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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was filed via 

electronic filing using the CM/ECF system with the Clerk of the Court which sent e-mail 

notification of such filing to all CM/ECF participants in this case as indicated on the attached 

CM/ECF Service List on this the 26th day of August 2020. 

 

/s/ Paul Steven Singerman 

 Paul Steven Singerman 

 

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