Best Buy Stores, L.P. v. Manteca Lifestyle Center, LLC

Filing 186

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 05/30/12 GRANTING defendant's 175 Request to Appear Telephonically at the 06/07/12 hearing on the Motion to Compel. Defendant's counsel, Rita M. Aliss Powers and Marc B. Koenigsberg, may appear at the hearing by telephone. (Benson, A.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BEST BUY STORES, L.P., a Virginia
Limited Partnership,

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Plaintiff,

No. 2:10-cv-00389 WBS KJN

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v.
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MANTECA LIFESTYLE CENTER,
LLC,

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Defendant.

ORDER

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AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM

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Presently before the court is defendant’s counsel’s request to appear by telephone

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at the June 7, 2012 hearing on defendant’s motion to compel further discovery regarding recent

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closures of certain Best Buy Stores.1 The request was made by defendant’s lead trial counsel,

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who is located in Chicago, Illinois, and its local counsel. The undersigned grants defendant’s

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counsel’s request.

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This case was referred to the undersigned pursuant to Eastern District of California Local
Rule 302(c)(1) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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Defendant’s counsel’s request to appear by telephone at the June 7, 2012

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hearing on defendant’s motion to compel (Dkt. No. 175) is granted. Defendant’s counsel, Rita

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M. Aliss Powers and Marc B. Koenigsberg, may appear at the hearing by telephone.

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Defendant’s counsel shall promptly contact the undersigned’s Courtroom

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Deputy at [phone], and provide him with a dedicated, hard telephone line at which the

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court may contact defendant’s counsel at the time of the hearing.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: May 30, 2012

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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