PAGE 1 – DECLARATION OF B. JOHN CASEY IN SUPPORT OF 

DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTIONS TO OPINION 

AND ORDER

PO-377101

K&L GATES LLP

ONE SW COLUMBIA STREET

SUITE 1900

PORTLAND, OR 97258

TELEPHONE: (503) 228-3200

B. John Casey, OSB #120025

Email: john.casey@klgates.com

K&L GATES LLP

One SW Columbia Street, Suite 1900

Portland, OR 97258

Tel.: (503) 228-3200 / Fax: (503) 248-9085

Jerry S. McDevitt (pro hac vice)

Email: jerry.mcdevitt@klgates.com

Curtis B. Krasik (pro hac vice)

Email: curtis.krasik@klgates.com

K&L GATES LLP

K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Tel.: (412) 355-6500 / Fax: (412) 355-6501

Attorneys for Defendant World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF OREGON (PORTLAND)

WILLIAM ALBERT HAYNES III, individually 

and on behalf of all other similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT, 

INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:14-cv-01689-ST

DECLARATION OF B. JOHN CASEY 

IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT’S 

RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF’S 

OBJECTIONS TO OPINION AND 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

TRANSFER VENUE

I, B. John Casey, declare:

1. I am over the age of 18. I make this Declaration based on my personal 

knowledge, and it is true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. I am prepared to 

testify to the matters discussed herein.
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DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTIONS TO OPINION 

AND ORDER

K&L GATES LLP

ONE SW COLUMBIA STREET

SUITE 1900

PORTLAND, OR 97258

TELEPHONE: (503) 228-3200

2. I am an attorney with K&L Gates LLP, and I represent defendant World 

Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (“WWE”) in this action.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of Judge Birotte Jr.’s July 

10, 2015, Order Granting WWE’s Motion to Transfer Venue in McCullough v. World Wrestling 

Entertainment, Inc., No. 2:15-cv-02662-AB-JEM (C.D. Cal.). 

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the Complaint filed on 

June 26, 2015, in James v. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., No. 3:15-cv-02146-L (N.D. 

Tex.).

5. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of email correspondence 

on July 13 and 14, 2015, between Jerry McDevitt and Chris Gilreath.

6. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of a transcript of an 

interview with Konstantine Kyros during a March 27, 2015, “Radio Takedown” Podcast. The 

entire podcast is available for listening at: 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/radiotakedown/2015/03/27/drt--ep36--attorney-konstantine-kyroseducates-you-his-filing-on-wwe-lawsuits (last accessed: July 22, 2015).

7. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of excerpts from a June 8, 

2015, hearing transcript in Singleton v. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., No. 3:15-cv-00425-

VLB (D. Conn.). 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true 

and correct.

DATED this 23rd day of July, 2015.

By: /s/ B. John Casey

 B. John Casey, OSB #120025
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

K&L GATES LLP

ONE SW COLUMBIA STREET

SUITE 1900

PORTLAND, OR 97258

TELEPHONE: (503) 228-3200

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 23rd day of July, 2015, I served a copy of the foregoing 

DECLARATION OF B. JOHN CASEY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE TO 

PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTIONS TO OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

TRANSFER VENUE on the following parties via the Court’s CM/ECF System: 

Steve D. Larson

Joshua L. Ross

Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter P.C.

209 SW Oak Street, Suite 500

Portland, OR 97204

Email: slarson@stollberne.com; jross@stollberne.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs William Albert Haynes III, et al.

Pro Hac Vice admitted attorneys for Plaintiffs:

Konstantine Kyros Taylor Asen

Kyros Law Offices, PC Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP

kon@kyroslaw.com tasen@cuneolaw.com

Erica Mirabella Scott Moriarity

Mirabella LLC Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP

erica@mirabellaLLC.com samoriarity@locklaw.com

Brendan Thompson Robert Shelquist

Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP

brendant@cuneolaw.com rkshelquist@locklaw.com

Charles LaDuca

Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP

charles@cuneolaw.com

DATED this 23rd day of July, 2015.

s/B. John Casey

B. John Casey