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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ASIF A. SIAL, an individual, Civil No. 08cv905 JM (CAB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING EX PARTE REQUEST

TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY

[Doc. No. 9.]

v.

UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS; and DOES 1

through 10 inclusive,

Defendants.

On June 30, 2008, this Court issued a Notice and Order for an Early Neutral Evaluation

Conference on August 8, 2008. The Order required the parties, or a party representative with full

settlement authority, to appear personally. [Doc. No. 6 at 1-2.] On July 3, 2008, Defendants filed an ex

parte request for their party representative to appear telephonically. Defendants stated that Counsel for

Plaintiff did not consent to the request. [Doc. No. 9 at 2.]

Unless there are extraordinary circumstances, persons required to attend the conference shall not

be excused from personal attendance. Defendants’ party representative is located in Ohio and

Defendants claims “[i]t would place an undue burden of time and expense on Unifund to fly the

representative across the country to attend the conference in person.” [Doc. No. 9 at 2.] However, as

stated in the June 30, 2008 Order, “[i]n and of itself, having to travel a long distance to appear in person 

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is not ‘extraordinary.’” [Doc. No. 6 at 3.] Accordingly, because Defendants have failed to demonstrate

extraordinary circumstances, the ex parte request is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: July 7, 2008

CATHY ANN BENCIVENGO

United States Magistrate Judge

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