ORDER ON REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC CONFERENCE (Doc. 94)

SHEILA K. OBERTO, Magistrate Judge.

The Court is in receipt of "Silverang Donohoe Rosenzweig & Haltzman's Request for a Telephonic Conference Regarding Representation as Counsel of Record for Plaintiff Gulamnabi Vahora, M.D., PH.D" (the "Request"). (Doc. 94.) In the Request, Mr. Phillip Rosenzweig, Plaintiff's previous counsel,1 seeks a telephonic conference with the Court to discuss resuming his representation of Plaintiff and requests that the Court continue the trial so that he may document his engagement with Plaintiff and locate local counsel to sponsor his admission pro hac vice. (See id.)

This case has been pending since October 2016, the Court has continued the trial date two times to accommodate Plaintiff (see Docs. 86, 89), and Plaintiff has been given ample time to identify local counsel or obtain new counsel. As such, the Court is not inclined to continue the trial based on the information set forth in the Request. The Court agrees, however, that the Request warrants a discussion with all parties, and finds, in view of the upcoming trial date of March 19, 2019, that the discussion cannot wait until after February 15, 2019.2

Accordingly, a telephonic conference is HEREBY SET for Friday, February 8, 2019, at 04:00 PM PST. The parties shall call (888) 557-8511; access code 6208204# at the time of the conference.

Mr. Rosenzweig SHALL provide Plaintiff with notice of this Order in a manner reasonably calculated to ensure Plaintiff's participation in the telephonic conference on February 8, 2019.

IT IS SO ORDERED.