Opinion
No. 2:11-cv-02991 KJN
07-24-2012
HECTOR ALBIZO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. WACHOVIA MORTGAGE, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
Presently before the court is defendant Wachovia Mortgage's request to appear by telephone at the August 2, 2012 status (pretrial scheduling) conference. The request concerns Wachovia Mortgage's counsel located in Pasadena, California. The undersigned grants the request.
This case proceeds before the undersigned as a result of the parties' voluntary consent to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge (Order, Jan. 9, 2012, Dkt. No. 26). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 73; E. Dist. Local Rule 301.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Defendant Wachovia Mortgage's request to appear by telephone at the August 2, 2012 status (pretrial scheduling) conference is granted. Counsel, Melissa M. Coyle, may appear at the conference by telephone.
2. Ms. Coyle shall promptly contact the undersigned's Courtroom Deputy at (916) 930-4187, and provide a dedicated, hard telephone line at which the court may contact her at the time of the hearing.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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KENDALL J. NEWMAN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE