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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SHIRLEY SHERROD,
Plaintiff,
v.
SUSANNAH BREITBART, ET AL.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 1:11-cv-00477 (RJL)

NOTICE OF FILING
Please take notice that, pursuant to the Courts order of October 28, 2014 denying the
Motion of the United States for an Order Requiring Certain Documents and Information to be
Filed, if at All, Under Seal [Dkt. No. 136], Defendant Larry OConnor hereby files the attached
Exhibits A and B to his Reply in Support of Motion to Enforce the Deposition Subpoenas to
Krysta Harden and Cheryl Cook and Require Production of Certain USDA Headquarters Emails
[Dkt. No. 137] (the Reply). The Reply previously was submitted without the attached exhibits
on July 14, 2014.

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Respectfully submitted,
By:

/s/ Mark I. Bailen

Bruce W. Sanford (356568)
Bruce D. Brown (457317)
Mark I. Bailen (459623)
Elizabeth A. Scully (466918)
BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
1050 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-861-1500
Fax: 202-861-1783
bsanford@bakerlaw.com
bbrown@bakerlaw.com
mbailen@bakerlaw.com
escully@bakerlaw.com
Attorneys for Defendant Larry OConnor

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on October 31, 2014, I served a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Notice of Filing via CM/ECF on the following:
Eric A. Dubelier
Daniel Z. Herbst
REED SMITH LLP
1301 K Street NW
Suite 1100, East Tower
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 414-9200
Fax: (202) 414-9299
edubelier@reedsmith.com
dherbst@reedsmith.com

Thomas D. Yannucci, P.C.

Michael D. Jones
Beth A. Williams
Peter A. Farrell
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
655 15th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 879-5000
Fax: (202) 879-5200
thomas.yannucci@kirkland.com
michael.jones@kirkland.com
beth.williams@kirkland.com
peter.farrell@kirkland.com

Harrison J. Dossick
REED SMITH LLP
1901 Avenue of the Stars Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90067-6078
Tel: (310) 734-5200
Fax: (310) 734-5299
hdossick@reedsmith.com

Thomas A. Clare
CLARE LOCKE LLP
902 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Telephone: (202) 628-7400
tom@clarelocke.com

Attorneys for Susannah Breitbart

Attorneys for Shirley Sherrod

/s/ Mark I. Bailen

Mark I. Bailen

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Exhibit A

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TJV
From:

Sent:
To:
Subject:

TJV
2010 5:37 PM
Re:

Dallas - she has offered her resignation which is appropriate. The WH is involved and we are
waiting for
go-ahead to
her resignation. I suspect some direction from WH soon.
TV

Original Message
From: Tonsager, Dallas
To: TJV
Sent: Mon Jul 19 17:30:47 2010
subject:
Mr. Secretary
I had tried you earlier today on a different email address which failed.
I am shocked by the comments made by State Director Shirley Sherrod and posted on the
internet. She was immediately suspended and my understanding is she has resigned.
Dallas

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USDA
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out to Jesse

From: Harden,
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 2:
PM
To:
, John
Cc: Cluthe, Sally
Subject: Need numbers and times for others
Besides Clyburn and Bishop

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USDA
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Tatianya
On hold as I
John
Bennie Thompson

Scheduler

Andrea Lee

GK Butterfield - Scheduler - Darnise Nelson - 225-3101

Maxine Waters

Scheduler

Sheila Jackson-Lee

Angela Master

Scheduler

225-2201

225-3816

Association of Black Legislators:

Rep. Calvin Smyre (D-Georgia House of Reps)
President
706-649-5533 office
calvinsmyre@synovus.com
Lakimba Desadier
Executive Director
202-624-5457 office
202-538-6205 cell
lakimba@nbcsl.org
Rep. Helen Miller {D-lowa House of Reps)
Chair of NBCSL Agriculture Committee

He may potentially want to

out to Jesse Jackson

2:

Al Sharpton

PM

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USDA
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He may potentially want to

out to Jesse Jackson and/or Al Sharpton

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From: Harden, Krysta
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 2:35 PM
: Berge, John
Cc: Cluthe, Sally
Subject: Need numbers and times for others
Besides Clyburn and Bishop

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USDA
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On hold as I

Bennie Thompson - Scheduler-

lee - 225-5876

GK Butterfield - Scheduler- Darnise Nelson

225-3101

Maxine Waters-Scheduler -Angela Master - 225-2201

Sheila Jackson-lee -Scheduler - 225-3816

Association of Black legislators:

Rep. Calvin Smyre (D-Georgia House of Reps)
President
706-649-5533 office

calvinsmyre@synovus.com
lakimba DeSadier
Executive Director
202-624-5457 office

out to

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USDA
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