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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CRAWFORD ET AL,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC.,

Defendant(s).

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No. C-15-00301-DMR

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

REQUEST FOR

TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT

HEARING ON MOTION TO DISMISS

[DOCKET NO. 9]

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

Defendant’s request to appear by telephone at the hearing on Defendant’s motion to dismiss,

previously set for March 12, 2015 at 11:00 a.m., is granted.

Parties appearing by telephone must follow the protocol set forth in the attached Notice re

Telephonic Appearance Procedures for Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu. Failure to comply

with the procedures ordered herein may result in sanctions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 5, 2015 DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

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NOTICE RE TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE PROCEDURES FOR 

MAGISTRATE JUDGE DONNA M. RYU

EFFECTIVE APRIL 11, 2012 

I. POLICY GOVERNING TELEPHONIC APPEARANCES

A party representative (or a party if in pro se) generally must appear in person for a hearing or

case management conference. Permission to attend by telephone may be granted, in the Court's

discretion, upon written request made at least two weeks in advance of the hearing if the Court

determines that good cause exists to excuse personal attendance, and that personal attendance is

not needed in order to have an effective hearing or conference. The facts establishing good cause

must be set forth in the request. All telephonic appearances must be made through CourtCall, an

independent conference call company, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section II. If an

individual schedules a telephonic appearance and then fails to respond to the call of a matter on

calendar, the Court may pass the matter or may treat the failure to respond as a failure to appear.

Scheduling simultaneous telephonic appearances in multiple courts does not excuse a failure to

appear. Individuals making use of the conference call service are cautioned that they do so at their

own risk. Hearings generally will not be rescheduled due to missed connections.

II. SCHEDULING A TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE.

If the Court grants a party's request for telephonic appearance, the party shall arrange for the

appearance by calling CourtCall at (866) 582-6878 not later than 3:00 p.m. the court day prior

to the hearing date.

III. PROCEDURE FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE.

Court Call will provide counsel with written confirmation of a telephonic appearance, and give

counsel a number to call to make the telephonic appearance. It is counsel's responsibility to dial

into the call not later than 10 minutes prior to the scheduled hearing.

CourtCall does not place a call to counsel.

The initial charge per participant for a CourtCall appearance is $30.00 for the first 45 minutes

you are connected. For each additional 15 minute increment the charge is $7.00. If you do not

timely call and connect with the Court Call operator, you will be billed for the call and the

hearing may proceed in your absence.

Telephonic appearances are connected directly with the courtroom's public address system and

electronic recording equipment so that a normal record is produced. To ensure the quality of

the record, the use of car phones, cellular phones, speakerphones,

public telephone booths, or phones in other public places is prohibited except in the most extreme

emergencies. Participants should be able to hear all parties without difficulty or echo.

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At the time of your hearing, you may initially be in the listening mode in which case you will be

able to hear the case before yours just as if you were in the courtroom. After your call is connected

to the courtroom, the Judge will call the case, request appearances, and direct the manner in which

the hearing proceeds. Each time you speak, you should identify yourself for the record. The court's

teleconferencing system allows more than one speaker to be heard, so the Judge can interrupt a

speaker to ask a question or redirect the discussion. When the Judge informs the participants that

the hearing is completed, you may disconnect and the next case will be called.

Telephonic appearances by multiple participants are only possible when there is compliance with

every procedural requirement. Sanctions may be imposed when there is any deviation from the

required procedures or the Court determines that a person's conduct makes telephonic appearances

inappropriate. Sanctions may include dropping a matter from calendar, continuing the hearing,

proceeding in the absence of an unavailable participant, a monetary sanction, and/or a permanent

prohibition against a person appearing telephonically.

Court Call Telephone Appearance Procedure

3/28/2012

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