alea-institute/kl3m-data-sample-004-shuffled huggingface dataset:
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 32.2

                           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                            18 U.S. SECTION 1350, AS
                        ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
                       OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned chief financial officer of Tom's
Foods Inc. (the "Company"), hereby certifies, to his knowledge, that:


(1) the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the twelve weeks ended
September 6, 2003 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


(2) the information contained in the Report fairly represents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of
and for the periods presented in the Report.


Dated:  October 21, 2003


                           /s/ Sharon M. Sanders
                           -------------------------------------------
                           Name:  Sharon M. Sanders
                           Title: Acting Chief Financial Officer


                                       18
II

Calendar No. 689

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 81

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 24, 1998

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and

Public Works

OCTOBER 2, 1998

Reported by Mr. CHAFEE, without amendment

AN ACT

To designate the United States courthouse located at 401

South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the

‘‘Robert K. Rodibaugh United States Bankruptcy

Courthouse’’.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

4 The United States courthouse located at 401 South

5 Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, shall be known

6 and designated as the ‘‘Robert K. Rodibaugh United

7 States Bankruptcy Courthouse’’.
2

HR 81 RS

1 SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

2 Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,

3 paper, or other record of the United States to the United

4 States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed

5 to be a reference to the ‘‘Robert K. Rodibaugh United

6 States Bankruptcy Courthouse’’.

Passed the House of Representatives September 23,

1998.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

Calendar No. 689

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 81

AN ACT

To designate the United States courthouse located

States Bankruptcy Courthouse’’.diana, as the ‘‘Robert K. Rodibaugh Unitedat 401 Soth Michigan Street in South Bend, InOCTOBER 2, 1998

Reported without amendment
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# FI LED JU L 15 2011 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS09-57055 2 ju risd icti o n u n d er2 8 U .S .C . § 1 2 9 1 . W e r ev iew d e n o v o th e d istrict co u rt’s s u m m a ryju d g m e n t, L o

p ezv . Sm ith , 20 3 F . 3d 11 22 , 11 31 (9th C i r. 20 00 ) ( en banc), a n df o ra n ab u s e o f

d is c r e tio n th e d is tr ic t c o u rt’s d e n ia l o f am o tio n to a m e n d , C ity of L os A ng eles v. Sa n P edro B oa t W orks , 635 F . 3d 440, 446 ( 9th C i r . 2011) , a nd w e a f f i rm. T he di stri ctcourtprop er l y grant ed sum m ary j ud gm entbecause A rm st ea d fa i l ed t o cre at e agenu i ne di sput e of m at er i alfa ctas t o w hether defe nd ant s w er e aw are o f h i s g ri ev an ce p ri o r t o ch an g i n g th e l u n ch an dd i n n er m en u s. See R ho des v . R obi ns on , 408 F . 3d 559, 567- 68 ( 9th C i r . 2005) ( l i s t i ng e l e m e nt s of ar e t a l i a t i on c la im ) ; P rat t

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I

105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 687

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny employers a deduction

for payments of excessive compensation.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 11, 1997

Mr. SABO (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. OLVER, Ms. NORTON, Mr.

HINCHEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. VENTO, Ms.

VELA ́ZQUEZ, and Ms. MCKINNEY) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Income Equity Act

5 of 1997’’.
2

•HR 687 IH

1 SEC. 2. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR PAYMENTS OF EXCES2 SIVE COMPENSATION.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 162 of the Internal Reve4 nue Code of 1986 (relating to deduction for trade or busi5 ness expenses) is amended by inserting after subsection

6 (h) the following new subsection:

7 ‘‘(i) EXCESSIVE COMPENSATION.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No deduction shall be al9 lowed under this chapter for any excessive com10 pensation with respect to any full-time employee.

11 ‘‘(2) EXCESSIVE COMPENSATION.—For pur12 poses of this subsection, the term ‘excessive com13 pensation’ means, with respect to any employee, the

14 amount by which—

15 ‘‘(A) the compensation for services per16 formed by such employee during the taxable

17 year, exceeds

18 ‘‘(B) an amount equal to 25 times the low19 est compensation for services performed by any

20 other full-time employee during such taxable

21 year.

22 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For

23 purposes of this subsection—

24 ‘‘(A) COMPENSATION.—
3

•HR 687 IH

1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘com2 pensation’ means salary, wages, and bo3 nuses.

4 ‘‘(ii) PART-YEAR EMPLOYEES.—In the

5 case of any part-year employee, the com6 pensation of the employee shall be com7 puted on an annualized basis.

8 ‘‘(B) EMPLOYER.—All persons treated as a

9 single employer under subsection (a) or (b) of

10 section 52 or subsection (m) or (o) of section

11 414 shall be treated as 1 employer.’’

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

13 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after

14 the date of the enactment of this Act.

Æ
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Gennifer R. Sapp,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. R. Bard Inc. and Bard Peripheral 

Vascular, Inc.,

Defendant.

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)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

MDL Case No. 2:15-md-02641-DGC

Civil Action No. CV-17-04260-PHX-DGC

WAIVER OF THE SERVICE OF SUMMONS

To: Karsman, McKenzie & Hart

(Name of plaintiff’s attorney or unrepresented plaintiff)

I have received your request to waive service of a summons in this action along with a copy of the complaint, two 

copies of this waiver form, and a prepaid means of returning one signed copy of the form to you.

I, or the entity I represent, agree to save the expense of serving a summons and complaint in this case.

I understand that I, or the entity I represent, will keep all defenses or objections to the lawsuit, the court’s 

jurisdiction, and the venue of the action, but that I waive any objections to the absence of a summons or of service.

I also understand that I, or the entity I represent, must file and serve an answer or a motion under Rule 12 within 

60 days from 11/28/2017, the date when this request was sent (or 90 days if it was sent outside the United States). If I fail 

to do so, a default judgment will be entered against me or the entity I represent.

Date: December 8, 2017 /s/ Richard B. North, Jr.

Signature of the attorney or unrepresented party

C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral

Vascular, Inc.

Printed name of parties waiving service of 

summons

Richard B. North, Jr. (Ga. Bar No. 545599)

Printed Name

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

201 17th St., NW, Suite 1700, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, GA 30363

Address

richard.north@nelsonmullins.com

E-mail Address

(404) 322-6155

Telephone number

Duty to Avoid Unnecessary Expenses of Serving a Summons

Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires certain defendants to cooperate in saving unnecessary expenses of serving a 

summons and complaint. A defendant who is located in the United States and who fails to return a signed waiver of service requested by a plaintiff 

located in the United States will be required to pay the expenses of service, unless the defendant shows good cause for the failure. 

Case 2:15-md-02641-DGC Document 9297 Filed 12/12/17 Page 1 of 2
2

“Good cause” does not include a belief that the lawsuit is groundless, or that it has been brought in an improper venue, or that the court has 

no jurisdiction over this matter or over the defendant or the defendant’s property. 

If the waiver is signed and returned, you can still make these and all other defenses and objections, but you cannot object to the absence of 

a summons or of service. 

If you waive service, then you must, within the time specified on the waiver form, serve an answer or a motion under Rule 12 on the 

plaintiff and file a copy with the court. By signing and returning the waiver form, you are allowed more time to respond than if a summons had been 

served.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

            STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                         EXECUTIVE OFFICERS' BONUS PLANS
                                DECEMBER 31, 2002

The following summarizes the terms of the bonus arrangements approved our
Compensation Committee with respect to our executive officers:

MALCOLM S. MORRIS, as Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer,
shall receive in addition to his salary, 1% on the first $20,000,000 of the
consolidated income before taxes of Stewart Title Guaranty Company as reported
to its stockholder, .75% of the profits from $20,000,001 to $40,000,000, .50% of
the profits from $40,000,001 to $60,000,000 and .25% of the profits exceeding
$60,000,000. For the calendar year 2002, Mr. Morris shall receive no less than
$250,000 in bonus compensation.

STEWART MORRIS, JR., as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, shall receive
in addition to his salary, 1% on the first $20,000,000 of the consolidated
income before taxes of Stewart Title Guaranty Company as reported to its
stockholder, .75% of the profits from $20,000,001 to $40,000,000, .50% of the
profits from $40,000,001 to $60,000,000 and .25% of the profits exceeding
$60,000,000. For the calendar year 2002, Mr. Morris shall receive no less than
$250,000 in bonus compensation.

CARLOSS MORRIS, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, shall receive in
addition to his salary, 1% of the first $16,500,000 of the consolidated income
before taxes of Stewart Title Guaranty Company as reported to its stockholder.
For the calendar year 2002, Mr. Morris shall receive no more than $165,000 in
bonus compensation.

STEWART MORRIS, as Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, shall receive in
addition to his salary, 1% of the first $16,500,000 of the consolidated income
before taxes of Stewart Title Guaranty Company as reported to its stockholder.
For the calendar year 2002, Mr. Morris shall receive no more than $165,000 in
bonus compensation.

MAX CRISP, as Vice President - Finance, shall receive in addition to his salary,
..5% of the first $50,000,000 of the consolidated income before taxes of Stewart
Title Guaranty Company as reported to its stockholder, .40% of the profits from
$50,000,001 to $75,000,000, .30% of the profits from $75,000,001 to $100,000,000
and .20% of the profits exceeding $100,000,000. For the calendar year 2002, Mr.
Crisp shall receive no less than $126,000 in bonus compensation.
UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-7112

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JOSHUA FREDERICK DAVIS,

Defendant - Appellant.

No. 21-7706

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JOSHUA FREDERICK DAVIS,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at 

Charleston. Richard Mark Gergel, District Judge. (2:16-cr-00381-RMG-1; 2:20-cv02053-RMG)

Submitted: November 29, 2022 Decided: December 7, 2022

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2

Before THACKER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Joshua Frederick Davis, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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3

PER CURIAM:

Joshua Frederick Davis seeks to appeal the district court’s orders denying relief on 

his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motions. The orders are not appealable 

unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2253(c)(1)(B). A certificate of appealability will not issue absent “a substantial showing 

of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). When the district court 

denies relief on the merits, a prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that 

reasonable jurists could find the district court’s assessment of the constitutional claims 

debatable or wrong. See Buck v. Davis, 137 S. Ct. 759, 773-74 (2017). When the district 

court denies relief on procedural grounds, the prisoner must demonstrate both that the 

dispositive procedural ruling is debatable and that the motion states a debatable claim of 

the denial of a constitutional right. Gonzalez v. Thaler, 565 U.S. 134, 140-41 (2012) (citing 

Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000)). 

We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Davis has not made 

the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Davis’ motion for a certificate of 

appealability, deny Davis’ motion to appoint counsel and dismiss the appeal. We dispense 

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the 

materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. 

DISMISSED

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