Opinion
2:21-cv-01829-DB
09-08-2023
ALEX LAMOTA MARTI, Plaintiff, v. MANNING, et al., Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' EX PARTE MOTION TO EXCUSE PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
HON. CAROLYN K. DELANEY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
A settlement conference is scheduled in this action on September 12, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.
Defendants move ex parte to request that the Court excuse Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General Marisa Kirschenbauer, party representative, from attending the settlement conference by video conference due to a scheduling conflict, and instead permit Ms. Kirschenbauer to be on telephonic standby. Defendants have further requested that Acting Supervising Deputy Attorney General Sarah Singer be permitted to attend with defense counsel of record.
Upon due consideration, for good cause shown, the Court GRANTS Defendants' ex parte motion and excuses Ms. Kirschenbauer's attendance at the settlement conference on September 12, 2023, if she will remain available during the settlement conference on telephonic standby, to be contacted should she need to be consulted. Ms. Singer will be permitted to attend with counsel of record.
IT IS SO ORDERED.