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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Property Damage

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 *E-FILED*

October 3, 2005

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN SMITH, No. C 05-02049 PVT (RS)

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER EXCUSING ATTENDANCE

AT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

BIGGIE CRANE AND RIGGING,

et al.,

Defendants.

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TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

By letter dated September 27, 2005, Steven Smith, through his counsel, Christopher Ashworth,

requested that he be excused from personally appearing at the settlement conference scheduled for

October 7, 2005. No opposition was filed by any party.

Upon consideration of the request, the Court finds good cause for excusing personal attendance. 

Therefore, it is hereby ORDERED that Steven Smith be available by telephone from 9:30 a.m. Pacific

Standard Time until further notice on October 7, 2005.

If the court concludes that the absence of Steven Smith is interfering with the settlement conference,

the Court may continue the settlement conference and may order personal attendance by 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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each party including Steven Smith.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 3, 2005

 /s/ Richard Seeborg 

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT NOTICE OF THIS ORDER WAS ELECTRONICALLY

PROVIDED TO

Jason Chen Zhao, Esq.

Email: zhao@lbbslaw.com

Jennifer A. Riso, Esq.

Email: jriso@braggdzlaw.com

Mark S. Lee, Esq.

Email: mlee@npllaw.com

Michael S. Treppa, Esq.

Email: mtreppa@akclawfirm.com

John Skelton, Esq.

Email: jskelton@slg.com

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not registered for

e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program.

Dated: October 3, 2005

CHAMBERS OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE RICHARD SEEBORG

By: /s/ BAK