Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Garwood

Filing 53

ORDER re Request for Telephonic Appearances at Settlement Conference. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu on 02/20/2015. (dmrlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/20/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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For the Northern District of California

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP.,

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Plaintiff(s),
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No. C-14-00390 WHO (DMR)
ORDER RE REQUEST FOR
TELEPHONIC APPEARANCES AT
SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

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MARK GARWOOD ET AL,
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Defendant(s).
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Defense counsel filed a request for telephonic (rather than personal) appearances by
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Defendants Nancy Grautan, James Williams, and Jeffrey Tappan ("the Requesting Defendants") at
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the February 24, 2015 settlement conference. [Docket No. 51.] Third Party Travelers' Insurance
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objected to the request by sending an email to the court, copied to defense counsel.
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On February 18, 2015, the court ordered each of the Requesting Defendants to file a sworn
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declaration by February 19, 2015 setting forth specific facts supporting his or her request for
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telephonic appearance. [Docket No. 52.] Instead of filing the declarations as ordered, Requesting
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Defendants Grautan and Tappan emailed their declarations to an address that the court does not
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regularly monitor; therefore, the court only received the declarations this afternoon.1 The court

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Williams did not provide a declaration and has confirmed his personal attendance.

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instructed Requesting Defendants Grautan and Tappan to immediately provide their declarations to

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Travelers’ Insurance.

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Upon review of the declarations, the court finds good cause to allow Grautan and Tappan to

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appear by telephone at the settlement conference. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that

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Defendants Grautan and Tappan be available by telephone from 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time until

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further notice on February 24, 2015. If the court concludes that the absence of Grautan and Tappan

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is interfering with the settlement conference, the court may continue the settlement conference and

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may order personal attendance by each party.

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