson
`U.S. Department of Justice
`950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
`Washington, DC 20530
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`2.
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`I caused a copy of this Petition for Review to be delivered to
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`the United Parcel Service for service by overnight delivery on the follow-
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`ing parties, who were, to Petitioners’ knowledge, “admitted to participate
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`in the agency proceedings,” Fed. R. App. P. 15(c)(1):
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`Caressa D. Bennett
`Stephen Sharbaugh
`Rural Wireless Association, Inc.
`5185 MacArthur Blvd., NW,
`Ste. 729
`Washington, DC 20016
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`David A. LaFuria
`John Cimko
`Lukas, LaFuria, Gutierrez &
`Sachs, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Dr., Ste. 1200
`Tysons, VA 22102
`Counsel for the Rural Wireless
`Broadband Coalition
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`Michael Romano
`Jill Canfield
`Tamber Ray
`NTCA – The Rural Broadband
`Association
`4121 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1000
`Arlington, VA 22203
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`Gerald J. Duffy
`Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens,
`Duffy & Prendergast, LLP
`2120 L St., NW, Ste. 300
`Washington, DC 20037
`Counsel for WTA – Advocates
`for Rural Broadband
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`Michael Saperstein
`USTelecom Association
`601 New Jersey Ave., NW,
`Ste. 600
`Washington, DC 20001
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`David A. LaFuria
`Lukas, LaFuria, Gutierrez &
`Sachs, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Dr.,
`Ste. 1200
`Tysons, VA 22102
`Counsel for NE Colorado
`Cellular, Inc. d/b/a Viaero
`Wireless
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`Stephen E. Coran
`David S. Keir
`Lerman Senter PLLC
`2001 L St., NW, Ste. 400
`Washington, DC 20036
`Counsel for JAB Wireless, Inc.
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`Donald J. Evans
`Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth
`1300 N 17th Street
`11th Floor
`Arlington, VA 22209
`Counsel for PTA-FLA, Inc.
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`Steve Papa
`Parallel Wireless
`100 Innovative Way, Suite 3410
`Nashua, NH 03062
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`Donald J. Evans
`Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC
`1300 North 17th Street
`11th Floor
`Arlington, VA 22209
`Counsel for NTCH, Inc. and Flat
`Wireless, LLC
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`Russell P. Branzell
`Mari Savickis
`CHIME
`710 Avis Drive, Suite 200
`Ann Arbor, MI 48108
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`David A. LaFuria
`Lukas, LaFuria, Gutierrez &
`Sachs, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Dr.,
`Ste. 1200
`Tysons, VA 22102
`Counsel for Union Telephone
`Company dba Union Wireless
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`Kent Bressie
`Colleen Sechrest
`Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis
`LLP
`1919 M Street, NW, Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20036-3537
`Counsel for AST Telecom, LLC
`dba Bluesky
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`Melissa Slawson
`California Internet, L.P.
`DBA GeoLinks
`251 Camarillo Ranch Rd
`Camarillo, CA 93012
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`Dated: February 5, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Michael A. Carvin
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`Counsel of Record for Huawei
`Technologies USA, Inc., and
`Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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`CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION
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`I certify that: (1) any required privacy redactions have been made;
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`(2) the electronic submission of this document is an exact copy of any cor-
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`responding paper document; and (3) the document has been scanned for
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`viruses with the most recent version of a commercial virus scanning pro-
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`gram and is free from viruses.
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`Dated: February 5, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Michael A. Carvin
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`Counsel of Record for Huawei
`Technologies USA, Inc., and
`Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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