Opinion
PAMELA L. COX HEMAR, ROUSSO & HEALD, LLP, Encino, California, Attorneys for Defendant HEMAR, ROUSSO & HEALD, LLP.
[PROPOSED] ORDER AND DEFENDANT HEMAR, ROUSSO & HEALD, LLP'S REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT THE HEARING ON THE MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge.
TO ALL PARTIES AND TO THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that counsel for Defendant HEMAR, ROUSSO & HEALD, LLP ("Defendant") hereby requests to appear by telephone at the hearing on the Motion to Dismiss Complaint scheduled on April 20, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 5 of the above-entitled court.
The grounds for this request are defense counsel's offices are located in Encino, California, and Defendant will incur significant travel expenses if its counsel personally appears at the hearing. The alleged amount in controversy is statutory damages of up to $1, 000.00.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Pamela L. Cox, counsel for Defendant HEMAR, ROUSSO & HEALD, LLP will be readily available for the hearing and can be reached at (818) 501-3800.
ORDER:
It is too early for the court to determine whether it will require in-person arguments on defendant's Motion to Dismiss. The request to appear telephonically at the hearing is accordingly DENIED at this time, without prejudice to its being renewed after the Opposition and Reply have been filed.