DEFENDANTS' REQUEST TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AT INITIAL SCHEDULING CONFERENCE; ORDER

KENDALL J. NEWMAN, Magistrate Judge.

WHEREAS, an Initial Scheduling Conference in this matter is set for January 17, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. before the Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman;

WHEREAS, Defendants G.W. WILLIAMS CO., DBA FOLSOM GATEWAY APARTMENTS and WOODMONT REAL ESTATE SERVICES ("Defendants")' counsel, Sumy Kim, would like to avoid the expenditure of fees and costs incident to an in-person attendance at the Conference. In particular, counsel for Defendants are located in San Francisco, California, and would incur fees and costs to travel to the Court to attend in-person. Further, counsel for Defendants are based in San Francisco, California, and travel from San Francisco to Sacramento for this appearance would be in excess of 87 miles, one way. Ms. Kim can be reached directly at (415) 438-5923. Plaintiff's counsel has stated that they would not oppose Defendants' request for a telephonic appearance;

WHEREAS, Defendants' counsel will make arrangements to appear telephonically for the Initial Scheduling Conference;

NOW, THEREFORE, request is hereby made that Defendants' counsel, Sumy Kim, be permitted to appear telephonically at the Initial Scheduling Conference.

ORDER

Based on the foregoing, and having shown good cause, it is hereby ordered that counsel for Defendants, Sumy Kim, is permitted to appear at the January 17, 2019 Initial Scheduling Conference via telephonic conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.