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    Exhibit 10.3
 

    Contract
Agreement: Halltees & Promotions, LLC., and Bill Lewis

    


    Halltees
& Promotions, LLC, referred to as CONTRACTING PARTY, and Bill Lewis,
referred to as INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, agree:

    


    INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR shall perform the following services for CONTRACTING PARTY: General
management and advice

    


    at the
following rate of pay: $3,000.00 to $4,000.00 per year month.

    


    This
agreement shall begin on November 6, 2007 and shall terminate on December 31,
2009, unless earlier terminated.

    


    Contracting
Party may terminate this contract on 5 days notice to Independent Contractor for
unsatisfactory performance.

    


    THIS IS
AN AGREEMENT FOR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTING SERVICES. THE CONTRACTING PARTY
PROVIDES NO BENEFITS SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, HEALTH INSURANCE OR
WORKER'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE TO INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.

    


    CONTRACTING
PARTY IS ONLY INTERESTED IN THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING ALL TOOLS AND
MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE TASKS AGREED TO.

    


    INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL INCOME
TAXES.

    


    Dated:
November 6, 2007

    


    


    


    HALLTEES & PROMOTIONS,
LLC

    Halltees
& Promotions, LLC.

    


    


    


    WILLIAM
LEWIS

    William
Lewis
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

DA 22-0414

_________________

STATE OF MONTANA,

 Plaintiff and Appellee,

 v.

ANDREW JAMES MCCURDY,

 Defendant and Appellant.

O R D E R

_________________

Pursuant to the Internal Operating Rules of this Court, this cause is classified for 

submission on briefs to a five-justice panel of this Court. 

The Clerk is directed to provide a copy hereof to all counsel of record and to the 

Honorable Heidi J. Ulbricht, District Judge.

For the Court,

Electronically signed by:

Mike McGrath

Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court

May 15 2024

05/15/2024

Case Number: DA 22-0414
1

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Docket No. 43812

STATE OF IDAHO,

Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

JENNIFER ANN FRY,

Defendant-Appellant.

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2016 Unpublished Opinion No. 690

Filed: September 16, 2016

Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED

OPINION AND SHALL NOT

BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada

County. Hon. Steven J. Hippler, District Judge. 

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of fourteen years, with a minimum 

period of confinement of two and one-half years, for grand theft, affirmed.

Eric D. Fredericksen, Interim State Appellate Public Defender; Elizabeth A. 

Allred, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. 

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney 

General, Boise, for respondent. 

________________________________________________

Before MELANSON, Chief Judge; GRATTON, Judge;

and HUSKEY, Judge

________________________________________________

PER CURIAM

Jennifer Ann Fry was found guilty of grand theft. Idaho Code §§ 18-2403(1), 18-

2407(1)(b), and 18-2409. The district court sentenced Fry to a unified term of fourteen years 

with two and one-half years determinate, suspended the sentence, and placed Fry on supervised 

probation for a period of fourteen years. Fry appeals asserting that the district court abused its 

discretion by imposing an excessive sentence.

Sentencing is a matter for the trial court’s discretion. Both our standard of review and the 

factors to be considered in evaluating the reasonableness of the sentence are well established and 

need not be repeated here. See State v. Hernandez, 121 Idaho 114, 117-18, 822 P.2d 1011, 1014-
2

15 (Ct. App. 1991); State v. Lopez, 106 Idaho 447, 449-51, 680 P.2d 869, 871-73 (Ct. App. 

1984); State v. Toohill, 103 Idaho 565, 568, 650 P.2d 707, 710 (Ct. App. 1982). When reviewing 

the length of a sentence, we consider the defendant’s entire sentence. State v. Oliver, 144 Idaho 

722, 726, 170 P.3d 387, 391 (2007). Applying these standards, and having reviewed the record 

in this case, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion.

Therefore, Fry’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.
**
**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION**

I, CoreyHenry, certify that: 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2020-3(the “Exchange Act periodic reports”); 

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport; 

3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports; 

4. Basedon my knowledge and the servicer compliance statement required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the servicing agreement inall material respects; and 

5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria forasset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included inthis report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwisedisclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: Wells FargoBank, N.A. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 

 
By: /s/ Corey HenryName: Corey HenryTitle: President and Chief Executive Officer Santander Drive Auto Receivables LLC, as Depositor (senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)Date: March 29, 2024**
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

No. DA 22-0211

STATE OF MONTANA,

Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

BRANDEN CONRAD MIESMER,

Defendant and Appellant.

ORDER

Upon consideration of Appellant’s motion for extension of time, and 

good cause appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Appellant is granted an extension 

of time to and including October 26, 2022, within which to prepare, file, 

and serve Appellant’s opening brief on appeal.

Electronically signed by:

Mike McGrath

Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court

September 19 2022

09/19/2022

Case Number: DA 22-0211
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sheet and statement of operations found on pages 3 and 5 of the company's Form
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**EXHIBIT 32.1 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO**

     **18 U.S.C. 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

In connection with the Annual Report of NORTHWEST CHARIOTS INCORPORATED (the "Company") on Form 10-KSB for the year ended September 30, 2008, as filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Douglas Dewar, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: January 9, 2009

By: ***/s/ Douglas Dewar***

Douglas Dewar

President, Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer

----
#### STATE v. CHARLIE GIBBS.

(Filed 28 February, 1951.)

Appeal by defendant from *Halstead, Special Judge,*September Term, 1950, of Beaueoet.

Criminal prosecution tried in the Superior Court, on appeal from Recorder’s Court, upon warrant charging defendant with aiding and *282abetting in the unlawful possession and transportation of intoxicating nontax-paid whiskey.

Verdict: Guilty as charged in the warrant.

Judgment: Pronounced.

Defendant appeals to Supreme Court, assigning errors.

*Attorney-General McMullan and Assistant Attorney-General Bruton for the State.*

*LeRoy Scott and*JET. *8. Ward for defendant, appellant.*

Per Curiam.

Due consideration has been given to all assignments of error presented by the defendant on this appeal, and cause for disturbing the judgment below is not made to appear. Therefore we find

No error.
```

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4898 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4898

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to provide hospital care and medical services in non-
 Department facilities for veterans waiting longer than 14 days for an 
     appointment in a Department facility, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2014

Ms. Sinema (for herself and Mr. Salmon) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to provide hospital care and medical services in non-
 Department facilities for veterans waiting longer than 14 days for an 
     appointment in a Department facility, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Veteran-Centered Community 
Care Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVISION OF HOSPITAL CARE AND 
              MEDICAL SERVICES IN NON-DEPARTMENT FACILITIES FOR 
              VETERANS WAITING 14 DAYS OR LONGER FOR AN APPOINTMENT.

    Section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e)(1) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall determine that if any veteran has been waiting for 14 
days or longer for an appointment to receive hospital care or medical 
services, including primary care, in a Department facility that the 
Department facility is not capable of furnishing the care or services 
required. The Secretary shall ensure that such care or services are 
provided to such a veteran at a non-Department facility under a 
contract under this section.
    ``(2) If, in the course of receiving hospital care or medical 
services in a non-Department facility, a veteran is referred to another 
non-Department facility for specialty care, such referral shall be 
submitted to the Secretary who may reject such referral during the 72-
hour period following such submittal. If the Secretary does not reject 
the referral during such period, the Secretary shall ensure that such 
specialty care is provided to the veteran at a non-Department facility 
under a contract under this section.''.
                                 <all>
```
Exhibit 32.1





CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO


18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,


AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906


OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of SmartHeat Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended December 31, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Jun Wang, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:





(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. §78m or §78o(d)); and





(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.





Date: March 15, 2010
By:
/s/ Jun WangJun Wang

Chief Executive Officer





This certification accompanies each Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.





A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
#### The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Hartley, Appellant.

Judgment affirmed. Opinion

*Per*Curiam.
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* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion

should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited

circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-51198

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JORGE FELIX PINA-FERNANDEZ

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 2:07-CR-199-ALL

Before REAVLEY, BENAVIDES, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Jorge Felix Pina-Fernandez

raises arguments that are foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States,

523 U.S. 224, 235 (1998), which held that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) is a penalty

provision and not a separate criminal offense. United States v. PinedaArrellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625 (5th Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 2008 WL 59441 (Jan.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

F I L E D

January 30, 2008

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk
No. 07-51198

2

7, 2008) (No. 07-6202). The Government’s motion for summary affirmance is

GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Michigan Supreme Court

Lansing, Michigan

Robert P. Young, Jr.

, Chief Justice

Michael F. Cavanagh

Stephen J. Markman

Mary Beth Kelly

Brian K. Zahra

Bridget M. McCormack

David F. Viviano

, Justices

I, Larry S. Royster , Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the

foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.

September 27, 2013

p0924 

# Order

Clerk September 27, 2013

146763

HEATHER LYNN HANNAY,

Plaintiff

- Appellee,

v SC: 146763

COA: 307616

Court of Claims: 09

- 000116

- MZ

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,

Defendant

- Appellant.

____________________________________/

On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 17, 2013

judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED, limited to the

issues: (1) whether economic loss in the form of wage loss may qualify as a “bodily

injury” that permits a plaintiff to avoid the application of governmental immunity from

tort liability under the motor vehicle exception to governmental immunity,

MCL 691.1405 (see Wesche v Mecosta Co Rd Comm , 480 Mich 75 (2008)); and (2)

whether the evidence in this case establishes that the plaintiff incurred a loss of income

from work that she would have performed as opposed to a loss o f earning capacity.

The Michigan Association for Justice, the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc.,

and the Insurance Institute of Michigan are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other

persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may

move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.
EXHIBIT 3.1(b)

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                     OF THE
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                              NORTHEAST (USA) Corp.

================================================================================
NORTHEAST  (USA)  CORP.,  a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Corporation"),  hereby
certifies as follows:

1.  The name of the Corporation is Northeast (USA) Corp.

2.  The board of  directors  of the  Corporation,  at a meeting  held on  August
5, 1999,  adopted  a  resolution proposing and declaring advisable the following
amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation:

         RESOLVED,   that  the  Certificate   of   Incorporation  of  Northeast
         (USA) Corp.  be amended by changing the FIRST Article  thereof so that,
         as amended, said Article shall be and read as follows:

               "FIRST: The name of the corporation is Buy It Cheap.com, Inc."

3.  In lieu of a  meeting,  a  majority of the shareholders  of the  Corporation
entitled  to vote  thereon consented  in  writing  to the  foregoing  amendment,
as of December 1, 1999, in  accordance  with the  provisions of Section  228  of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

4.  The  foregoing  amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable
provisions of Sections 242 and 228 of  the  General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Corporation has caused this certificate to be executed
on its behalf by its duly authorized officer this 1st day of December, 1999.

                                            NORTHEAST (USA) CORP.


                                            By: /s/Stephen E. Roman
                                               ________________________________
                                                Stephen E. Roman, Jr., President