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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT W. DUPUY,

 Plaintiff,

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WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS

CO., L.P.A., 

 Defendant.

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No. C 06-1888 MMC

ORDER RE POSSIBLE

RECONSIDERATION OF PRIOR

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S

REQUEST TO EXCUSE PERSONAL

APPEARANCE AT MEDIATION

On July 20, 2006, Defendant's counsel, Corinne Deveza, emailed a letter to Judge

Chesney requesting that Defendant's representative be excused from appearing personally

at a mediation scheduled for August 1, 2006. Pursuant to the ADR Local Rules, however,

the letter should have been sent to this court, instead. Judge Chesney forwarded Ms.

Deveza's letter, at which time this court contacted Ms. Deveza and asked that she resubmit

her request to this court. On July 21, 2006, Ms. Deveza sent by facsimile to this court the

identical letter sent to Judge Chesney. In this letter, Ms. Deveza represented that "we have

advised Plaintiff's counsel today of WWR's intent to appear telephonically and have not yet

received any objection." On July 21, 2006, having reviewed Ms. Deveza's submission, this

court signed the proposed Order and excused the personal appearance of Defendant's

representative from the mediation. The next day, on July 22, 2006, counsel for Plaintiff eCase 3:06-cv-01888-MMC Document 17 Filed 07/26/06 Page 1 of 2
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filed an objection to excusing Defendant from personally appearing at the mediation. The

court reviewed the objection but did not believe anything in the objection warranted a change

in the previously-signed Order. 

On July 26, 2006, Irving Berg, counsel for Plaintiff, called to inform this court that

he had never seen the July 20, 2006 letter from Ms. Deveza. Indeed, having reviewed the

docket on this case, it appears that Ms. Deveza did not e-file her letter but, instead, emailed

her letter to Judge Chesney directly through Judge Chesney's proposed order mailbox. This

electronic mailbox is not accessible to the parties. The only document Ms. Deveza e-filed

on the matter was a proposed order, which did not contain substantive support for the

Request. In addition, Mr. Berg was not copied on the original Request or on the identical

Request resubmitted by facsimile to this court. Accordingly, because Mr. Berg's objection

appears to have been made after seeing only the proposed order and not the supporting letter

request, this court will reconsider its prior Order, if Mr. Berg e-files a Request to Reconsider

on behalf of Plaintiff, supported by relevant information and argument, by 5:00 p.m. today,

July 26, 2006. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 26, 2006 /s/ Wayne D. Brazil 

WAYNE D. BRAZIL

United States Magistrate Judge

Copies to:

Parties, WDB, MMC Stats.

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