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Nature of Suit Code: 430
Nature of Suit: Banks and Banking
Cause of Action: 12:1821 Default of Loan by Promissary Note

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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

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP.,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

MARK GARWOOD ET AL,

Defendant(s).

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No. C-14-00390 WHO (DMR)

ORDER RE REQUEST FOR

TELEPHONIC APPEARANCES AT

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

Defense counsel filed a request for telephonic (rather than personal) appearances by

Defendants Nancy Grautan, James Williams, and Jeffrey Tappan ("the Requesting Defendants") at

the February 24, 2015 settlement conference. [Docket No. 51.] Third Party Travelers' Insurance

objected to the request by sending an email to the court, copied to defense counsel.

On February 18, 2015, the court ordered each of the Requesting Defendants to file a sworn

declaration by February 19, 2015 setting forth specific facts supporting his or her request for

telephonic appearance. [Docket No. 52.] Instead of filing the declarations as ordered, Requesting

Defendants Grautan and Tappan emailed their declarations to an address that the court does not

regularly monitor; therefore, the court only received the declarations this afternoon.1

 The court

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instructed Requesting Defendants Grautan and Tappan to immediately provide their declarations to

Travelers’ Insurance.

Upon review of the declarations, the court finds good cause to allow Grautan and Tappan to

appear by telephone at the settlement conference. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that

Defendants Grautan and Tappan be available by telephone from 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time until

further notice on February 24, 2015. If the court concludes that the absence of Grautan and Tappan

is interfering with the settlement conference, the court may continue the settlement conference and

may order personal attendance by each party. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 20, 2015

 DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

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