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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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DEFENDANT GUNN ALLEN FINANCIAL’S REQUEST TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE; ORDER

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ROBERT T. SULLWOLD (SBN 88139)

JAMES A. HUGHES (SBN 88380)

SULLWOLD & HUGHES

235 Montgomery Street, Suite 730

San Francisco, CA 94104

(415) 263-1850

(415) 989-9798 FAX

V. STEPHEN COHEN (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

WILLIAM J. SCHIFINO JR. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

WILLIAMS SCHIFINO MANGIONE & STEADY P.A.

201 N Franklin Street, Suite 2600

Tampa, FL 33602

(813) 221-2626

(813) 221-7335 FAX

Attorneys for Defendant

GunnAllen Financial

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROYAL YATES,

Plaintiff

v.

GUNNALLEN FINANCIAL and

CURT WILLIAMS,

Defendants.

Case No.: C-05-01510 BZ

REQUEST TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE 

AT STATUS CONFERENCE; ORDER

Defendant GunnAllen Financial requests that the Court permit its Florida counsel, V. 

Stephen Cohen and William J. Schifino Jr., both of whom have been admitted pro hac vace in this 

matter, to appear by telephone at the status conference set for Monday, September 11, 2006 at 4 p.m.

Defendant’s San Francisco counsel, Robert T. Sullwold, will attend the status conference in person.

Messrs. Cohen and Schifino will be in an arbitration hearing in Atlanta, Georgia 

beginning on September 11. Given the time difference, their hearing will have concluded for the day

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by the time the status conference in this matter begins and they will be available to participate by 

telephone.

DATED: September 8, 2006 ROBERT T. SULLWOLD

JAMES A. HUGHES

SULLWOLD & HUGHES

V. STEPHEN COHEN

WILLIAM J. SCHIFINO JR.

WILLIAMS SCHIFINO MANGIONE & STEADY P.A.

s/ Robert T. Sullwold

Robert T. Sullwold

Attorneys for Defendant

GunnAllen Financial

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE

Having considered the foregoing Request to Appear by Telephone, and good cause 

appearing therefor, IT IS ORDERED that defendant’s Florida counsel, V. Stephen Cohen and William J. 

Schifino Jr., may appear by telephone at the status conference set for Monday, September 11, 2006 at 4 

p.m.

Dated: September , 2006 _

United States Magistrate Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Bernard Zimmerman

DEFENDANTS TO PHONE COURT AT

522-4093 AT 4:00 P.M. -

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