Tagoia et al v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. et al

Filing 54

ORDER RE REQUESTS TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers: granting 46 Defendants Geiser and Breckenridge Property Fund 2016 LLC's Motion to Appear by Telephone; denying 47 Defendants Barett Daffin Frapier Treder & Weiss LLP, Asher, Jones, Treder Loeza, Goff and Foreman(the BDFTW Defendants) Motion to Appear by Telephone. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/2/2018)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PENINA TAGOIA, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,

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vs.

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CASE NO. 17-cv-06777-YGR

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., ET AL.,
Defendants.

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ORDER RE: REQUESTS TO APPEAR
TELEPHONICALLY AT CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE
Re: Dkt. Nos. 46 & 47

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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The Court is in receipt of two separate requests to appear telephonically at the case

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management conference currently set for March 5, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. One was filed by defendants

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Gregory Geiser and Breckenridge Property Fund 2016, LLC (Dkt. No. 46), and the other was filed

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by defendants Barrett Daffin Frappier Treder & Weiss, LLP, Cheryl Lyn Asher, Erica Denise

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Jones, Edward Alan Treder, Manuel Loeza, Clayton Allen Goff, and Brandye N. Foreman (the

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“BDFTW defendants”) (Dkt. No. 47).
Good cause appearing, the request of Gregory Geiser and Breckenridge Property Fund

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2016, LLC to appear by telephone is GRANTED.
Counsel for the BDFTW defendants, on the other hand, bases his request on the costs

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associated with traveling to the Oakland courthouse.1 Accordingly, his request to appear by

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telephone is DENIED. Pursuant to the undersigned judge’s Standing Order in Civil Cases,

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telephonic appearances are allowed at initial case management conferences only upon a

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compelling showing of good cause. The routine inconveniences of travel do not constitute good

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cause.2

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Counsel appears to be under the erroneous impression that the undersigned is located in
the San Jose Division of the Northern District of California.
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Absent a compelling showing of good cause, the Court is particularly unwilling to

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This Order terminates Docket Numbers 46 and 47.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: March 2, 2018
YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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entertain any such requests in light of plaintiffs’ renewed motion for a temporary restraining order
(Dkt. No. 50), which the parties should be prepared to address at the case management conference.
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