Opinion
4:16-cv-14024-TGB-RSW
07-27-2022
JAMES BLEDSOE, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. FC A U.S. LLC, a Delaware corporation, and CUMMINS INC., an Indiana corporation, Defendants.
DECLARATION OF TODD R. MENDEL
HON. TERRENCE G. BERG
I, Todd R. Mendel, declare and state as follows:
1. I am an attorney admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the highest courts for the State of Michigan and the State of Illinois, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, and various United States District Courts, including this one. I am a member of the law firm of Barris, Sott, Denn, & Driker, PLLC, and have been a practicing attorney since 1990. I am not related to any party or counsel in the above-captioned action, and do not have any financial interest that would create a conflict of interest. I have attached my curriculum vitae as Exhibit A to this declaration.
2. I have generally familiarized myself with the issues and persons involved in the matter captioned Bledsoe, et al. v. FCA U.S. LLC and Cummins Inc., Case No. 16-cv-14024 (E.D. Mich.).
3. I affirm that I have no relationship to the parties, counsel, action, or Court that would require disqualification of a judge under 28 U.S.C. § 455, and that there is no ground for my disqualification under 28 U.S.C. § 455.
4. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct.