Ross v. Global Wine Company et al

Filing 92

ORDER re 91 Concerning Defendant Global Wine Company's Counsel's Appearance at Final Pretrial Conference. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 5/24/2011. (Attachments: # 1 Instructions Regarding CourtCall)(cwlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/24/2011)

NOTICE RE TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE PROCEDURES FOR
JUDGE CLAUDIA WILKEN
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 17, 2008
I. POLICY GOVERNING TELEPHONIC APPEARANCES
Telephonic appearances are usually allowed for Case Management Conferences and Civil
Motion hearings before Judge Claudia Wilken in Courtroom 2 for attorneys located
outside the Northern District of California. Any request for a telephonic appearance
must be Court approved in advance by contacting Judge Wilken's Courtroom Deputy,
Nikki Riley, at [phone]. No telephonic appearance will be allowed unless it is
made through CourtCall, an independent conference call company, pursuant to the
procedures set forth in Section II. If an individual schedules a telephonic appearance and
then fails to respond to the call of a matter on calendar, the Court may pass the matter or
may treat the failure to respond as a failure to appear. Scheduling simultaneous
telephonic appearances in multiple courts does not excuse a failure to appear.
Individuals making use of the conference call service are cautioned that they do so at
their own risk. Hearings generally will not be rescheduled due to missed connections.
II. SCHEDULING A TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE.
By Telephone: Absent an emergency, telephone appearances may be arranged by
calling CourtCall at [phone] not later than 3:00 p.m. the court day prior to the
hearing date.
III. PROCEDURE FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE.
Court Call will provide counsel with written confirmation of a telephonic appearance,
and give counsel a number to call to make the telephonic appearance. It is counsel's
responsibility to dial into the call not later than 10 minutes prior to the scheduled hearing.
CourtCall does not place a call to counsel.
The initial charge per participant for a CourtCall appearance is $25 for the first 45
minutes you are connected. For each additional 15 minute increment the charge is $6.50.
If you do not timely call and connect with the Court Call operator, you will be
billed for the call and the hearing may proceed in your absence.
Telephonic appearances are connected directly with the courtroom's public address
system and electronic recording equipment so that a normal record is produced. To
ensure the quality of the record, the use of car phones, cellular phones, speakerphones,
public telephone booths, or phones in other public places is prohibited except in the most
extreme emergencies. Participants should be able to hear all parties without difficulty or
echo.

At the time of your hearing, you may initially be in the listening mode in which case you
will be able to hear the case before yours just as if you were in the courtroom. After your
call is connected to the courtroom, the Judge will call the case, request appearances, and
direct the manner in which the hearing proceeds. Each time you speak, you should
identify yourself for the record. The court's teleconferencing system allows more than
one speaker to be heard, so the Judge can interrupt a speaker to ask a question or redirect
the discussion. When the Judge informs the participants that the hearing is completed,
you may disconnect and the next case will be called.
Telephonic appearances by multiple participants are only possible when there is
compliance with every procedural requirement. Sanctions may be imposed when there is
any deviation from the required procedures or the Court determines that a person's
conduct makes telephonic appearances inappropriate. Sanctions may include dropping a
matter from calendar, continuing the hearing, proceeding in the absence of an unavailable
participant, a monetary sanction, and/or a permanent prohibition against a person
appearing telephonically.

Court Call Telephone Appearance Procedure
12/29/08