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Case 1:07-cv-00026-OWW-TAG Document 102 Filed 04/23/2008 Page 1 of 4

1 Mark A. Wasser CA SB #060160LAW OFFICES OF MARK A. WASSER2 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1100Sacramento, CA 958143 Phone: 16) 444-6400Fax: 444-640545

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

28,a.m.Place: U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse,Bakersfield Courtroom 8Date Action Filed: January 6, 2007Trial Date: December 3, 2008

I, Mark A. Wasser, declare as follows:1. I am counsel of record for the Defendants and am familiar with this case. The

statements in this Declaration are true and correct ofmy own personal knowledge and I cantestify competently to them if called as a witness.

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DECLARATION OF MARK A. WASSER RE INABILITY TO PREPAREJOINT STATEMENT RE MOTION TO COMPEL PATRICIA PEREZ DEPOSITION


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12 2. Plaintiff s motion to compel the deposition of Patricia Perez is another example345

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1 $1,000 as the estimated cost of hiring a technician to work on it. A copy of that e-mail is2 attached at Exhibit D.

the sameept askingat 27:18-28:12;context Iover (See, e.g.,16-67:24; 82:19-92:2.) It was

Ms. Perez grew increasingly frustrated as.

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1 6. My comments during the Perez deposition were appropriate to the circumstances.2 Mr. Lee became angry because Ms. Perez was frustrated with his repetitious and sarcastic3 questioning adjourned deposition. was no reason to adjourn it and Ms. Perez4 wants to

13 Executed this 23 rd day ofApril, 2008, in Sacramento, California.4

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DECLARATION OF MARK A. WASSER RE INABILITY TO PREPAREJOINT STATEMENTRE MOTION TO COMPEL PATRICIA PEREZ DEPOSITION


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Case 1:07-cv-00026-OWW-TAG Document 102-2 Filed 04/23/2008 Page 1 of 3

EXHIBIT A


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Case 1:07-cv-00026-OWW-TAG Document 102-2 Filed 04/23/2008 Page 2 of 3Law Offices ofMARKA. WASSER

400 Capitol Mail, Suite 1100Sacramento, California 95814

Office: 916-444-6400 Fax: [email protected]

asking her the same question again and again. As her frustration and confusionincreased, your questioning became sarcastic and unreasonable. For example, asking Ms.Perez if there were a "million" employees in Payroll, for the dimensions of the buildingwhere Human Resources and Payroll are housed and then attempting to intimidate her bythreatening to prolong her deposition because she was confused and struggling with yourquestions, was inappropriate. Ms. Perez is a line-staffclerical employee whose job dutiesand responsibilities are simple. She is not in management and is not experienced as awitness. She was doing her best in very unfamiliar territory. Your antagonism towardsher upset her and made it more difficult for her respond.

Admitted to Practice in California and Nevada


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Case 1:07-cv-00026-OWW-TAG Document 102-2 Filed 04/23/2008 Page 3 of 3Eugene LeeMarch 3, 2008Page 2


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From:Sent:To:

Page 1 of2

MarkWasserEugene D. Lee [[email protected]]Monday, March 31, 2008 12:24 [email protected]

S U b j E ~ c t : Perez Depo Video

E M P L O Y M E N T LAW555 WEST FIFTH ST ., STE. 3100

LO S ANGELES, CA 900 3Te : (213)992- :3299Fax : ( 2 13 ) 596 - 0487E - i l l a i I: Q I Q Q @ l 1 ~ Q E J , . ~ - " J 1 JWeb s i t e: www.LOELcomB l og ' " Y " " \ ' L C : ' l I , ' l t t Q I l & w . ~ Q J l l

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received

From: Mark Wasser [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:22 AMTo: Eugene LeeSubject: Two thingsGene,First, I want a copy of the video of the Patricia Perez deposition. Can you please prepare one for me?Second, we want to set Dr. Jadwin's independent medical exam. Would you like me to give you some dates tochoose from?

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Let me know.Thanks.Mark

Offices of Mark Wasser400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1100Sacramento, 95814Office: 916-444-6400Fax: 916-444-6405E-mail: I J : 1 Y ! ~ A ; ~ D @ r r J ~ d ~ ~ I ~ ~ L S ; ; Q m

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Mark WasserFrom:Sent:To:

Eugene D. Lee [[email protected]]Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11 :54 [email protected]

S l . l b j E ~ c t : Supplemental Production Costs

W O F F l e FUNE M P L O Y M E N T LAW

555 WEST F IF TH ST ., STE. 3100LOS ANGELES, CA 90013Te : ( 213 ) 992 - 3299Fax : (2 3 ) 596 - 0487E - ai l :

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DECLARATION OF EUGENE D. LEE re: INABILITY TO SECURE COOPERATION OFDEFENDANTS' COUNSEL TO PREPARE AND EXECUTE JOINT STATEMENT re: MOTION TOCOMPEL RESPONSES TO INTERROGATORIES 3

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v.COUNTY OF KERN, et aI.,

Defendants.

re: UAc"" . ' , , " ,re: MOTIONCOMPEL RESPONSES TOINTERROGATORIESDate: April 28, 2008Time: 9:30 a.m.Place: U.S. District Court, Bankruptcy COlurtr'ooJ:n!1300 18th St., Bakersfield, CADate Action Filed: January 6, 2007Date Set for Trial: December 3, 2008

JOINT STATEMENT re: DISCOVERY DISPUTE re: MOTION TO COMPELRESPONSES TOINTERROGATORIES 1


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1 This joint statement re: discovery disagreement is submitted pursuant to Local Rule 37-251(a) in23

2008 hP


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Defendants contend that the dispute arose out ofPlaintiffs tenure as a pathologist at Kern

extentthe me(llCalVA"''''''''''' Center. PJ"""If,tt 's rel:alH)llshlP

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20 Defendant's refusal to state a single fact responsive to this interrogatory despite numerous meet and21 confer efforts is a violation of discovery rules.22 Moreover, as plaintiff has already communicated to defendant several times, contention23 interrogatories are not objectionable on the ground that they encroach on attorney work product. See24 Security Ins. Co. ofHartford v. Trustmark Ins. Co; (0 CT 2003) 218 FRO 29,34; United States v.25 Boyce, 148 F. Supp. 2d 1069, 1086 (S.D. Cal. 2001) ("Under Rule 33(c), a party can serve an26 interrogatory the answer to which involves 'an opinion or contention that relates to fact or the27 app lication of law to fact. '. The Government's contention interrogatories are not directed to issues of28 'pure law' that would infringe on the attorney-work product doctrine as codified in Rule 26(b)(3).



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Rather, they seek the facts upon which the Boyces' relied for their defense to the FOTIns 4340. As such,2 the corlterltle,n "-,fpr-rr,ct"t,,r,c>Q were permls:slble HO\/ces were r e a u l n ~ d to reS'pOl1ld to them."3

6 states:

a videotam;dnas

thatDEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO.2

PLAINTIFF'S POSITION

DEFENDANT'S POSITION[INSERT HERE]

State each and

See "Plaintiff's Position" regarding Interrogatory No.1 above.

The Fourth AffiTInative Defense is a legal defense. Defendants object to it to the extent it seeksinfoTInation protected under the attorney/client privilege and attorney work product privilege.

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were

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20 by whom, at whose direction, etc., (ii) what physical confrontations Plaintiff allegedly had with other21 persons and with whom, (iv) to whom plaintiffwas "overbearing and dismissive", (v) which of22 plaintiff's "interpersonal dealings" were "disrespectful and disagreeable", (vi) which of plaintiff's23 "working relationships" "steadily eroded and unraveled", with whom, and what behavior by plaintiff24 allegedly caused that.25 Discovery in this action has been ongoing for eight months. Defendant has already completed a26 (4-day long) deposition of plaintiff. Presumably defendant has had ample time to develop facts27 supporting its affirmative defenses. Defendant's one paragraph response, devoid of any facts, is an28 to hide the ball from plaintiffand surprise plaintiff at trial.



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1 Defendant initially agreed in meet and confer to supplement its response accordingly. As hascasestates:

2021 E. INTERROGATORY NO.522 State each and every fact that YOU contend supports YOUR Seventh Affirmative Defense.23 DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO.524 The Seventh Affirmative Defense is a legal defense. Defendants object to it to the extent it seeks25 information protected under the attorney/client privilege and attorney work product privilege.26 PLAINTIFF'S POSITION27 See "Plaintiff's Position" regarding Interrogatory No.1 above.28 DEFENDANT'S POSITION



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20 [INSERT HERE]21 H. INTERROGATORY NO. 4622232425262728

IDENTIFY each DOCUMENT or portion thereof contained in PLAINTIFF's FRCP Rule 26Initial Disclosures that YOU contend is privileged; state the nature of each privilege asserted; and statein detail the factual bases for each such asserted privilege.

DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO. 46We do not understand this Interrogatory and are, consequently, unable to answer it. What is

privileged about the documents Plaintiff produced?JOINT STATEMENT re: DISCOVERY DISPUTE re: MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TOINTERROGATORIES 7


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2PLAINTIFF'S POSITION

37 states:

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I. INTERROGATORY NO. 47IDENTIFY each DOCUMENT or portion thereof contained in YOUR FRCP Rule 26 Initial

Disclosures that YOU contend is privileged; state the nature of each privilege asserted; and state indetail the factual bases for each such asserted privilege.

DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO. 47We do not understand this Interrogatory and are, consequently, unable to answer it. What is

privileged about the documents Plaintiff produced?PLAINTIFF'S POSITION



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37 states:20 a party seeking discovery ma y move for an order compelling an answer, designation,21 production, or inspection. This motion ma y be made if .. . (iii) a party fails to answer aninterrogatory submitted under Rule 33 .... For purposes o f this subdivision (a), an22 evasive or incomplete disclosure. answer, or response must be treated as a failure todisclose, answer, or respond. [emphasis added].2324252627

By giving an evasive and incomplete response to this interrogatory which fails to state any facts,defendant has engaged in behavior which this court is required to sanction pursuant to Rule 37.

DEFENDANT'S POSITION[INSERT HERE]

28JOINT STATEMENT re: DISCOVERY DISPUTE re: MOTION TO COMPEL RESPONSES TOINTERROGATORIES 9


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entItled to orwas SUb:staJ:1ltla.lly jl.llstl1Jed m a ~ : i n g or 0ppOSUlg

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Dated: April _ , 2008

essence to ensure pla:mti:tf

LAW OFFICES OF MARK A. WASSER

B y : ~ ~ ; c ; - - _Mark A. Wasser,Attorney for DefendantsCOUNTY OF KERN, PETER BRYAN, IRWINHARRIS, EUGENE KERCHER, JENNIFERABRAHAM, SCOTT RAGLAND,TONI SMITH,AND WILLIAM ROY



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COUNTY OF KERN, et aI.,Defendants.

INTERROGATORIESDate: April 28, 2008Time: 9:30 a.m.Place: U.S. District Court, Bankruptcy ('rYllrl"{'\{'\,ml1300 18th St., Bakersfield, CADate Action Filed: January 6, 2007Date Set for Trial: December 3, 2008

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20 I, Eugene D. Lee, declare as follows:21 1. I am counsel of record for Plaintiff. I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth22 below and I could and would competently testify thereto if called as a witness in this matter.23 2. Pursuant to Local Rule 37-251, I attempted to secure the cooperation of Defendants'24 counsel, Mark Wasser, to prepare and execute a joint statement re discovery disagreement. On25 Thursday, April 17, 2008, I sent Mr. Wasser a draft version of the Joint Statement re: Discovery26 Disagreement (with all exhibits attached), requesting his input. I explained in the cover letterthat the27 draft was a work in progress and remained subject to change.28 DECLARATION OF EUGENE D. LEE re: INABILITY TO SECURE COOPERATION OFDEFENDANTS' COUNSEL TO PREPARE AND EXECUTE JOINT STATEMENT re: MOTION TOCOMPEL DEPOSITION OF PATRICIA PEREZ 1


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20 n. A STATEMENT OF OF THE CASE AND21 PlaintiffDavid F. Jadwin, D.O., F.C.A.P., former Chair of Pathology at Kern Medical Center22 ("KMC") and senior pathologist from October 24, 2000 to October 4, 2007, filed a Complaint with this23 Court on January 6, 2007. Plaintiffcontends that various defendants retaliated against and defamed him24 for reporting his concerns about patient care quality issues and regulatory violations at KMC. As a25 result, Plaintiffwas forced to take medical and recuperative leave for disabling chronic clinical26 depression in early 2006. While Plaintiffwas on leave, Defendants demoted him in June 2006 to a staff27 pathologist for "unavailability" and refused to reinstate him upon his return to work on October 4, 2006.28 On December 7, 2006, he was placed on involuntary administrative leave and restricted to his home

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during working hours until May 1,2007. Around May 1,2007, Defendant informed Plaintiffof itsout" rernalmn.g term contract to on O c 1 ~ o b ( ~ r 4, or

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concisely a n O I ! l a j [ ' g u m { ~ n t : i l t i ~ v edeponent not to answer when necessary preserve a privilege, to enforce a20 limitation ordered by the court, or to present a motion under Rule 30(d)(3). [emphasisadded].2122232425262728

Counsel may not use "speaking objections" to "coach" the deponent. For instance, counsel maynot interrupt mid-question to ask for a "clarification", or in the course of objecting attempt to suggestanswers or warn the witness. SeeHall v. Clifton Precision, Inc. (E.D. Penn. 1993) 150 FRD 525,530.

Rule 30(c)(2) renders "relevancy" objections meaningless inmost depositions. The deponentmust even answer questions calling for blatantly irrelevant information "subject to the objection." FRCP30(c)(2); International Union ofElec., Radio & Machinery Workers, AFL-CIO v. Westinghouse Elec.Corp. (D. DC 1981) 91 FRD 277,278.JOINT STATEMENT re: DISCOVERY DISPUTE re: MOTION TO COMPEL DEPOSITION OFPATRICIA PEREZ, FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER, AND SEEKING MONETARY 3


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20 as later proven in the deposition. Ms. Perez not only was able to estimate how many people there were21 in KMC's payroll department, ofwhich she is a member, she gave the exact number: six (including Ms.22 Perez). Perez Deposition, 84:20-25. She testified that KMC's entire HR department (including the 623 person payroll department) is housed in a single trailer that sits on the KMC campus. Perez Deposition,24 84:4-10. She also recited the names ofthe other five payroll employees with ease:25 In the payroll department we have an employee named Bobbi Gains. We have AnnidaSmith. We have April Smith. Myself. Angela Conger. And Christine Tetimas.26 Perez Deposition, 88:9-12.27 Later, Mr. Wasser launched into an extended and improper harangue criticizing the relevance of28 plaintiff's line ofquestioning that had impeached Ms. Perez:



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20 stating: "She said it could have been, but she doesn't know." Perez Deposition, 90:10-20. Ms. Perez21 never said that "she doesn't know". None of Mr. Wasser's statements on the record were stating22 objections or instructions not to answer on privilege grounds. They had no proper purpose and were23 intended to coach the deponent how specifically to respond to plaintiff 's questions and to frustrate24 plaintiff's examination of the witness.25 Plaintiff's counsel asked defense counsel one last time to stop coaching the witness and26 obstructing the deposition, stating "Mark, I'm going to have to stop this depo if you continue with this.27 What objections are you stating, Mark? You're not even stating any objections." Defense counsel28 responded "Your questions don't make sense" -an improper objection - and later "I'll object the way I

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EXHIBIT 2: Declaration of Eugene Lee in Support ofMotion

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re:DEPOSITION OF PATRICIA PEREZDate: April 28, 2008Time: 9:30 a,m.Place: U,S. District Court, Bankruptcy ( ' r . l l l r t r ' r l r l l 'Y1 l1300 18th S1., Bakersfield, CADate Action Filed: January 6, 2007Date Set for Trial: December 3, 2008

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Mark WasserMark Wasser [[email protected], April 03, 2008 5:06 PM'[email protected]'Assistant to Mark A. Wasser

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understand the start timea.m. start time for Dr. Kolb's deposition. That is fine. e-mail have a

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From: Mark Wasser [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:24 PMTo: [email protected]: Assistant to Mark A. WasserSubject: RE: DeposGene,The time slots you propose for and Kolb are 10 hours TO ENSURE WE GET OUR 7 HOURSON THE RECORD. MANY OF PAST DEPOS HAVE CUT SHORT UNEXPECTEDLY. BREAKSDEPOS NOT GO BEYOND 7 HOURS ON THE RECORD.

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to Roy, we have called him and his lawyer several times but have not been able to confirm ",n\, ' th lr '"YOU WERE HIS ATTORNEY OF RECORD. WHO IS HIS ATTORNEY? PLEASEWITH HIS CONTACT NFO IF NEED TO SERVE THE DEPO NOTICEMark

Mark,If that's the case, please disregard the previously proposed depo schedule for the week ofApril 12.We'd now like to schedule depos as follows for April 16 to 19:Day 1 (4/16):8am - 2pm: Gilbert Martinez2pm - 7pm: Vangie GallegosDay 2 (4/17):8am - 6pm: William RoyDay 3 (4/18):8am - 6pm: Albert McBride

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am told that Kolb is available for on 9 at at theInternational This was relayed to my have not had any direct contactdo not know any more. If you have questions, I will do my best to answer them.Mark

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Mark WasserMark Wasser [[email protected]]Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:40 PM'[email protected]'Assistant to Mark Wasser ([email protected]); Karen Barnes ([email protected])Sul>jec:t: RE: Depos

That is one of the dates but is datedelom;iticln on the 1 ,Gilbert Martinez and Vangie Gallegos on the 16th , and

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To: [email protected]: Assistant to Mark A. WasserSubject: RE: DeposGene,The time slots you propose for and Kolb are 10 hours long. TO ENSURE WE GET OUR 7 HOURSON THE RECORD. MANY OF PAST DEPOS HAVE BEEN SHORT UNEXPECTEDLY. BREAKSALSO CUT INTO OUR TIME. DEPOSWILL NOT GO BEYOND 7 HOURS ON THE RECORD.

available YES.

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THOUGHT YOU WERE HIS ATTORNEY OF RECORD. IS HISHIS CONTACT INFO IF NEED TO SERVE THE DEPO NOTICE ON HIM.Mark

If that's the case, please disregard the previously proposed depo schedule for the week ofApril 12.We'd now like to schedule depos as follows for April 16 to 19:Day 1 (4/16):8am - 2pm: Gilbert Martinez2pm 7pm: Vangie GallegosDay 2 (4/17):8am - 6pm: William RoyDay 3 (4/18):8am - 6pm: Albert McBride2pm - 7pm: Arlene Ramos-Aninion

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Day 4 (4/19):8am - 6pm: Marv KolbSincerely,

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Mark

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Mark WasserMark Wasser [[email protected]]Tuesday, April 08,20083:17 PM'[email protected]'Assistant to Mark A. Wasser ( a r e m l y y m a r k : w a i S s E ~ r

SI.l!:ljec:t: RE: Depos

Arlene is available andWe could set her for Tuesday but assume you want the whole day for squeeze

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Subject: RE: DeposGene,Dr. Roy is available on Tuesday, April 15. That is not one of the dates you suggested but it is the only date hehas for awhile. We could take his deposit ion on the 15th , Gilbert Martinez and Vangie Gallegos on the 16th , andDr. Kolb on the 1 Los Angeles. am not available on the 17th and 18th and neither is Dr. McBride. The besthe can do is 3 hours on the 18th. We told him we need more time and he is looking at his schedule Whatdo you think?

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From: Mark Wasser [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:24 PMTo: [email protected]: Assistant to Mark A. WasserSubject: RE: DeposGene,The time slots you propose for Roy and Kolb are 10 hours long. Why? TO ENSURE WE GET OUR 7 HOURSON THE RECORD. MANY OF THE PAST DEPOS HAVE BEEN CUT SHORT UNEXPECTEDLY. BREAKSALSO CUT INTO OUR TIME. DEPOS WILL NOT GO BEYOND 7 HOURS ON THE RECORD.

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Are you proposing these for the Holiday Inn in Bakersfield? Kolb says he is only available in LA YES. WE'LLDEPOSE KOLB IN LA.I do not know when Kolb"s f light wil l arrive in LAX but I will find out how early we can start. I do not know if 8:00will work. PLEASE LET ME KNOW.will check with the others and let you know their avaii latl ili ty OK.am attending a conference in Monterey on the 17th , 18th and 19th but be able to7 - 4/19. PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE. that a little. NEED

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