Saji v. Residential Credit Solutions, a business entity et al

Filing 55

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; MAGISTRATE JUDGE CONSENT SUGGESTION by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers :denying 53 Motion to Appear by Telephone. Updated Case Management Statement due by 11/29/2017. Case Management Conference set for 11/13/17 is CONTINUED to Monday, 12/4/2017 02:00 PM before Judge Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Courtroom 1, 4th Floor, Oakland. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/8/2017)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DAISY SAJI,
Plaintiff,

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v.
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, ET AL.,
Defendants.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPEAR
TELEPHONICALLY AT CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE; CONTINUING CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; MAGISTRATE
JUDGE CONSENT SUGGESTION
Re: Dkt. No. 53

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CASE NO. 17-cv-00025-YGR

Plaintiff has filed a request to appear telephonically at the case management conference
currently set for November 13, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. (Dkt. No. 53.) Counsel bases the request on the
legal fees and costs associated with traveling to the Oakland courthouse.
The request to appear by telephone is DENIED. Pursuant to the undersigned judge’s
Standing Order in Civil Cases, telephonic appearances are allowed at initial case management
conferences only upon a compelling showing of good cause. The routine inconveniences of travel
do not constitute good cause especially here, where counsel is based in San Francisco and the
Court requires lead counsel to appear.
If the parties believe this action does not warrant the expense associated with their required
presence, they may consider reassignment to any magistrate judge of their choice. Profiles can be
found at: http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Magistrate judges in this district carry significant
consent cases and are more flexible than the undersigned. Any joint request for reassignment to a
magistrate judge should be filed no later than November 29, 2017.
That said, the Court understands that the parties are attempting to settle the underlying
dispute. An update of those efforts should have been outlined in the updated Case Management
Conference statement. The Court further understands that another ADR telephonic call is
scheduled for November 28, 2017.

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Accordingly, the Court will continue the case management conference to December 4,

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2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 1 of the United States Federal Courthouse in Oakland, California.

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The parties shall file an update on the status of any settlement with a proposed schedule for

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resolving the litigation by November 29, 2017.

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This Order terminates Docket No. 53.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: November 8, 2017

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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