Opinion ID: 777147
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Heading: Trial Transcripts

Text: 40 Exhibits H, J, P, W, and X purport to be transcripts of testimony from the Bourdeau trial. They do not identify the names of the witness, the trial, and the judge and are not certified copies of the reporter's transcript. Accordingly, they are not authenticated. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 80(c)(requiring that testimony stenographically reported and offered into evidence at a later trial be proved by the transcript thereof duly certified by the person who reported the testimony); Beyene, 854 F.2d at 1182; Steven v. Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corp., 324 F.2d 157, 161 (7th Cir.1963) (an uncertified copy of testimony is inadmissible in a summary judgment proceeding). 41 Mirch cannot authenticate these exhibits by stating in his affidavit that they are true and correct copies. His statement lacks foundation even if he were present when the witnesses testified at the Bourdeau trial. See Beyene, 854 F.2d at 1182; Pavone, 60 F.Supp.2d at 1045. 42