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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9659 CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response

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4851-6928-0881.1 1 4:15-cv-01648-RMW

REQUEST TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; ORDER

LEWI

S

BRISBOI

S

BISGAARD

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

GLENN A. FRIEDMAN, SBN 104442 

 E-Mail: Glenn.Friedman@lewisbrisbois.com 

ROBERT FARRELL, SBN 107461 

 E-Mail: Robert.Farrell@lewisbrisbois.com 

333 Bush Street, Suite 1100 

San Francisco, California 94104-2872 

Telephone: 415.362.2580 

Facsimile: 415.434.0882 

Attorneys for Counter-Defendants 

SUSAN CARTER, ANN RENZEL SEBASTIAN 

and ESTATE OF ROBERT RENZEL, 

DECEASED 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND DIVISION 

ESTATE OF ROBERT RENZEL, 

DECEASED, by and through his successors in 

interest, Susan Carter and Ann Renzel 

Sebastian, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

LUPE VENTURA, an individual and doing 

business as RITZ CLEANERS, et al., 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. 4:15-cv-01648-HSG 

REQUEST TO APPEAR 

TELEPHONICALLY AT CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 

ORDER 

Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

Date: September 11, 2018 

Time: 2:00 p.m. 

Crtrm.: 2, 4th Floor 

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS 

Pursuant to United States District Court for the Northern District of California Local Rule 

16-10(a), Counter-Defendants SUSAN CARTER, ANN RENZEL SEBASTIAN and ESTATE OF 

ROBERT RENZEL, DECEASED (“Counter-Defendants”) hereby request that the Court authorize 

counsel for Counter-Defendants to participate telephonically in the Case Management Conference 

hearing scheduled in this action on September 11, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 2 before the 

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

Counsel for Counter-Defendants make this request on the grounds that the Court has 

ordered a mediation to take place no later than September 24, 2018. Mr. Gallagher, the mediator, 

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4851-6928-0881.1 2 4:15-cv-01648-RMW

REQUEST TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; ORDER

LEWI

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BRISBOI

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BISGAARD

has advised the parties that his only available date to mediate this matter is September 11, 2018 in 

Los Angeles, CA, the same day as the Case Management Conference. As counsel would be 

unable to simultaneously personally appear at the Case Management Conference in Oakland, CA 

and the mediation in Los Angeles, CA, counsel requests that he be able to attend the Case 

Management Conference telephonically. The mediator has indicated that has no objection. 

Counter-Defendants therefore, requests that the Court authorize counsel for CounterDefendants to participate telephonically for the scheduled Case Management Conference hearing 

on September 11, 2018. 

DATED: September 5, 2018 LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

 By: /s/ Robert Farrell

 GLENN A. FRIEDMAN 

ROBERT W. FARRELL 

Attorneys for Counter-Defendants 

SUSAN CARTER, ANN RENZEL SEBASTIAN 

and ESTATE OF ROBERT RENZEL, 

DECEASED

ORDER 

The Court finds good cause exists for GRANTING Counter-Defendants’ request to appear 

telephonically for the Case Management Conference hearing scheduled for September 11, 2018 at 

2:00 p.m. before the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. in Department 2. Robert W. Farrell, 

Counsel for Counter-Defendants, is instructed to contact CourtCall directly at (866) 582-6878 to 

arrange for telephonic appearance. Counsel must be available beginning at 2:00 p.m. until called 

by the Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September 6, 2018 

__________________________________________ 

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 

Judge of the United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

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