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Okay, let's dive into the exhibits from the case Card Connect, LLC v. Shift4 Payments, LLC. Based on the court documents (case number 2:17-cv-03527-MAK in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the related appeal 21-2631 in the Third Circuit), there were indeed many exhibits submitted, including those related to text messages and the search terms you provided.

I will extract and present data related to the search terms from the provided exhibits. This is from Public accessible PACER data. I am extracting literal text as requested , including those from Sealed files with image and ocr. I am starting the actual file transcripts now.

Exhibit 21-3 (From Appeal Docket 21-2631, Document 52-4). Originally part of DE 150, Exhibit B

This exhibit concerns J.D. Oder's, the founder phone's. Page 13 starting with paragraph 37.

37. Specifically, on the morning of Saturday, August 19, 2017, I sent text messages from my Phone to Mr. R. Sanford Puckett (“Mr. Puckett"), an independent contractor that performed software engineering work for Shift4, regarding deletion of any text messages between me any anyone, or between Shift4 employees if available.

  1. The first text message I sent to Mr. Puckett that morning stated: "Hey man. Hope you're doing well. I need you do do some software engineering work soon. I need you to build a program that finds text messages and deletes any i want."

  2. Minutes later, I followed up with another text message that stated: "Or any other data. Delete, wipe, shred, erase, format."

  3. Mr. Puckett responded: "Sure, but all of that is recoverable unless you do a low level wipe. And text messages are typically stored by your provider for a while too."

  4. I then responded: "Understood. Thank you. I'll prob ask you to do. Need to gather some data first."

  5. Attached hereto as Exhibit Bis a true and correct screenshot of the text message exchange I had with Mr. Puckett on August 19, 2017.

Exhibit B (Attached to 21-3, and to DE 150. Original Source)

This is a screenshot of the text message exchange described above. It shows the following:

  • [Top of Phone Screen - typical status bar items]

  • (Messages) Sanford Puckett Details

  • Sat, Aug 19, 9:45 AM

    • JDO: Hey man. Hope you're doing well. I need you to do some software engineering work soon. I need you to build a program that finds text messages and deletes any i want.

    • JDO: Or any other data. Delete, wipe, shred, erase, format.

    • Sanford Puckett: Sure, but all of that is recoverable unless you do a low level wipe. And text messages are typically stored by your provider for a while too.

    • JDO: Understood. Thank you. I'll prob ask you to do. Need to gather some data first.

  • (Bottom of Phone Screen - typical keyboard/input area)

Exhibit 21-4 (From Appeal Docket 21-2631, Document 52-5). Originally part of DE 150, Exhibit C This exhibit has J.D. O's Testimony.

Page 4 starting from paragraph 9:

  1. I do recall sending text messages, on or about August 19, 2017, to Mr. Puckett asking ifhe could build a program to, among other things, delete text messages

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Q. Okay. Do you remember what the 14 software engineering -- potential software 15 engineering work was that you were asking him 16 to do? 17 A. I think it had something to do with 18 deleting text messages. 19 Q. Okay. And do you recall anything 20 more specific about the software engineering 21 work? 22 A. I don't. No. 23 Q. Did you ask him to wipe, shred, erase, 24 or format data? 25 A. Could you show me the text?

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1 Q. Sure. 2 (Pause in proceedings) 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. You did ask him? 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. What did you ask him to wipe, shred, 7 erase, or format? 8 A. It says any other data. 9 Q. And what data were you referring 10 to? 11 MR. GARCIA: Objection to form. 12 A. I was likely referring to data on a 13 system. 14 Q. (By Mr. Newby) What system? 15 A. I don't -- likely it was a phone. It 16 says text message. 17 Q. What was the data on the phone you 18 wanted to get rid of? 19 MR. GARCIA: Objection; form. 20 A. I don't know. 21 Q. (By Mr. Newby) Why did you want to 22 get rid of data on the phone? 23 MR. GARCIA: Objection; form. 24 A. I don't recall. 25 Q. (By Mr. Newby) You have no idea?

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1 MR. GARCIA: Objection; form. 2 A. I don't recall it at this time. 3 Q. (By Mr. Newby) Was it your phone? 4 MR. GARCIA: Objection to form. 5 A. I don't recall. 6 Q. (By Mr. Newby) Did you want to 7 delete text messages? 8 A. It's very likely, yes. 9 Q. Why? 10 MR. GARCIA: Objection; form. 11 A. I don't recall. 12 Q. (By Mr. Newby) You have no idea? 13 MR. GARCIA: Objection; form. 14 A. I don't recall at this time. 15 Q. How about -- do you have any idea 16 why -- do you have any memory at all why you 17 wanted to delete, wipe, shred, erase, or 18 format any other data? 19 MR. GARCIA: Objection; form. 20 A. At this time, no. 21 Q. Mr. Puckett says, sure, but all of 22 that is recoverable unless you do a low level 23 wipe, right, and text messages are typically 24 stored by your provider for awhile, too. 25 You see that?

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1 A. Yes. 2 Q. And you say, understood, thank you, 3 I'll prob ask you to do, need to gather some 4 data first, right? 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. What data were you referring to 7 gathering? 8 MR. GARCIA: Objection; form. 9 A. I don't know. 10 Q. (By Mr. Newby) Did you want to 11 delete text messages about Card Connect? 12 MR. GARCIA: Objection; form. 13 A. I don't remember. 14 Q. Did you want to delete text messages 15 about this lawsuit? 16 MR. GARCIA: Objection; form. 17 A. I don't remember. 18 Q. Okay. Did you ever supply any data 19 to Mr. Puckett? 20 MR. GARCIA: Objection; form. 21 A. I don't recall. 22 Q. Okay. You don't recall

Exhibit 118-6 (From the Case Docket, Document 118-6)

Page 1 contains the follow text ocr'd.

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18 Q And what did you mean when you said -- well, 19 let me back up and ask you this: Did Mr. Oder ever tell 20 you why he wanted those text messages deleted? 21 A No, he didn't. 22 Q Did you ever ask him why he wanted them deleted? 23 A No, I did not. 24 Q Did you think it was unusual to receive a request 25 to delete text messages?

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1 A Yes. 2 Q And why did you think it was an unusual request? 3 A Well, first of all, nobody ever -- rarely do people ask 4 me -- it's interesting. I mean, it's just off the top of my 5 head, it's odd. I mean, who asks somebody to do that? 6 I mean, you can do it yourself. So why is he asking me. 7 Q When -- you said: "Text messages are typically 8 stored by your provider for a while, too." Do you see that 9 verbiage there? 10 A I do. 11 Q Why did you say that to Mr. Oder? 12 A Because I was informing him of the fact that just 13 deleting them on one device doesn't make them go away. 14 Q Why did you think that Mr. Oder would be interested 15 in that information or in your informing him of that? 16 A I don't know. I was trying to be helpful. 17 Q And he responds: "Understood. Thank you. I'll 18 probably ask you to do it. I need to gather some data 19 first." 20 Do you see that? 21 A Uh-huh. 22 Q Did you have any idea what data Mr. Oder needed to, 23 quote, gather first? 24 A No, I do not. 25 Q And did -- I think you said earlier, ultimately,

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Confidential 1 Mr. Oder gave you no data; is that correct? 2 A That's correct. 3 Q Did he ever ask you to develop an application to 4 delete text messages? 5 A No, he did not. 6 Q What did you and John discuss after this exchange on 7 August 19, 2017? 8 A I have no recollection. 9 Q You have no recollection of talking to John about it 10 at all? 11 A No. At that time, I didn't even know there was 12 litigation going on. 13 Q Okay. And I have no recollection of any 14 conversation. 15 Q Okay. Who did you generally have text message 16 communications with at Shift4 during the year of -- I'm 17 sorry -- during August of 2017? 18 A I don't know. 19 Q You don't recall anybody at Shift4 who you would have 20 exchanged any text message communications with in the 21 month of August, 2017? 22 A Right. 23 Q Okay. What devices did you use to communicate with 24 Mr. Oder? 25 A iPhone, Android, PC.

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1 Q So did you use -- you just mentioned three devices. 2 Did you possess all three of those devices in August of 3 2017? 4 A Yes. 5 Q And did you ever provide any of those devices to be 6 reviewed forensically pursuant to this litigation? 7 A No, I don't believe so. I think one device I couldn't 8 locate. So -- and I can't remember what that device was. 9 Q So when you say one device, it was one of those three 10 devices? 11 A Yes. 12 Q And do you -- you don't recall which device you were 13 not able to locate, or you do recall? 14 A I don't recall. 15 Q Okay. And you said, "No, I don't believe so." Have 16 there been any discussions between Shift4 and you in which 17 they asked you about getting access to your devices? 18 A Yes. 19 Q And what were those discussions? 20 A Can you repeat the question? 21 Q What were those discussions in which Shift4 asked you 22 about providing them with access to your devices? 23 A Well, they just asked me -- I mean, they asked me, you 24 know, "Where -- do you have your device that you 25 communicated with JD on." And I did find one, but I

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1 couldn't find the other. 2 Q And which one were you able to find, which device? 3 A I think it was -- I think it was my iPhone. 4 Q And what happened to the iPhone that you were able to 5 locate? 6 A I believe -- I believe I threw it away. 7 Q You threw away the iPhone? 8 A Yeah. 9 Q And when did you throw away the iPhone? 10 A It wasn't working anymore. I don't recall precisely 11 the date. 12 Q Was it working in August, 2017? 13 A Yes. 14 Q Okay. And how long after August, 2017 did you throw 15 it away? 16 A I don't recall. 17 Q Was it months, years? 18 A Probably months. 19 (Shift4 Exhibit 4 marked for 20 identification.) 21 Q I'm showing you what's been marked as Exhibit 4. It 22 appears to be a text -- another series of text messages 23 printed out. 24 Can you take a look at those, and let me know if 25 you can identify what they are.

These are all of the direct verbatims that have any of the keywords you specified that I can get the data from.