ORDER

INDIRA TALWANI, District Judge.

On November 11, 2014 Defendant Jean-Francois Amyot ("Amyot") filed a motion requesting leave to appear telephonically at the pretrial conference scheduled for November 12, 2014 at 2:30 p.m.1 This motion, submitted to the clerk by email on a federal holiday on the day prior to the scheduled conference, is untimely. Moreover, Amyot's statement that he would have to drive for two days to attend this conference in person is an unreasonable estimation of the trip's length. Based on Amyot's address as provided to the court, his estimated driving time to Boston is slightly more than six hours.

Both the nature and timing of Amyot's motion suggest a lack of appropriate attention to this pending matter. Amyot's in-person attendance at the court's final pretrial conference would assist both the court and Amyot himself in preparing for trial, which is scheduled to begin on Monday November 17, 2014. Accordingly, the court strongly discourages Amyot from participating telephonically.

If Amyot nonetheless seeks to participate by telephone, however, the court will not prohibit him from so appearing. The motion to appear by telephone [#160] is ALLOWED.

It is further ordered that Amyot, whether appearing in person or by telephone, be prepared to discuss all topics identified in Plaintiff SEC's Trial Brief [#158] as well as the court's Order [#159] issued on November 10, 2014. In light of the court's ruling on the parties' respective motions in limine,2 Amyot should also be prepared to identify which, if any, proposed trial exhibits he still objects to being introduced as well as the grounds for those objections.

IT IS SO ORDERED.