Johnson v. JP Morgan Chase Bank et al

Filing 176

ORDER Requiring The Personal Appearance of The Principals at The Second Supplemental Pretrial Conference signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 4/14/2010. Supplemental Pretrial Conference set for 4/20/2010 at 02:00 PM in Courtroom 10 (GSA) before Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin. (Esteves, C)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 All parties are advised that this Court will be holding a second supplemental pretrial 22 conference to address pretrial issues and the possibility of resolving this case. Fed. R.Civ. P. 23 16(c)(1) and 16(c)(2)(P). The Court requires the personal appearance of at least one attorney 24 who will conduct the trial for each party, and the personal appearance of the principals including 25 Defendant Jay Bernstein, Richard DeHart, the principal of VIP Adjustment Bureau, Inc., and 26 Ronald Hacker, the principal for Bag Fund LLC. 27 28 1 DELORES JOHNSON, ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ) ) ) ) JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., LAKE ) VALLEY RETRIEVALS, INC., LAKE ) VALLEY INVESTMENTS, UNIFUND ) CCR PARTNERS, VIP ADJUSTMENT ) BUREAU, INC., BAG FUND LLC, ) JAY BERNSTEIN, ) ) ) Defendants. ) ) _____________________________________ ) 1:08-cv-00081 GSA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ORDER REQUIRING THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF THE PRINCIPALS AT THE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE Hearing Date : April 20, 2010 Time: 2:00 pm Courtroom : 10 (GSA)

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The Court notes that the personal appearances of the principals were required at two prior pretrial conferences, however, no principal has ever appeared.1 With the exception of one excused appearance of Jay Bernstein and Richard DeHart at the pretrial conference held on March 23, 2010, no party's personal appearance has been excused. The second supplemental pretrial conference will be held on April 20, 2010 at 2:00 pm in Courtroom 10. All of the parties listed above shall be personally present. Failure of the parties to personally appear at this hearing will most likely result in the imposition of monetary and/or other sanctions.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated:

April 14, 2010

/s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

The personal appearance of the principals were required at the Pretrial Conferences held on March 23, 2010, and April 13, 2010. (Docs. 169 and 173). 2

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