Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Zuniga et al

Filing 47

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE re 46 Notice (Other) filed by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on 7/15/2011. (ahm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/15/2011)

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SEDGWICK LLP
REBECCA A. HULL Bar No. 99802
[e-mail]
ERIN A. CORNELL Bar No. 227135
[e-mail]
One Market Plaza
Steuart Tower, 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-1008
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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CYNTHIA ZUNIGA; M. ZUNIGA III, a
minor; SUSAN SNYDER,
Defendants.

Case No. 4:10-cv-02309 SBA (JSC)
REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC
APPEARANCE AT SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER
Date: August 26, 2011
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Ctrm.: E, 15th Floor (San Francisco)
Honorable Jacqueline Scott Corley

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This is an interpleader action involving $145,911 in life insurance benefits. (ECF No. 1.)

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On July 1, 2011, the Court ordered all parties participate in a settlement conference on August

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26, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. (ECF No. 45.) Plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

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(“MetLife”) hereby respectfully requests that its representative be allowed to appear at the

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settlement conference by telephone. MetLife’s counsel, Rebecca A. Hull, will appear at the

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settlement conference in person.

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The person at MetLife who is responsible for this matter is located in New York.

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MetLife does not dispute that life insurance benefits at issue are owed. Rather, MetLife

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seeks merely to deposit the disputed life insurance benefits with the Court, and has a motion to

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REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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deposit said funds and to be discharged from the action currently pending before the Court.

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(ECF No. 31.) Alternatively, MetLife seeks to pay the disputed life insurance benefits to

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whomever the Court determines is the rightful beneficiary, or pursuant to any agreement that the

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defendants may reach at the settlement conference. Accordingly, MetLife does not foresee that

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the telephonic appearance by its representative at the settlement conference would create any

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obstacles to settlement or otherwise negatively impact the parties’ discussions.

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MetLife has notified all defendants that it is requesting the Court’s permission for its
representative to appear at the settlement conference by telephone.
Respectfully submitted:
DATED: July 15, 2011

SEDGWICK LLP

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By: /s/ Rebecca A. Hull
Rebecca A. Hull
Erin A. Cornell
Attorneys for Plaintiff
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

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ORDER

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Pursuant to plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s request, it is hereby

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ORDERED that Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s representative may appear at the

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settlement conference by telephone.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER