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  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview
  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview
  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview
  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview
  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview
  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview
  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview
  • CHRISTINA ARLINGTON SMITH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO LALANI WALTON, DECEASED, ET AL. VS TIKTOK INC., ET AL. Other Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (General Jurisdiction) document preview 
						
                                
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                                1 PANISH | SHEA | BOYLE | RAVIPUDI LLP
   BRIAN J. PANISH, State Bar No. 116060
 2   bpanish@psbr.law
   RAHUL RAVIPUDI, State Bar No. 204519
 3   rravipudi@psbr.law
   JESSE CREED, State Bar No. 272595
 4   jcreed@psbr.law
   11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 700
 5 Los Angeles, California 90025
   Telephone: 310.477.1700
 6 Facsimile: 310.477.1699

 7 MORGAN & MORGAN
   EMILY C. JEFFCOTT (admitted pro hac vice)
 8   ejeffcott@forthepeople.com
   633 West Fifth Street, Suite 2652,
 9
   Los Angeles, CA 90071
10 Tel: (213) 787-8590
   Fax: (213) 418-3983
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   BEASLEY ALLEN
12 JOSEPH VANZANDT (admitted pro hac vice)
   234 Commerce Street
13 Montgomery, AL 36103
   Tel: (334)269-2343
14   joseph.vanzandt@beasleyallen.com

15 Co-Lead and Co-Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs

16                     SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

17                      COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CENTRAL DISTRICT

18 COORDINATION PROCEEDING                          JUDICIAL COUNCIL COORDINATION
   SPECIAL TITLE [RULE 3.400]                       PROCEEDING NO. 5255
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   SOCIAL MEDIA CASES                               Lead Case No. For Filing Purposes:
20                                                  22STCV21355
   _____________________________________
21 THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:                        [REDACTED] PLAINTIFFS’
                                                    EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO
22 ALL PERSONAL INJURY CASES                        EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY
                                                    DEFENDANTS IN CONNECTION WITH
23                                                  THEIR REPLY REGARDING THE
                                                    COURT’S TENTATIVE RULING ON
24 (Christina Arlington Smith, et al., v.. TikTok   PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ORDER
   Inc., et al., Case No. 22STCV21355)              GOVERNING CSAM PRESERVATION
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                                                    Judge: Hon. Carolyn B. Kuhl
26                                                  Dept: SSC-12
                                                    Hearing Date: June 27, 2023
27                                                  Time: 11:00 a.m.

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      [REDACTED] PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY DEFENDANTS
          IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR REPLY REGARDING THE COURT’S TENTATIVE RULING ON
                  PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ORDER GOVERNING CSAM PRESERVATION
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                                  …
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                                  “Again, TikTok has agreed to preserve the
 3                                contents of its NCMEC Reports, including this
                                  information, for all reported CSAM on its
 4                                platform for the pendency of the litigation.”
 5                                …
 6                                “As to subpart (c), TikTok has agreed to
 7                                preserve this information for the pendency of
                                  the litigation for any known Plaintiff User
 8                                Account subject to a NCMEC Report.”

 9                                (Gatlin Decl., ¶¶ 4a, 4c, 5a, 7b).
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                  Ground for Objection: Vague, Ambiguous, and Misleading (Evid Code. § 352).
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                  Foundation for Objection: Plaintiffs object to the extent the declarant claims a preservation
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     agreement exists between the parties—no such agreement exists, and the parties are obligated to
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     preserve potentially relevant information in accordance with California law and pursuant to this
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     Court’s order. Indeed, prior to this Court’s June 27, 2023 tentative, Defendant TikTok would not
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     even agree to preserve NCMEC reports for the duration of the litigation.
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                                      Objections to Declaration of James Gatlin
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                                                    Objection No. 3
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                                    “To the extent they are, the amount of data the
19                                   LERT tool would be required to preserve on an
20                                   ongoing and indefinite basis would unduly strain
                                     the capacity of the tool, which is used for more
21                                   than just preserving user account data related to
                                     CSAM.”
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                                    (Gatlin Decl., ¶ 5c ).
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24                Grounds for Objection: Lacks Foundation (Evid. Code § 702), Lacks Personal Knowledge

25 (Evid. Code § 702).

26                Foundation for Objection: There is no foundation for the quoted portion as the declarant

27 fails to describe the underlying facts within his personal knowledge that are necessary to support

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      [REDACTED] PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY DEFENDANTS
          IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR REPLY REGARDING THE COURT’S TENTATIVE RULING ON
                  PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ORDER GOVERNING CSAM PRESERVATION
 1 fails to describe the underlying facts within his personal knowledge that are necessary to support

 2 the quoted portion. Any argument of undue burden must be supported by actual facts under

 3 California law. Williams, 3 Cal. 5th at 549-50 (2017).

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 5 DATED: July 26, 2023                       PANISH | SHEA | BOYLE | RAVIPUDI LLP
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                                              By:
 8                                                  Jesse Creed
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                                                    Brian J. Panish
10                                                  Rahul Ravipudi
                                                    Jesse Creed
11                                                  PANISH | SHEA | BOYLE | RAVIPUDI LLP
                                                    11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 700
12                                                  Los Angeles, CA 90025
                                                    Tel.: (310) 477-1700
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                                                    panish@psbr.law
14                                                  rravipudi@psbr.law
                                                    jcreed@psbr.law
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                                                    Emily Jeffcott
16                                                  MORGAN & MORGAN
                                                    633 West Fifth Street, Suite 2652
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                                                    Los Angeles, CA 90071
18                                                  Tel.: 213-787-8590
                                                    Fax: 213-418-3983
19                                                  ejeffcott@forthepeople.com
20                                                  Joseph G. VanZandt
21                                                  BEASLEY ALLEN CROW METHVIN PORTIS
                                                    & MILES, LLC
22                                                  234 Commerce Street
                                                    Montgomery, AL 36103
23                                                  Tel.: 334-269-2343
                                                    Joseph.VanZandt@BeasleyAllen.com
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25                                                  Paul R. Kiesel
                                                    Mariana A. McConnell
26                                                  Cherisse H. Cleofe
                                                    KIESEL LAW LLP
27                                                  8648 Wilshire Boulevard
                                                    Beverly Hills, CA 90211
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      [REDACTED] PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY DEFENDANTS
          IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR REPLY REGARDING THE COURT’S TENTATIVE RULING ON
                  PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ORDER GOVERNING CSAM PRESERVATION
 1                                           Tel.: 310-854-4444
                                             Fax: 310-854-0812
 2                                           kiesel@kiesel.law
                                             mcconnell@kiesel.law
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                                             cleofe@kiesel.law
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                                             Christopher L. Ayers
 5                                           SEEGER WEISS LLP
                                             55 Challenger Road
 6                                           Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660
 7                                           Tel.: 973-639-9100
                                             Fax: 973-679-8656
 8                                           cayers@seegerweiss.com

 9                                           Matthew Bergman
                                             Laura Marquez-Garrett
10                                           SOCIAL MEDIA VICTIMS LAW CENTER
11                                           1390 Market Street, Suite 200
                                             San Francisco, CA 94102
12                                           Tel.: 206-741-4862
                                             matt@socialmediavictims.org
13                                           laura@socialmediavictims.org
14                                           Brooks Cutter
15                                           CUTTER LAW P.C.
                                             401 Watt Avenue
16                                           Sacramento, CA 95864
                                             Tel.: 916-290-9400
17                                           Fax: 916-588-9330
                                             bcutter@cutterlaw.com
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19                                           Thomas P. Cartmell
                                             WAGSTAFF & CARTMELL LLP
20                                           4740 Grand Avenue Suite 300
                                             Kansas City, MO 64112
21                                           Tel.: 816-701-1100
                                             tcartmell@wcllp.com
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23                                           Amy Eskin
                                             SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL
24                                           KONECKY LLP
                                             2000 Powell Street Suite 1400
25                                           Emeryville, CA 94608
                                             Tel.: 415-421-7100
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                                             Fax: 415-421-7105
27                                           aeskin@schneiderwallace.com

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      [REDACTED] PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY DEFENDANTS
          IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR REPLY REGARDING THE COURT’S TENTATIVE RULING ON
                  PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ORDER GOVERNING CSAM PRESERVATION
 1                                           Kirk Goza
                                             GOZA & HONNOLD, LLC
 2                                           9500 Nall Avenue, Suite 400
                                             Overland Park, KS 66207
 3
                                             Tel.: 913-386-3547
 4                                           Fax: 913-839-0567
                                             kgoza@gohonlaw.com
 5
                                             Rachel Lanier
 6                                           THE LANIER LAW FIRM, P.C.
 7                                           2829 Townsgate Road, Suite 100
                                             Westlake Village, CA 91361
 8                                           Tel.: 713-659-5200
                                             Rachel.Lanier@LanierLawFirm.com
 9
                                             Sin-Ting Mary Liu
10                                           AYLSTOCK, WITKIN, KREIS & OVERHOLTZ
11                                           17 E Main St #200
                                             Pensacola, FL 32502
12                                           Tel.: 850-202-1010
                                             mliu@awkolaw.com
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                                             Marc J. Mandich
14                                           SOUTHERN MED LAW
15                                           2762 B M Montgomery Street, Suite 101
                                             Homewood, AL 35209
16                                           Tel.: 205-564-2741
                                             Fax: 205-649-6346
17                                           marc@southernmedlaw.com
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                                             Kelly McNabb
19                                           LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN,
                                             LLP
20                                           275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
                                             San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
21                                           Tel.: 415-956-1000
                                             kmcnabb@lchb.com
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23                                           Jonathan D. Orent
                                             MOTLEY RICE LLC
24                                           40 Westminster St., 5th Fl.
                                             Providence RI 02903
25                                           Tel.: 401-457-7723
                                             Fax: 401-457-7708
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                                             jorent@motleyrice.com
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      [REDACTED] PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY DEFENDANTS
          IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR REPLY REGARDING THE COURT’S TENTATIVE RULING ON
                  PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ORDER GOVERNING CSAM PRESERVATION
 1                                           Ruth Rizkalla
                                             THE CARLSON LAW FIRM, PC
 2                                           1500 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 500
                                             Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
 3
                                             Tel.: 254-526-5688
 4                                           Fax: 254-526-8204
                                             rrizkalla@carlsonattorneys.com
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                                             Frederick Schenk
 6                                           CASEY GERRY SCHENK FRANCAVILLA
 7                                           BLATT & PENFIELD, LLP
                                             110 Laurel Street
 8                                           San Diego, CA 92101-1486
                                             Tel.: 619-238-1811
 9                                           Fax: 619-544-9232
                                             Fschenk@cglaw.com
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                                             Plaintiffs
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      [REDACTED] PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY DEFENDANTS
          IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR REPLY REGARDING THE COURT’S TENTATIVE RULING ON
                  PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ORDER GOVERNING CSAM PRESERVATION
 1                                             PROOF OF SERVICE

 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

 3        At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. I
   am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. My business address is 8648
 4 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2910.

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                   On July 26, 2023, I served true copies of the following document(s) described as
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 9    on the interested parties in this action as follows:
10          BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE VIA CASE ANYWHERE: In accordance with the Court’s
11 Order   Authorizing   Electronic Service requiring all documents to be served upon interested
   parties via the Case Anywhere System.
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            I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
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                  Executed on July 26, 2023, at Beverly Hills, California.
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