Lopez v. Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC

Filing 54

ORDER DIRECTING PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT HEARING BY COUNSEL AND BY PLAINTIFF EMANUEL LOPEZ re: 45 Motion to Withdraw. Signed by Judge Gonzalez Rogers on 8/4/2016. (ygrlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/4/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EMANUEL LOPEZ,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

Case No.: 15-cv-1220 YGR
ORDER DIRECTING PERSONAL APPEARANCE
AT HEARING BY COUNSEL AND BY
PLAINTIFF EMANUEL LOPEZ

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COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
MANAGEMENT, LLC,

Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Defendant.
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Counsel Jocelyn Burton, Scott Nakama, and Burton Employment Law (“Moving Counsel”)
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have filed their Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Plaintiff Emanuel Lopez. (Dkt. No. 45.) As of
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the date of this order, no response has been filed by Plaintiff Emanuel Lopez. However, Defendant
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Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC, has filed a response to the motion raising
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concerns about transfer of confidential information produced in discovery herein pursuant to the
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parties’ stipulated protective order, including whether it will be maintained in a secure manner, and
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whether inadvertently produced documents pertaining to other employees will be returned. Moving
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Counsel indicates, in their response, that the discovery motion deadline has passed and, despite the
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extension granted by the Court, Defendant failed to file any motion to resolve the inadvertent
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disclosure issue timely.
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The Court is inclined to permit Moving Counsel to withdraw, but requires additional
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information from the parties, including Plaintiff Emanuel Lopez who will be self-represented upon
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granting this motion. Moving Counsel, Defendant, and Plaintiff Emanuel Lopez are therefore
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ORDERED to appear personally at the hearing on August 9, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 1, 1301
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Clay Street, Oakland, prepared to discuss handling of the documents at issue. Moving Counsel is
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ORDERED to notify Plaintiff Emanuel Lopez of the requirement that he personally appear by phone,

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email, or other means calculated to give prompt notice, and to file a declaration attesting to such

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notice no later than 12:00 noon on August 8, 2016.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 4, 2016
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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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Northern District of California

United States District Court

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