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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION FLORIDA ABOLITIONIST and JANE DOE, Case No.: 6:17-cv-218-Orl-28TBS Plaintiffs, v. BACKPAGE.COM, LLC, EVILEMPIRE.COM, BIGCITY.COM, CARL FERRER, MICHAEL LACEY, and JAMES LARKIN, Defendants. ______________________________________/ DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF OTHER ACTIONS In accordance with Local Rule 1.04(d), I certify that the instant action: _X__ IS

related to pending or closed civil or criminal case(s) previously filed in this Court, or any other Federal or State court, or istrative agency as indicated below:

Closed M.A. v. Village Voice Media Holdings LLC, 809 F.Supp. 2d 1041 (E.D. Mo. 2011) Backpage.com, LLC v. McKenna, 881 F.Supp. 2d 1262 (W.D. Wash. 2012) Backpage.com LLC v. Cooper, 939 F.Supp. 2d 805 (M.D. Tenn. 2013) J.S., et al. v. Village Voice Media Holdings, L.L.C., et al., No. 12-cv-06031 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 5, 2012) Backpage.com, LLC v. Hoffman, 2013 WL 4502097 (D.N.J. Aug. 20, 2013), app. dism. No. 13-3850 (3d Cir. May 01, 2014) Jane Doe No. 1, et al. v. Backpage.com LLC, et al., 104 F.Supp. 3d 149 (D. Mass. 2015), aff’d. 817 F.3d 12 (1st Cir. 2016), cert. den. 137 S.Ct. 622 (2017)

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Backpage.com, LLC v. Lynch, ____ F.Supp. 3d ____, 2016 WL 6208368 (D.D.C. Oct. 24, 2016) People of the State of California v. Ferrer, et al., No. 16FE019224 (Cal. Super. Sept. 26, 2016) Pending J.S., et al. v. Village Voice Media Holdings, L.L.C., et al., No. 12-2-11362-4 (Wash. Super. Pierce Cnty. July 30, 2012) O.L. v. Backpage.com, LLC, et al., No. 13-2-13382-8 (Wash. Super. Sept. 26, 2013) Backpage.com LLC v. Dart, No. 15-cv-06340 (N.D. Ill. July 21, 2015) 127 F.Supp. 3d 919 (N.D. Ill. 2015) (prelim. inj. den.), rev’d. 807 F.3d 229 (7th Cir. 2015) Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations v. Ferrer, 199 F.Supp. 3d 125 (D.D.C. 2016), app. pending, Case No. 16-5232, consolidated with No. 16-5274 (argued Mar. 3, 2018). People of the State of California v. Ferrer, et al., No. 16FE024013 (Cal. Super. Dec. 23, 2016) R.O. v. Medalist Holdings, LLC, et al., No. 17-2-04897-1 (Wash. Super. Pierce Cnty. Jan. 25, 2017) Jane Doe v. Medalist Holdings, LLC, et al., No. DC-17-00951 (Tex. Dist. Dallas Cnty. Jan. 25, 2017) Jane Doe v. Medalist Holdings, LLC, et al., MCC-1700068 (Cal. Super. Riverside Cnty. Jan. 25, 2017) K.R. v. Medalist Holdings, LLC, et al., No. 38-cv-2017-9000041.00 (Ala. Cir. Houston Cnty. Jan. 25, 2017) Sojourner Center v. Backpage. com LLC, et al., No. 17-cv-00399 (D. Ariz. Feb. 7, 2017) ____IS NOT related to any pending or closed civil or criminal case filed with this Court, or any other Federal or State court, or istrative agency.

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I further certify that I will serve a copy of this Notice of Pendency of Other Actions upon each party no later than fourteen days after appearance of the party.

Lawrence G. Walters Florida Bar No.: 0776599 Walters Law Group 195 W. Pine Ave. Longwood, FL 32750-4104 Telephone: (407) 975-9150 Facsimile: (408) 774-6151 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was electronically filed through the CM/ECF system on March 20, 2017, which will serve a copy by email on the following: Karen C. Dyer, Esq., [email protected]), Boies, Schiller, Flexner, LLP, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, and via U.S. Mail to Penny Venetis, Esq., Legal Momentum, 16 East 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.

_________________________ Lawrence G. Walters

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