Williams v. Redwood Toxicology Laboratory

Filing 22

ORDER (as modified) GRANTING 19 Request to Permit Kara Keister to Appear at Initial Case Management Conference Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 9/8/2021. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/8/2021)

Case 4:21-cv-04501-HSG Document 22 Filed 09/08/21 Page 1 of 3

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Eric Lloyd (SBN 254390)
[e-mail]
560 Mission Street, 31st Floor
San Francisco, California 94105
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Kara Keister (SBN 250260)
[e-mail]
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2350
Sacramento, California 95814-4428
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant Redwood Toxicology Laboratory
aka Abbott Laboratories

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - OAKLAND DIVISION

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EVERLINE WILLIAMS, an individual,

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Plaintiff,
v.

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REDWOOD TOXICOLOGY LABORATORY
aka ABBOTT LABORATORIES, and DOES 1
through 20,

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Defendant.

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Case No. 4:21-cv-04501-HSG
[Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
DEFENDANT’S REQUEST TO PERMIT
KARA KEISTER TO APPEAR AT
INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE; ORDER (as modified)
Date:
Time:
Courtroom:

September 14, 2021
2:00 p.m.
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Complaint Filed: June 10, 2021

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REQUEST TO PERMIT KARA KEISTER TO APPEAR AT INITIAL CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; ORDER

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TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
Eric M. Lloyd is lead trial counsel for Defendant in this matter. Pursuant to Local Rule 16-10(a),

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Defendant respectfully requests that Kara Keister, who has been associated on this matter since

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Defendant retained the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP as counsel, be permitted to appear on behalf of

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Defendant at the Initial Case Management Conference. Ms. Keister has all information necessary to

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appear at the conference and will be prepared to discuss all relevant matters at the conference, and thus

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permitting her appearance would further the goals of judicial economy. Plaintiff’s counsel of record in

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this matter, Tiega-Noel Varlack, has informed Ms. Keister that she does not object to Ms. Keister’s

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appearance at the conference. Ms. Keister also will appear on behalf of Defendant with respect to

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Defendant’s forthcoming Motion to Dismiss.
Accordingly, Defendant requests that this Court excuse Mr. Lloyd from attending the initial case

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management conference pursuant to Northern District of California Local Rule 16-10, and permit Ms.

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Keister to appear in his absence.

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DATED: September 7, 2021

Respectfully submitted,
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

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By: /s/ Kara Keister
Eric Lloyd
Kara Keister
Attorneys for Defendant Redwood Toxicology
Laboratory aka Abbott Laboratories

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REQUEST TO PERMIT KARA KEISTER TO APPEAR AT INITIAL CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; ORDER

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ORDER
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For good cause appearing,
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to Local Rule 16-10, Kara Keister is permitted to
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appear telephonically at the September 14, 2021 Initial Case Management Conference and Eric M.

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Lloyd is excused from appearing.
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Dated: 9/8/2021

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
United States District Judge

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REQUEST TO PERMIT KARA KEISTER TO APPEAR AT INITIAL CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; ORDER