Filed: Apr. 18, 2016
Latest Update: Apr. 18, 2016
Summary: JOINT STIPULATION REQUESTING TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE OF CERTAIN COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS AT FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER EDWARD M. CHEN , District Judge . The Parties to this action hereby agree to the following and seek an order permitting undersigned counsel for Defendants, Katherine J. Shinners, to appear by telephone at the Final Pretrial Conference scheduled for April 19, at 2:30 p.m. As good cause for this request, the Parties state the following: The Final Pretrial
Summary: JOINT STIPULATION REQUESTING TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE OF CERTAIN COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS AT FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER EDWARD M. CHEN , District Judge . The Parties to this action hereby agree to the following and seek an order permitting undersigned counsel for Defendants, Katherine J. Shinners, to appear by telephone at the Final Pretrial Conference scheduled for April 19, at 2:30 p.m. As good cause for this request, the Parties state the following: The Final Pretrial C..
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JOINT STIPULATION REQUESTING TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE OF CERTAIN COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS AT FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER
EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.
The Parties to this action hereby agree to the following and seek an order permitting undersigned counsel for Defendants, Katherine J. Shinners, to appear by telephone at the Final Pretrial Conference scheduled for April 19, at 2:30 p.m. As good cause for this request, the Parties state the following:
The Final Pretrial Conference in this matter is scheduled for tomorrow, April 19, at 2:30 p.m. See ECF No. 96 (scheduling order); ECF No. 107 (rescheduling Final Pretrial Conference to April 19, 2016).
Defendants state that undersigned counsel for the Defendants, Katherine J. Shinners, planned to attend the hearing in person, along with co-counsel Brian Ward and Lauren Bingham. This morning (April 18, 2016), Ms. Shinners's close family member passed away. Under these extraordinary circumstances, Ms. Shinners seeks to appear at the Final Pretrial Conference by telephone, in order to focus on her family obligations and minimize time away from her family. Mr. Ward and Ms. Bingham will still attend the conference in person. Ms. Shinners, however, is currently designated as lead counsel and has been primarily responsible for conferences regarding the Parties' objections and responses to discovery responses, exhibits, and deposition designations, and for many aspects of the case that will be addressed at the Pretrial Conference, and her appearance at the Pretrial Conference by telephone will be of assistance to the Court. See ECF No. 96 (requiring lead counsel to appear at Final Pretrial Conference).
Accordingly, the Parties respectfully request that Ms. Shinners be permitted to appear by telephone at the Final Pretrial Conference.
I, Katherine J. Shinners, am the ECF user whose user ID and password are being used to file this Stipulation. In accordance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that the other signatories listed here have concurred in the filing of this document.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
Ms. Shinners shall email the Court her direct number by 10:00 a.m. on 4/19/16.
