Barnes v. AT&T Pension Benefit Plan-NonBargained Program

Filing 279

ORDER re 274 Notice (Other) filed by AT&T Pension Benefit Plan-NonBargained Program. Signed by Chief Magistrate Judge MARIA-ELENA JAMES on 9/27/11. (bjtS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/29/2011)

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Patrick W. Shea, Admitted Pro Hac Vice, NY Bar No. 4587176
Email: [e-mail]
PAUL HASTINGS LLP
75 East 55th Street
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Stephen H. Harris, CA Bar No. 184608
Email: [e-mail]
M’Alyssa C. Mecenas, CA Bar No. 272075
Email: [e-mail]
PAUL HASTINGS LLP
515 South Flower Street, 25th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Regan A.W. Herald, CA Bar No. 251879
Email: [e-mail]
PAUL HASTINGS LLP
55 Second Street, 24th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
AT&T PENSION BENEFIT PLAN – NONBARGAINED
PROGRAM

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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QUILLER BARNES,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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AT&T PENSION BENEFIT PLAN NONBARGAINED PROGRAM,

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Defendant.

Case No. 08-04058 EMC (MEJ)
REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC
APPEARANCE AT SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER
Date: November 16, 2011
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Courtroom B, 15th Floor
Chief Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James

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Case No. 08-04058 EMC (MEJ)

REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE

BARNES V. AT&T, CASE NO. 08-04058 EMC

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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f), Defendant AT&T Pension Benefit Plan

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– NonBargained Program (collectively “the Parties”) respectfully requests permission for its

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designated representative to appear telephonically for the Settlement Conference. The parties are

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filing a joint stipulation and proposed order to continue the settlement conference from

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September 20, 2011 to November 16, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in Judge James’ Chambers.

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The settlement conference scheduled for September 20, 2011 was canceled by the Court

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on September 19, 2011. By the time Defendant’s representative had received notice of this

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cancellation, he had already travelled to the West Coast from Texas, expending significant travel

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time and money. While Defendant’s attorneys will attend the November 16, 2011 settlement

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conference in person, Defendant has a limited travel budget. Defendant therefore respectfully

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requests that the Court grant the request to permit its representative to appear telephonically for

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purposes of authorizing settlement.

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Dated: September 23, 2011

PAUL HASTINGS LLP

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By: /s/ Patrick W. Shea
Patrick W. Shea, Admitted Pro Hac Vice, NY Bar
No. 4587176

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Attorneys for Defendant

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Case No. 08-04058 EMC (MEJ)

REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE
BARNES V. AT&T, CASE NO. 08-04058 EMC

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IT IS SO APPROVED: The representative for Defendant AT&T Pension Benefit Plan –

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NonBargained Program, to be designated by Defendant’s filed notice to the parties and the

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court pursuant to the ADR Local Rules, may appear telephonically for the settlement

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conference scheduled for on November 16, 2011 for the purposes of authorizing settlement.

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September 27
Dated: __________________, 2011

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__________________________
Hon. Maria-Elena James
Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge

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Case No. 08-04058 EMC (MEJ)

REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE

BARNES V. AT&T, CASE NO. 08-04058 EMC