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Parties Involved:
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Defendant
Risk Management Agency
Defendant
John Van Curen
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Van Curen v. FCIC and RMA MOTION TO PERMIT APPEARANCE BY TELEPHONE 

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BRIAN J. STRETCH (CABN 163973) 

United States Attorney 

SARA WINSLOW (DCBN 457643) 

Chief, Civil Division 

JONATHAN U. LEE (CSBN 148792) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, California 94102-3495 

Telephone: (415) 436-6909 

FAX: (415) 436-7234 

Jonathan.Lee@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants FEDERAL CROP 

INSURANCE COMPANY and RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

JOHN VAN CUREN, as Trustee of the Chapter 

11 Estate of MICHAEL HAT, a/k/a MICHAEL 

HAT FARMING COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

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FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE 

CORPORATION and RISK MANAGEMENT 

AGENCY, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. CV-13-04601-CRB 

REQUEST TO PERMIT COUNSEL TO 

APPEAR AT CMC BY TELEPHONE; 

ORDER 

Date: June 24, 2016 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 6, 17th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Charles R. Breyer 

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I. INTRODUCTION 

Defendants’ undersigned counsel hereby requests permission to appear by telephone at the case 

management conference scheduled for June 24, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. The reason for the request is 

counsel’s attendance at a deposition in another case out of state on June 24, 2016. The undersigned 

counsel regrets the scheduling error and apologizes to the Court. Counsel for plaintiff does not oppose 

this request. 

II. DISCUSSION 

Counsel for the parties recently met and conferred regarding the current status of this litigation 

following the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision dated June 2, 2016. Counsel agreed to request a status 

conference by stipulation. 

From June 14-16, 2016, the undersigned counsel was out of state assisting in the care of his 

elderly father. On June 14, 2016, plaintiff’s counsel graciously provided a draft stipulation to the 

undersigned. On June 15, 2016, defense counsel agreed to the proposed date of June 24, 2016. 

Plaintiff’s counsel filed the stipulation the next day. 

The undersigned has a conflict on June 24, 2016 that should have caused him to request another 

agreed upon date. He is traveling to Kansas on June 23-24, 2016 for a deposition in another case; the 

deposition has been scheduled for several weeks and is taking place pursuant to an order following 

motion proceedings. Counsel apologizes for not realizing the scheduling error before the filing of the 

parties’ recent stipulation. 

Earlier this morning, the undersigned realized his scheduling error, contacted plaintiff’s counsel, 

explained the situation and provided a draft form of a stipulation to postpone the case management 

conference to another mutually agreeable date. Once the Court’s order was received this afternoon, 

counsel met and conferred and agreed that this request would be acceptable. (The only alternate date for 

a CMC counsel could identify on their respective schedules in the near term was Tuesday, June 28, 

2016.) 

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Under Civil Local Rule 16-10, requests to participate in case management conferences by 

telephone are to be filed and served seven days before the conference. In this case, however, counsel 

did not realize the scheduling error until this morning. In light of the foregoing, the undersigned counsel 

requests permission to attend the CMC by telephone at 10:00 a.m. 

III. CONCLUSION 

Counsel respectfully requests permission to appear telephonically at the June 24, 2016 case 

management conference. 

DATED: June 22, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

BRIAN J. STRETCH 

United States Attorney 

/s/ Jonathan U. Lee

JONATHAN U. LEE

Assistant United States Attorney

 

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ORDER 

 The request to appear telephonically is granted. 

Date: June 21, 2016 ______________________________________ 

 Hon. Charles R. Breyer 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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