Declaration of Sean A. Brady in Support of Plaintiffs’ 11 Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Defendant’S Expert 12 Witness Lucy P
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Case 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE Document 103-2 Filed 05/28/19 Page 1 of 62 Page ID #:6574 1 C. D. Michel – SBN 144258 Sean A. Brady – SBN 262007 2 Matthew D. Cubeiro – SBN 291519 3 [email protected] MICHEL & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 4 180 East Ocean Boulevard, Suite 200 Long Beach, CA 90802 5 Telephone: 562-216-4444 Facsimile: 562-216-4445 6 7 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 SOUTHERN DIVISION 12 STEVEN RUPP, et al., Case No.: 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE 13 Plaintiffs, DECLARATION OF SEAN A. 14 BRADY IN SUPPORT OF 15 vs. PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE TESTIMONY OF 16 XAVIER BECERRA, in his official DEFENDANT’S EXPERT capacity as Attorney General of the State WITNESS LUCY P. ALLEN 17 of California, UNDER FEDERAL RULE OF EVIDENCE 702 18 Defendant. 19 Hearing Date: July 5, 2019 Hearing Time: 10:30 a.m. 20 Judge: Josephine L. Staton Courtroom: 10A 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 DECLARATION OF SEAN A. BRADY Case 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE Document 103-2 Filed 05/28/19 Page 2 of 62 Page ID #:6575 1 DECLARATION OF SEAN A. BRADY 2 I, Sean A. Brady, am an attorney at the law firm Michel & Associates, P.C., 3 attorneys of record for Plaintiffs in this action. I am licensed to practice law before 4 the United States Court for the Central District of California. I have personal 5 knowledge of the facts set forth herein and, if called and sworn as a witness, I could 6 and would testify competently to the truth of the matters set forth herein. 7 1. On October 25, 2018, Defendant served Plaintiffs with the Expert 8 Report of Lucy P. Allen. A true and correct copy of Ms. Allen’s expert report, is 9 attached hereto as Exhibit 1. 10 2. On December 14, 2018, I deposed Defendant’s expert witness, Lucy P. 11 Allen. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of excerpts from the 12 deposition transcript of Lucy P. Allen. 13 3. On October 25, 2018, Defendant served Plaintiffs with the Expert 14 Report of Detective Michael Mersereau. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and 15 correct copy of experts from the expert report of Mr. Mersereau. 16 4. On December 4, 2018, I deposed Defendant’s expert witness, Michael 17 Mersereau. Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of experts from 18 the deposition transcript of Michael Mersereau. 19 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 20 Executed within the United States on May 28, 2019. 21 22 /s/ Sean A. Brady Sean A. Brady 23 Declarant 24 25 26 27 28 2 DECLARATION OF SEAN A. BRADY Case 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE Document 103-2 Filed 05/28/19 Page 3 of 62 Page ID #:6576 EXHIBIT 1 Case 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE Document 103-2 Filed 05/28/19 Page 4 of 62 Page ID #:6577 XAVIER BECERRA Attorney General of California MARK R. BECKINGTON Supervising Deputy Attorney General JOHN D. ECHEVERRIA Deputy Attorney General State Bar No. 268843 PETER H. CHANG Deputy Attorney General State Bar No. 241467 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 Telephone: (415) 703-5939 Fax: (415) 703-1234 E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant Xavier Becerra IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION STEVEN RUPP; STEVEN DEMBER; CASE NO.: 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE CHERYL JOHNSON; MICHAEL JONES; CHRISTOPHER SEIFERT; ALFONSO VALENCIA; TROY WILLIS; DOUGLAS GRASSEY; DENNIS MARTIN; and EXPERT REPORT OF CALIFORNIA RIFLE & PISTOL LUCY P. ALLEN ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED, Plaintiffs, Action Filed: April 24, 2017 vs. XAVIER BECERRA, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California; and DOES 1-10, Defendants. Case 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE Document 103-2 Filed 05/28/19 Page 5 of 62 Page ID #:6578 I. SCOPE OF ASSIGNMENT 1. I have been asked by the Office of the Attorney General of California to analyze the use of assault weapons (as defined under California law), including assault rifles, in public mass shootings.1 In addition, I have been asked to analyze the use of large-capacity magazines (magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds) in public mass shootings, particularly as they are used in conjunction with assault weapons in such mass shootings. II. QUALIFICATIONS AND REMUNERATION A. Qualifications 2. I am a Managing Director of NERA Economic Consulting (“NERA”), a member of NERA’s Securities and Finance Practice and Chair of NERA’s Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice. NERA provides practical economic advice related to highly complex business and legal issues arising from competition, regulation, public policy, strategy, finance, and litigation. NERA was established in 1961 and now employs approximately 500 people in more than 20 offices worldwide. 3. In my over 20 years at NERA, I have been engaged as an economic consultant or expert witness in numerous projects involving economic and statistical analysis. I have been qualified as an expert and testified in court on various economic and statistical issues relating to the flow of guns into the criminal market. I have testified at trials in Federal District Court, before the New York City Council Public Safety Committee, the American Arbitration Association and the Judicial Arbitration Mediation Service, as well as in depositions. 4. I have an A.B. from Stanford University, an M.B.A. from Yale University, and M.A. and M. Phil. degrees in Economics, also from Yale University. Prior to joining NERA, I was an Economist for both President George H. W. Bush’s and President Bill Clinton’s Council 1 It is my understanding that the primary provisions of California law that are relevant to this case are: California Penal Code sections 30510 and 30515, and California Code of Regulations, title 11, section 5499. See, for example, California Department of Justice: “What is considered an assault weapon under California law?” and “What are AK and AR-15 series weapons?” https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/regagunfaqs, accessed October 25, 2018. 1 Case 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE Document 103-2 Filed 05/28/19 Page 6 of 62 Page ID #:6579 of Economic Advisers. My resume with recent publications and testifying experience is included as Appendix A. B. Remuneration 5. NERA is being compensated for time spent by me and my team at standard billing rates and for out-of-pocket expenses at cost. NERA currently bills for my time at $900 per hour. NERA’s fees are not in any way contingent upon the outcome of this matter. III. MATERIALS CONSIDERED 6. In preparing this report, I considered the following materials, in addition to the materials cited in attached Appendix B and Appendix C: a) Third Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, filed June 27, 2018 (“Complaint”); b) California Department of Justice: “What is considered an assault weapon under California law?” and “What are AK and AR-15 series weapons?” https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/regagunfaqs, accessed October 25, 2018; c) Mother Jones: “US Mass Shootings, 1982-2018: Data From Mother Jones’ Investigation,” updated September 20, 2018, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full- data, accessed September 25, 2018; “A Guide to Mass Shootings in America,” updated September 20, 2018, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass- shootings-map, accessed October 22, 2018; “What Exactly is a Mass Shooting,” Mother Jones, August 14, 2012, http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08/what-is- a-mass-shooting. Additional details for the mass shootings obtained through Factiva and Google searches; d) Citizens Crime Commission of New York City: “Mayhem Multiplied: Mass Shooters and Assault Weapons,” 2016, http://www.nycrimecommission.org/pdfs/CCC- MayhemMultiplied-June2016.pdf; “Mass Shooting Incidents in America (1984- 2012),” http://www.nycrimecommission.org/mass-shooting-incidents-america.php, 2 Case 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE Document 103-2 Filed 05/28/19 Page 7 of 62 Page ID #:6580 accessed June 1, 2017. Additional details for the mass shootings obtained through Factiva and Google searches; and e) Kleck, Gary, “Large-Capacity Magazines and the Casualty Counts in Mass Shootings: The Plausibility of Linkages,” 17 Justice Research and Policy 28 (2016). IV. BACKGROUND 7. California law “generally prohibits” the manufacture, distribution and possession of certain firearms, defined as assault weapons (“Assault Weapons”).2 According to California law, firearms qualify as Assault Weapons based on either their “make and model” or on certain “features.”3 Examples of Assault Weapons include the “UZI,” “AK series” and “Colt AR-15 series” rifles, and the “Bushmaster XM15.”4 A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle (without a fixed magazine) can also be considered an Assault Weapon if it includes certain features, including a “pistol grip,” a “thumbhole stock,” a “flash suppressor,” or an “adjustable” (telescoping or folding) stock.5 It is my understanding that Plaintiffs are challenging certain provisions of California law related to rifles that would qualify as Assault Weapons under California Penal Code sections 30510(a), 30515(a)(1)(A-C) and (E-F), and 30515(a)(3) and section 5499 of title 11 of the California Code of Regulations (“Assault Rifles”).6 Therefore, for the purpose of this report, the term Assault Rifles does not include pistols, shotguns, rifles with fixed magazines, or rifles that are equipped with a grenade launcher. 2 Complaint, ¶¶19-21.