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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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REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Bret A. Stone SBN 190161 BStone@PaladinLaw.com 

Kirk M. Tracy SBN 288508 KTracy@PaladinLaw.com 

PALADIN LAW GROUP® LLP

1176 Boulevard Way 

Walnut Creek, CA 94595 

Telephone: (925) 947-5700 

Facsimile: (925) 935-8488 

Counsel for Estate of Robert Renzel, Deceased, by and through his 

successors in interest, Susan Carter and Ann Renzel Sebastian; 

Robert E. Renzel Trust, by and through its trustees, Susan Carter 

and Ann Renzel Sebastian; Susan Carter; Ann Renzel Sebastian; 

and Bascom Avenue Development LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ESTATE OF ROBERT RENZEL, 

DECEASED et al., 

Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants, 

 v. 

LUPE VENTURA et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 4:15-cv-1648-HSG 

RENZEL’S REQUEST TO APPEAR BY 

TELEPHONE AT CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND ORDER 

Case Management Conference: 

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

Courtroom 2, 4th Floor 

September 11, 2018 

2:00 p.m. 

L.R. 16-10(a) 

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS. 

Action filed: April 10, 2015 

Discovery September 27, 2018 

Trial date: December 3, 2018 

Pursuant to Local Rule 16-10(a), Plaintiff and Counter-Defendants Estate of Robert Renzel, 

Deceased, by and through his successors in interest, Susan Carter and Ann Renzel Sebastian; Robert 

E. Renzel Trust, by and through its trustees, Susan Carter and Ann Renzel Sebastian; Susan Carter; 

Ann Renzel Sebastian; and Bascom Avenue Development LLC (collectively, “Renzel”) 

respectfully request that their counsel, Bret A. Stone of Paladin Law Group® LLP, be permitted to 

appear by telephone through CourtCall at the Case Management Conference scheduled for 

September 11, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of the Oakland Office of the Northern District. 

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REQUEST FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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Counsel requests the telephonic appearance due to the mediator’s request for mediation on 

September 11, 2018 in Los Angeles, the same date as the case management conference. The 

mediator has indicated he would not have an issue with the telephonic appearance at the conference 

to accommodate counsel and the Court. Since September 11, 2018 is the mediator’s only 

availability date in September, counsel respectfully requests to appear by telephone for this case 

management conference. 

Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: September 5, 2018 

PALADIN LAW GROUP® LLP 

 

/s/ Bret A. Stone 

 Counsel for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendants 

ORDER 

Renzel’s request for Bret A. Stone to appear by telephone at the Case Management 

Conference hearing, scheduled for September 11, 2018 at 2;00 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of the Oakland 

Office of the Northern District, is hereby GRANTED. Counsel is instructed to contact CourtCall 

directly at (866) 582-6878 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 ___________________________ 

HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 

U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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