F.3d 1495, 1498 (9th Cir. 1995)). Contacts that are “ ‘isolated’ or ‘sporadic’ may support specific jurisdiction if they create a ‘substantial connection’ with the forum . ...” Id. (quoting Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462, 475, 85 L. Ed. 2d 528, 542, 105 S. Ct. 2174, 2183 (1985)). Nevertheless, “the contacts must be more than random, fortuitous, or attenuated.” Id. In assessing contacts, we look only at those made by the defendant and not those of others related to the case. Id. at 818, 616 S.E.2d at 648. I would hold that Mr. Levine’s contacts, in which he traveled from Tennessee to North Carolina to meet Ms. Stann, necessarily constitute deliberate actions. They are not the “random, fortuitous, or attenuated” actions described in Havey. See id. at 817, 616 S.E.2d at 648 (<HOLDING>). The relationship of Mr. Levine’s actions in
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