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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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ALAN G. DOWLING,

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

6049 Pomegranate Lane

Woodland Hills, CA 91403

Phone 818 679 6395

Fax 818 436 2117

Email agdowling@aol.com

June 14, 2010

Via E-Filing

Hon. Edward M. Chen, U.S. Magistrate Judge

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California 

450 Golden Gate Ave., 15th Floor, Courtroom C

San Francisco, CA 94102 

Re: Legal Additions LLC v. Kowalski et al.

USDC, ND CA, Case No. CV-08-2754 EMC

Dear Judge Chen:

I am writing at the instruction of your deputy courtroom clerk, Betty Lee, to 

confirm my request that I be permitted to take part in the further pretrial conference in the 

above-referenced matter, on Friday June 18, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. The purpose of the 

further pretrial conference, as I understand it, is for the court to rule on objections to 

further exhibits, and further motions in limine, as well as to complete any pretrial 

“housecleaning” matters that may have arisen since the hearing resulting in reinstatement 

of the jury. As such, given that as of now there are no further motions in limine, and only 

a limited number of additional exhibits have been proposed by Plaintiff, it appears the 

conference will be quite short.

If I have to attend in person, it will effectively take the entire day to travel from 

Los Angeles, for what will likely be a less than 30 minute conference. Since May 28th, I 

have been working with my doctor attempting to heal a substantial blood clot in my right 

leg, which has been severely swollen and quite painful, and I would like to avoid the 

extra air flight and extensive walking that would be necessitate by a trip on June 18th, 

given that I have to come again the following week. Moreover, my client, as the Court 

will doubtless recall from many past communications, filings and oral arguments, is 

impecunious, and I am already about to have to bear the out of pocket cost of appearing 

for jury trial for, in all likelihood, a week in San Francisco. I’d like to avoid this excess.

I would very much appreciate the Court granting me this courtesy of allowing me 

to participate in this extraordinary and short conference by telephone.

Very Truly Yours,

Alan G. Dowling

Alan G. Dowling

AGD/ss

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