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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BHARI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SYSTEMS PVT., LTD.,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

ALLIED BOSTON BANK, INC., et

al.,

Defendant(s).

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No. C05-1223 SI (BZ)

ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO

EXCUSE ATTENDANCE OF

PLAINTIFF

By letter dated May 31, 2006, plaintiff has requested that

the court excuse the personal attendance of its representative

at the settlement conference scheduled for June 15, 2006. By

letter dated June 6, 2006, defendants have objected. 

Defendants objections are sustained. The request is not

timely inasmuch as the Order Scheduling Settlement Conference

was entered March 15, 2006. That order stated that personal

attendance of a party representative would rarely be excused and

only upon a written application “demonstrating substantial

hardship served . . . as early as the hardship is known.” Nor

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does the cost of attending the settlement conference constitute

substantial hardship. It was plaintiff who elected to file this

lawsuit in the Northern District of California and therefore

assumed the responsibility of appearing in this court if

necessary. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that plaintiff's request to

have its representative excused from personally attending the

conference is DENIED.

Dated: June 7, 2006

 Bernard Zimmerman

United States Magistrate Judge

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