The Facebook, Inc., et al v. ConnectU, Inc., et al

Filing 185

Filed (ECF) Intervenors Divya Narendra, Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss in 08-16745, Appellants Divya Narendra, Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss in 08-16873, 09-15021 Motion to take judicial notice of Court Documents filed in District of Massachusetts. Date of service: 05/27/2011. [7767675] [08-16745, 08-16873, 09-15021] (SMS)

CA Nos. 08-16745, 08-16873, 09-15021 (consolidated)
DC No. C 07-01389 JWW

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
THE FACEBOOK, INC.; MARK ZUCKERBERG,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
DIVYA NARENDRA; CAMERON WINKLEVOSS;
TYLER WINKLEVOSS,
Intervenors,
v.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOFTWARE, INC.;
WAYNE CHANG; WINSTON WILLIAMS,

Defendants.
Appeal From Judgment Of The United States District Court
For The Northern District Of California
(Hon. James Ware, Presiding)
REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
IN SUPPORT OF APPELLANTS/INTERVENORS’
MOTION TO STAY ISSUANCE OF MANDATE
JEROME B. FALK, JR.
SEAN M. SELEGUE
SHAUDY DANAYE-ELMI
NOAH S. ROSENTHAL
HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY
FALK & RABKIN
A Professional Corporation
Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]

Attorneys For Appellants and
Intervenors Divya Narendra, Cameron
Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss

Appellants

and

Intervenors

Cameron

Winklevoss,

Tyler

Winklevoss and Divya Narendra (the “Appellants”) request that this
Court take judicial notice of the following documents filed in the
related case pending in the United States District Court for the
District of Massachusetts: ConnectU, Inc., et al. v. Facebook, Inc., et

al., Case No. 07-10593 (the “Massachusetts actions”).
• The court’s September 30, 2009 Memorandum and Order
staying the Massachusetts case and terminating all outstanding motions without prejudice;
• Status Report of Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss and
Divya Narendra Concerning Material Development filed in
the same case on April 20, 2011 (without exhibits).
The Court may take judicial notice of court filings and other matters of public record. See Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Auth.

v. City of Burbank, 136 F.3d 1360, 1364 (9th Cir. 1998). Judicial
notice

is

appropriate

to

discern

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the

procedural

status

of

related actions involving the same parties. See Reyn’s Pasta Bella,

LLC v. Visa USA, Inc., 442 F.3d 741, 746 n.6 (9th Cir. 2006).
DATED: May 27, 2011.
Respectfully,
JEROME B. FALK, JR.
SEAN M. SELEGUE
SHAUDY DANAYE-ELMI
NOAH S. ROSENTHAL
HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY
FALK & RABKIN
A Professional Corporation
By

/s/ Sean M. SeLegue
SEAN M. SELEGUE

Attorneys For Appellants and
Intervenors Divya Narendra, Cameron
Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss

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DECLARATION OF SHAUDY DANAYE-ELMI

I, Shaudy Danaye-Elmi, declare as follows:

1.

I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of

California and a member of the bar of this Court. I am an associate at the law firm of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk &
Rabkin, A Professional Corporation, counsel to Appellants and
Intervenors Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss and Divya
Narendra.

I make this Declaration based upon my personal

knowledge of the matters stated herein, except where otherwise
indicated (thereupon testifying from information and belief).

If

called as a witness, I could and would testify competently to the
facts stated herein.
2.

Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of an order dated

September 30, 2009 , filed in the United States District Court for
the District of Massachusetts, in Case No. 07-10593, ConnectU,

Inc., et al. v. Facebook, Inc., et al., obtained from the court’s
PACER system.

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3.

Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the Status Report of

Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra Concerning Material Developments filed in the same case on April 20,
2011 (without exhibits).
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
correct.

Executed this 27th day of May, 2011, in San Francisco,

California.

/s/ Shaudy Danaye-Elmi
SHAUDY DANAYE-ELMI

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I electronically filed the foregoing REQUEST
FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF APPELLANTS/INTERVENORS’ MOTION TO STAY ISSUANCE OF MANDATE with the
Clerk of the Court of the United States Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit by using the appellate CM/ECF system on May 27,
2011.
Participants in the case are registered CM/ECF users and that
service will be accomplished by the appellate CM/ECF system.
I further certify that some of the participants in the case are not
registered CM/ECF users.

On May 27, 2011, the foregoing docu-

ment, described as REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN
SUPPORT OF APPELLANTS/INTERVENORS’ MOTION TO STAY
ISSUANCE OF MANDATE, was mailed by placing the document for
deposit in the United States Postal Service through the regular mail
collection process at the law offices of Howard Rice Nemerovski
Canady Falk & Rabkin, located at Three Embarcadero Center,
Seventh Floor, San Francisco, California, to the following nonCM/ECF participants:

Mark A. Byrne
Byrne & Nixon LLP
800 W. Sixth Street, Suite 430
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Jonathan M. Shaw
Bois, Schiller & Flexner, LLP
5301 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20015

Steven C. Holtzman
Bois, Schiller & Flexner, LLP
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 900
Oakland, CA 94612
/s/ Sean M. SeLegue
SEAN M. SELEGUE
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