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BAKER 

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HOSTETLER LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO

Robert A. Julian (SBN 88469)

Cecily A. Dumas (SBN 111449)

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

1160 Battery Street, Suite 100

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 628.208.6434

Facsimile: 310.820.8859

Email: rjulian@bakerlaw.com

Email: cdumas@bakerlaw.com

Eric E. Sagerman (SBN 155496)

David J. Richardson (SBN 168592)

Lauren T. Attard (SBN 320898)

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

11601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1400

Los Angeles, CA 90025-0509

Telephone: 310.820.8800

Facsimile: 310.820.8859

Email: esagerman@bakerlaw.com

Email: drichardson@bakerlaw.com

Email: lattard@bakerlaw.com

Counsel to the Official Committee of Tort Claimants

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

In re:

PG&E CORPORATION

-andPACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY,

Debtors.

□ Affects PG&E Corporation

□ Affects Pacific Gas and Electric Company

■ Affects both Debtors

*All papers shall be filed in the Lead Case, 

No. 19-30088 (DM)

Bankruptcy Case 

No. 19-30088 (DM)

Chapter 11

(Lead Case)

(Jointly Administered)

DECLARATION OF SAMANTHA 

CHOCKTOOT IN SUPPORT OF 

MOTION OF THE OFFICIAL 

COMMITTEE OF TORT CLAIMANTS 

PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. §§ 105(a) AND 

501 AND FED. R. BANKR. P. 3003(c) 

FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER 

EXTENDING THE BAR DATE

Date: November 13, 2019

Time: 9:30 a.m. (Pacific Time)

Place: United States Bankruptcy Court

Courtroom 17, 16th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94102

Objection Deadline: November 6, 2019

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Steven J. Skikos (SBN 148110) 

Gregory T. Skikos (SBN 176531) 

Matthew J. Skikos (SBN 269765) 

SKIKOS, CRAWFORD, SKIKOS & JOSEPH

One Sansome Street, Suite 2830 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415-546-7300 

Facsimile: 415-546-7301 

sskikos@skikos.com 

gskikos@skikos.com 

mskikos@skikos.com 

Attorneys for Declarant

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

In re:

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Bankr. Case No. 19-30088-DM

DECLARATION OF SAMANTHA 

CHOCKTOOT IN SUPPORT OF

MOTION TO EXTEND CLAIMS BAR 

DATE 

Date: TBD

Time: TBD

Place: United States Bankruptcy Court

 Courtroom 17, 16th Floor San Francisco, CA 94102 

I, Samantha Chocktoot, declare as follows: 

1. I am over 62 years of age. I have personal knowledge of the facts contained in this

declaration, and if called as a witness, I could and would testify competently thereto.

2. I owned a mobile home and rented a space at the Acres of Paradise Mobile Home

Park in Paradise, California. I had lived in Paradise since early 2000 before the fire.

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3. On that morning, I received no notice that the fire was approaching. I heard pounding

on my back door. The woman said there is a fire coming my way. My neighbor said,

“come on let’s go...we need to get out of here now.” I saw flames coming out

behind her trailer. We got to the road and could see flames everywhere.

4. I tried to get my cat to evacuate with me, but I was not able to. When I got outside,

the park was on fire. The fire was moving so fast, and there were flames

everywhere. As we drove through the flames, it was as dark as dark can be. We

barely escaped with our lives.

5. My home and belongings were completely destroyed as a result of the Camp Fire on

November 8, 2018. I miss living in my neighborhood community. I felt secure with

the people around me.

6. The events of that day still haunt me, and my life will not be the same. Fire scares the

daylights out of me. The neighbor had a BBQ the other day. The smoke and the

smell threw me into to a panic.

7. I got money from FEMA. I bought a travel trailer in January. I couldn’t find a place

to put it. I now live in the back yard of a house in Los Molinos, in Tehama county.

I’m almost out of money.

8. Since the fire, I do not recall receiving a notice from PG&E that I could file a claim

for my losses in the bankruptcy case. If they sent one to me, I did not see it. I did get

a lot of junk mail and advertisements back then though. I don’t get much of anything

now.

9. While I was in a shelter in Gridley, there was a lot of talk and a lot of

misinformation. I do not think I heard PG&E filed for bankruptcy. I was in shock for

such a long time that I don’t remember much that was said about this case.

10. Recently, in August of this year, my cousin informed me that I could pursue a claim

against PG&E and recover for the losses I sustained in the fire. If it were not for my

cousin, I would not have learned about the cutoff date to file a claim.

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11. I’m sure there are many other fire victims who like me had no idea of their ability to

recover their losses or what was going on with PG&E. I did not have insurance for

my home or possessions. This case is my only opportunity to recover some of what I

lost.

12. I’m submitting this declaration because I want to help people. All the other fire

survivors should have the same chance that I now have. I’m asking the court to let

them in.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this

6th day of October 2019 in Los Molinos, California.

___________________________ 

Samantha Chocktoot 

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