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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 PRETRIAL CONFERENCE; ORDER

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

William J. Schifino Jr., who has been admitted pro hac vace in this matter, to appear by telephone at the 

pretrial conference set for Monday, November 6, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. Defendant’s San Francisco 

counsel, Robert T. Sullwold, will attend the pretrial conference in person.

Mr. Schifino will participate in the trial of this action and hence his participation in the 

pretrial conference is desirable. However, his office is located in Tampa, Florida, and attending the 

pretrial conference in person would require him to spend the better part of two days traveling to and

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from California for a hearing expected to last less than two hours.

DATED: October 31, 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, William J. Schifino Jr., may 

appear by telephone at the pretrial conference set for Monday, November 6, 2006 at 10:30 a.m.

Dated: October , 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

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