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JAMES LARKIN’S REPLY TO GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE (DOC. 466) TO 

DEFENDANTS’ JOINT MOTION FOR DESIGNATION OF 39 DOCUMENTS SUBJECT 

TO THIS COURT’S DESTRUCTION ORDER TO BE PRESERVED AS PART OF THE IN 

CAMERA RECORD IN THIS PROSECUTION 

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Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. (Cal. Bar No. 135311, admitted pro hac vice)

Whitney Z. Bernstein (Cal. Bar No. 304971, admitted pro hac vice)

BIENERT, MILLER & KATZMAN, PLC

903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350

San Clemente, California 92673

Telephone: (949) 369-3700; Fax: (949) 369-3701

Email: tbienert@bmkattorneys.com

wbernstein@bmkattorneys.com

Attorneys for James Larkin

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Michael Lacey, et al.,

Defendants. 

No. CR-18-00422-PHX-SPL-02

DEFENDANT JAMES LARKIN’S

REPLY TO GOVERNMENT’S 

RESPONSE (DOC. 466) TO 

DEFENDANTS’ JOINT MOTION FOR 

DESIGNATION OF 39 DOCUMENTS 

SUBJECT TO THIS COURT’S 

DESTRUCTION ORDER TO BE 

PRESERVED AS PART OF THE IN 

CAMERA RECORD IN THIS 

PROSECUTION 

Defendant James Larkin, by and through his undersigned attorneys, hereby 

replies to the government’s Response (Doc. 466) to Defendants’ Joint Motion For 

Designation Of 39 Documents Subject To This Court’s Destruction Order To Be 

Preserved As Part Of The In Camera Record In This Prosecution (Doc. 453). 

Defendants’ joint motion stated that “Defendants are in the process of destroying the 39 

documents.” Doc. 453 at 2. Undersigned counsel’s filing of this motion was notice to 

the government of Mr. Larkin’s compliance with the Court’s order to the destroy the 

documents. Mr. Larkin hereby provides direct notice to this Court that the documents 

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have been destroyed to the best of undersigned counsel’s information and belief, though 

counsel is in the process of ensuring that no back-up copies may exist on any back-up 

server. However, as it is constitutional error for the government to withhold Brady 

material from the defendant, the destroyed documents must be preserved as part of the 

record for later review in this case or appellate review, if necessary, since the documents 

clearly contain a large amount of Brady material.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: February 23, 2019 BIENERT, MILLER & KATZMAN, PLC

/s/ Thomas H. Bienert, Jr.

Thomas H. Bienert, Jr.

Whitney Z. Bernstein

Attorneys for James Larkin

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on this 23rd day of February 2019, I electronically transmitted a 

PDF version of this document to the Clerk of the Court, using the CM/ECF System, for 

filing and for transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF 

registrants listed below.

/s/ Toni Thomas

Toni Thomas

David Lawrence Botsford, Botsford & Roark, dbotsford@aol.com

Erin E. McCampbell, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP, emccampbell@lglaw.com

Daniel James Quigley, Daniel J Quigley PLC, quigley@djqplc.com

Michael L. Piccarreta, Piccarreta Davis Keenan Fidel PC, mlp@pd-law.com

Anthony R. Bisconti, Bienert Miller & Katzman PLC, tbisconti@bmkattorneys.com

Kenneth M. Miller, Bienert Miller & Katzman PLC, kmiller@bmkattorneys.com

Thomas H. Bienert, Jr., Bienert Miller & Katzman PLC, tbienert@bmkattorneys.com

Whitney Z. Bernstein, Bienert Miller & Katzman PLC, wbernstein@bmkattorneys.com

K. C. Maxwell, Maxwell Law PC, kcm@kcmaxlaw.com

Adam Christian Page, Karp & Weiss PC, apage@karpweiss.com

Stephen M. Weiss, Karp & Weiss PC, sweiss@karpweiss.com

Ariel A. Neuman, Bird Marella, aan@birdmarella.com

Gary S. Lincenberg, Bird Marella, gsl@birdmarella.com

Gopi K. Panchapakesan, Bird Marella, gkp@birdmarella.com

Michael D. Kimerer, Kimerer & Derrick PC, MDK@kimerer.com

Rhonda Elaine Neff, Kimerer & Derrick PC, rneff@kimerer.com

Bruce S. Feder, Feder Law Office PA, bf@federlawpa.com

Andrew C. Stone, Assistant U.S. Attorney, andrew.stone@usdoj.gov

John Jacob Kucera, Assistant U.S. Attorney, john.kucera@usdoj.gov

Kevin M. Rapp, Assistant U.S. Attorney, kevin.rapp@usdoj.gov

Margaret Wu Perlmeter, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Margaret.perlmeter@usdoj.gov

Reginald E. Jones, Assistant U.S. Attorney, reginald.jones@usdoj.gov

Peter Shawn Kozinets, Assistant U.S. Attorney, peter.kozinets@usdoj.gov

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