Thaler v. Perlmutter, Declaration of Assistant General Counsel Gray

by Mark T. Gray

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

STEPHEN THALER, an individual, Plaintiff, v. SHIRA PERLMUTTER, in her official capacity as Register of Copyright and Director of the United States Copyright Office; and THE UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT OFFICE, Defendants.

Civil Action No. 22-1564 (BAH) Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell

DECLARATION OF MARK T. GRAY

I, Mark T. Gray, make the following declaration.

1. I am employed by the United States Copyright Office as Assistant General Counsel. In this capacity, I supervised the compilation of and reviewed the Administrative Record relating to Service Request 1-7100387071 for a work titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise.”

2. To the best of my knowledge, the attached documents numbered consecutively from US_0000001 through US_0000037 constitute the true and correct Administrative Record appropriate to the allegations in the Complaint filed in the above-captioned matter.

3. The attached Index describes the contents of the Administrative Record. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on this 3rd day of November, 2022.

Mark T. Gray
Assistant General Counsel
U.S. Copyright Office