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2 Jason R. N aess WATER RESOURCES

PARSONS, SMITH, STONE, 3 LOVELAND & SHIRLEY, LLP

4 13 7 West 13th Street P.O. Box 910

5 Burley, Idaho 83318 (208)878-8382 - Phone

6 (208)878-0146- Fax Idaho State Bar # 1890

7 Idaho State Bar #8407

8 Attorneys for Plaintiff

9 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE II.

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20 RICKS, DIRECTOR OF BALLENTYNE )

21 DITCH COMPANY; SHAUN BOWMAN, ) DIRECTOR OF BALLENTYNE DITCH )

22 COMPANY; JOE KING, DIRECTOR )

23 OF BALLENTYNE DITCH COMPANY; ) STEVE SNEAD, DIRECTOR )

24 OF BALLENTYNE DITCH COMPANY ) )

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26 Jason Naess having been first duly sworn, deposes and states:

1. I am over 18 years old, and am the counsel of record for D.l. Evans in the

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above-captioned case.

2. On April 2, 2015, Meghan Carter, counsel for IDWR called me and

4 informed me that IDWR was filing a Motion for Attorney's Fees, but that the Motion

5 would be withdrawn if and when the remaining parties to this case resolved the case

6 without proceeding to trial.

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3. IDWR's Motion for Attorney's Fees was filed April 3, 2015.

4. The remaining parties to the case, D.L. Evans, Ballentyne Ditch Company,

and Thomas Mecham Ricks, continued to work towards a mutually stipulated resolution.

Because it was believed the IDWR Motion was going to be withdraw upon resolution of

the case by the remaining parties, D.L. Evans did not respond to IDWR's Motion.

5. Further your affiant sayeth not.

Dated this ,3-(L day of August, 2015.

PARSONS, SMITH, STONE, LOVELAND & SHIRLEY, LLP

~R.Naess SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me, thi day of August, 2015.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

-r<-I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the~ day of August, 2015, I caused a true and

correct copy of the AFFIDAVIT OF JASON R. NAESS to be served upon the following

person(s) in the following manner:

S. Bryce Farris SAWTOOTH LAW OFFICE, PLLC P.O. Box 7985 Boise, ID 83 707

Chris Bromley McHugh Bromley, PLLC 380 S 4th St., Ste 103 Boise, Idaho 83 702

Meghan Carter Deputy Attorneys General Idaho Department of Water Resources P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83 720-0090

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