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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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1 Case No. 4:19-CV-00272-HSG

UNOPPOSED ADMIN. MOT. TO ATTEND CASE MANAGEMENT CONF. VIA TELEPHONE

Jillian R. O'Brien (Cal. SBN 251311) 

jillian.obrien@ogletree.com

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & 

STEWART, P.C. 

Two Monument Square 

Suite 703 

Portland, ME 04101 

Telephone: 207-387-2957 

Facsimile: 207-387-2986 

Attorneys for Defendant HARTFORD LIFE 

AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

YURI CARDENAS,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 4:19-CV-00272-HSG

DEFENDANT’S UNOPPOSED 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR LEAVE 

TO ATTEND APRIL 23, 2019 CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE VIA 

TELEPHONE & [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

CMC Date: April 23, 2019 

Time: 2:00 P.M. 

Defendant Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company (“Hartford”) respectfully moves 

under Local Rule 7-11 for an order permitting its counsel, Jillian R. O’Brien, to attend the Case 

Management Conference set for Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at 2:00 P.M. (the “Conference”) by 

telephone. In support of this request, Hartford states as follows: 

1. Hartford understands the value of live participation in Court conferences in many 

instances. However, there are countervailing concerns in this case that make telephonic 

participation appropriate. Live participation at the Case Management Conference, which is likely 

to be fairly brief, would require travel to California and back, from defense counsel’s office, which 

is located in Portland, Maine. In addition, defense counsel will be returning to Portland, Maine, 

from pre-planned travel abroad on April 22, 2019, making it difficult to travel to San Francisco on 

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April 23, 2019. Defense counsel further believes that the expenditure of resources necessary for 

live participation in the Conference would be best directed toward efforts at resolving the case 

informally or through mediation. 

2. Plaintiff’s counsel, Nina Wasow, has stated that she does not object to Defendant’s 

counsel appearing telephonically at the Conference. 

3. Hartford consents to all parties participating telephonically, if the Court permits and 

Plaintiff so chooses. 

WHEREFORE, Hartford respectfully requests permission for its counsel Jillian R. 

O’Brien to telephonically participate in the April 23, 2019 Case Management Conference. 

DATED: March 27, 2019 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & 

STEWART, P.C. 

By: /s/ Jillian R. O'Brien 

Jillian R. O'Brien 

Attorneys for Defendant HARTFORD LIFE 

AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE 

COMPANY

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Upon consideration of Defendant Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company’s 

Unopposed Administrative Motion for Leave to Attend the April 23, 2019 Case Management 

Conference via telephone, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 

1. The Unopposed Motion for Leave to Attend the Case Management Conference via 

Telephone is GRANTED; 

2. Jillian R. O’Brien will be permitted to appear via telephone at the case management 

conference scheduled for April 23, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., as the representative of Hartford Life and 

Accident Insurance Company. 

Dated: ______________________________ 

Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

United States District Judge 

3/28/2019 Counsel shall contact CourtCall at (866) 582-6878 to make arrangements for the telephonic appearance. 

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