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| |) Brett L. Gibbs, Esq. (SBN 251000)

, || 38 Miller Avenue, #263

~ ||Mill Valley, CA 94941
415-381-3104

5 brett.gibbs@gmail.com

4 |! In Propria Persona

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7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
g CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 || INGENUITY 13 LLC,
CASE NO. 2:12-CV-8333-ODW (JCx)
10 Plaintiff,

Vv. Judge: Hon. Otis D. Wright, I]
12 Magistrate Judge: Hon. Jacqueline Chooljian

13 || JOHN DOE,

14 Defendant. DECLARATION OF BRETT L.
- , GIBBS SUPPORTING RESPONSE
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1, Brett L. Gibbs, declare as follows:
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9 1. I am an attorney at law licensed to practice in California, and admitted in

20 || the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. My business address is 38 Miller Avenue, #263,

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Mill Valley, CA, 94941.
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74 pa I was not able to pay the Court’s attorney’s-fee award or secure a bond

24 || for the same amount.
3. Considering my current financial circumstances, | was, and still am,

97 || unable to pay that amount.

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DECLCARATION OF BRETT L. GIBBS SUPPORTING REQUEST = NO. 2:1 2-CV-8333-ODW

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4, After being diagnosed with brain cancer in July 10, 2009, I was
terminated by his law-firm employer. |

5. My bank account has a balance of less than $500.

6. I currently owe more than $50,000 on a loan I used to pay for my legal
education.

Te I also owe money to other creditors.

8. I do not own any real estate or other assets that would allow me to pay

the court’s fees and costs order or use as collateral for a bond in the required amount.

9. I did attempt to purchase a supersedeas bond. In discussions with
bonding companies over the past two weeks, I have been told that I would have to
post cash or real property collateral of at least $100,000 to obtain a supersedeas bond
to stay the amount due in the Court’s May 6, 2013 Order.

10. I do not own any real property or have sufficient other assets that would
enable me to secure a bond.

Il. Since working with Prenda Law and Livewire Holdings, LLC -
companies I no longer work with — I have been working part time as a contract
attorney, but, in that role, I have earned less than $5,000 total over the span of about

two and one-half months.

DECLCARATION OF BRETT L. GIBBS SUPPORTING REQUEST NO. 2-12-CV-8333-0DW.

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12. I have significant ongoing medical expenses for treatment of my brain
cancer. Just over the past two months, for instance, I have had to pay approximately
$700.00 in out-of-pocket medical expenses.

13. I am on a heavy supplement regime and a special diet to attempt to
suppress the cancer, both of which are very costly. I expect this level of health-related
expenditures to continue or increase for the rest of my life in light of my incurable
condition.

14. | declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
America that the foregoing is true and correct based on my own personal knowledge,
except for those matters stated on information and belief, and those matters | believe
to be true. If called upon to testify, I can and will competently testify as set forth

above.

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DECLCARATION OF BRETT L. GIBBS SUPPORTING REQUEST | NO. 2:12-CV-8333-ODW_

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DATED: May 23, 2013.
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