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Plaintiff<br />

PARTIES AND RELEV ANT NON-PARTIES<br />

6. Plaintiff Chevron Corporation ("Chevron") is a Delaware corporation with its<br />

principal place of business located at 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, California<br />

94583. Chevron is therefore a citizen of Delaware and California.<br />

RICO Defendants<br />

7. The defendants listed in paragraphs 8 through 17 are the individuals who have<br />

conspired to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity, have each committed numerous<br />

criminal acts as part of their scheme to defraud and extort Chevron, and have each participated in<br />

the operation or management of the criminal enterprise. These defendants shall be referred to<br />

herein as the "RICO Defendants."<br />

8. Defendant Steven Donziger ("Donziger") is currently a "consulting" attorney for<br />

the Amazon Defense Front in the Lago Agrio Litigation and, as he described himself, "the<br />

person primarily responsible for putting [the Lago Agrio] team together and supervising it."<br />

Donziger is an individual residing in New York, New York, with an intention to reside there<br />

indefinitely, and is therefore a citizen of the State of New York. Exercise of jurisdiction over<br />

Donziger is reasonable and proper in this District for the reasons set forth in paragraph 25, infra.<br />

9. Defendant the Law Offices of Steven R. Donziger is a sole proprietorship<br />

located at 245 W. 104th Street, #70, New York, New York 10025, and is therefore a citizen of<br />

the State of New York. Exercise of jurisdiction over the Law Offices of Steven R. Donziger is<br />

reasonable and proper in this District for the reasons set forth in paragraph 26, infra.<br />

10. Defendant Donziger & Associates, PLLC is a professional limited liability<br />

corporation located at 245 W. 104th Street, #70, New York, New York 10025, and is therefore a<br />

citizen of the State of New York. Exercise of jurisdiction over Donziger & Associates, PLLC is<br />

reasonable and proper in this District for the reasons set forth in paragraph 26, infra.<br />

II. Defendant Pablo Fajardo Mendoza ("Fajardo") is counsel of record for the<br />

Amazon Defense Front as well as purportedly counsel of record for the named plaintiffs in the<br />

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