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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAHLEEM TINDLE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF DALY CITY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 13-cv-02449-HSG (DMR)

ORDER GRANTING PERMISSION TO 

APPEAR BY TELEPHONE AT JULY 8, 

2016 HEARING 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

Good cause appearing, the court GRANTS permission for Defendants and pro se Plaintiff 

Yolanda Banks-Reed to appear by telephone at the Order to Show Cause Hearing scheduled for 

July 8, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. This order does not give counsel or Plaintiff Banks-Reed permission to 

appear telephonically at subsequent hearings in this case. 

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: July 7, 2016

______________________________________

Donna M. Ryu

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

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 one week 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 at least three business days 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.

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.

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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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