Desert Palace, Inc. v. Michael

Filing 100

ORDER denying 93 Motion for Exemption; Telephonic Status Conference set for 8/30/2017 at 09:30 AM in LV Courtroom 3A before Magistrate Judge George Foley Jr. The parties are instructed to call telephone number: (888) 251-2909, access code 7771745 five (5) minutes prior to the hearing time. The 8/30/2017 Settlement Conference is hereby VACATED. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 8/21/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JM)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DESERT PALACE, INC., d/b/a CAESARS PALACE, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) ANDREW P. MICHAEL, ) ) Defendant. ) __________________________________________) 14 Case No. 2:16-cv-00462-JAD-GWF ORDER This matter is before the Court on Defendant’s Request for Exemption to Personal 15 Appearance at Settlement Conference (ECF No. 93), filed on August 10, 2017. Plaintiff filed a 16 Response (ECF No. 96) on August 18, 2017. 17 Defendant requests that he be allowed to appear at the settlement conference telephonically 18 because he is a resident of London, England and because he is “not well.” Plaintiff objects to 19 Defendant’s request and suggests that the Court postpone the settlement conference to a date when 20 Defendant would be able to appear. The Court finds that Defendant’s personal appearance at the 21 settlement conference is necessary and will therefore vacate and reschedule the settlement conference. 22 Accordingly, 23 24 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant’s Request for Exemption to Personal Appearance at Settlement Conference (ECF No. 93) is denied. 25 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the settlement conference scheduled for August 30, 2017 26 is hereby VACATED. 27 ... 28 ... 1 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a telephonic status conference is scheduled for 2 Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. in Las Vegas Courtroom 3A. The parties will discuss 3 rescheduling the settlement conference. The parties are instructed to call telephone number: (888) 4 251-2909, access code 7771745 five (5) minutes prior to the hearing time. Please remain on the line 5 until such time as the Court joins the call and convenes the proceedings. The use of a cell phone or 6 speaker phone during the call is prohibited. The call must be made using a land line. 7 DATED this 21st day of August, 2017. 8 9 10 ______________________________________ GEORGE FOLEY, JR. United States Magistrate Judge 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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