Haynes v. Bank of America Group Benefits Program et al

Filing 27

ORDER AND NOTICE RE: ATTORNEY PADWAY'S FAILURE TO APPEAR AT INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Further Case Management Conference set for 5/29/2013 at 9:30 AM in Courtroom 9, 19th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on May 17, 2013. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/17/2013)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CONRAD HAYNES,

Case No. 12-cv-05879-JST

Plaintiff,
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v.
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BANK OF AMERICA GROUP BENEFITS
PROGRAM, et al.,
Defendants.

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ORDER AND NOTICE RE: ATTORNEY
PADWAY'S FAILURE TO APPEAR AT
INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE
Re: ECF No. 24

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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On May 14, 2013, Plaintiff’s counsel Laurence F. Padway requested to appear

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telephonically at the Initial Case Management Conference scheduled for May 15, 2013, at 2:00

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p.m. ECF No. 24. Attorney Padaway’s request stated: “If the request is granted, Mr. Padway may

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be reached at [phone].” The Court granted the request on May 15, 2013. ECF No. 25.

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The clerk called the case at 3:50 p.m. on May 15, 2013. See Minute Entry, ECF No. 26.

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The Court dialed the number provided by Mr. Padway and reached a voicemail message indicating

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that the recipient did not check the voicemail account regularly. The Court then dialed the number

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for Mr. Padway’s office listed on the caption and asked to speak with him. Told that he was not

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available, the Court asked for a reliable number at which to reach him. The firm’s receptionist

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provided the same number given on Mr. Padway’s request, [phone]. The Court again

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called that number, with the same lack of success. The Court’s inability to reach Mr. Padway,

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using the telephone number he had provided, made it impossible to conduct the regularly-

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scheduled Case Management Conference, and wasted the time of opposing counsel and the Court.

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The Court continued the Initial Case Management Conference until May 29, 2013, at

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9:30 a.m. Attorney Laurence Padway is ordered to appear at that Conference, and all subsequent

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hearings in this case, in person.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: May 17, 2013

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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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