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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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LITTLE R ME NDE LSO N 

A PR O F E S S ION A L C O RP O R AT IO N

650 C a lifornia Stre e t 

20th F loor 

Sa n F ra ncisco, C A 94108.2693 

415.433.1940 

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MOTION TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY 

AT INITIAL DISCOVERY CONFERENCE Case No. C09-04534-PJH

ROD M. FLIEGEL, Bar No. 168289 

E-mail: rfliegel@littler.com

ANGELA J. RAFOTH, Bar No. 241966 

E-mail: arafoth@littler.com

LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

650 California Street, 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94108.2693 

Telephone: 415.433.1940 

Fax No.: 415.399.8490 

ELIZABETH STAGGS WILSON, Bar No. 183160 

E-mail: estaggs-wilson@littler.com

RYAN P. ESKIN, Bar No. 205413 

E-mail: reskin@littler.com

LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

2049 Century Park East, 5th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067.3107 

Telephone: 310.553.0308 

Fax No.: 310.553.5583 

Attorneys for Defendants 

STAPLES, INC. and STAPLES CONTRACT AND 

COMMERCIAL, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LISA BRABOY, as an individual and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STAPLES, INC., a corporation, and 

STAPLES CONTRACT & COMMERCIAL, 

INC., a corporation, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C09-04534-PJH 

ASSIGNED FOR ALL PURPOSES TO THE 

HON. PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON 

MOTION BY COUNSEL FOR 

DEFENDANTS TO APPEAR AND 

PARTICIPATE TELEPHONICALLY 

AT INITIAL DISCOVERY 

CONFERENCE 

Judge: Hon. Bernard Zimmerman 

Date: June 17, 2010 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: G, 15th Floor 

Action Filed: November 25, 2008 

Action Removed: September 29, 2009 

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LITTLE R ME NDE LSO N 

A PR O F E S S ION A L C O RP O R AT IO N

650 C a lifornia Stre e t 

20th F loor 

Sa n F ra ncisco, C A 94108.2693 

415.433.1940 

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MOTION TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY 

AT INITIAL DISCOVERY CONFERENCE 1. Case No. C09-04534-PJH

TO: THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 

By and through this Motion, Elizabeth Staggs Wilson, Esq. of Littler Mendelson, P.C., Los 

Angeles-based counsel for Defendants Staples, Inc. and Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc., 

herewith requests this Court to permit her to appear and participate telephonically at the Initial 

Discovery Conference set for Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom G, 15th Floor 

before the Honorable Bernard Zimmerman, United States Magistrate Judge presiding. 

If this Motion is granted, Attorney Staggs Wilson will call the Court from her office in Los 

Angeles, California, on the day and at the time of this court hearing, or follow such other directions

as the court may provide. It is represented that Attorney Staggs Wilson can meaningfully participate 

in all aspects of the Initial Discovery Conference through telephonic participation, including, as may

be necessary, the scheduling of various matters pending before the court, and any such other matters 

that may properly be brought before, or raised by, the Court. 

This Motion is being made to avoid the various expenses and travel time that would be 

incurred if co-lead trial counsel for Defendants had to travel to San Francisco from Los Angeles to 

personally appear at this hearing. This Motion is being submitted in accordance with the Court’s 

standing orders and such other rules and procedures that may be applicable to this request. This 

Motion is being submitted at least five (5) days before the conference. 

Dated: June 10, 2010 

/s/ 

RYAN P. ESKIN 

LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

Attorneys for Defendant 

STAPLES, INC. and STAPLES CONTRACT 

AND COMMERCIAL INC. 

Firmwide:95826683.1 026063.1017 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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DENIED

Judge Bernard Zimmerman

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