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Parties Involved:
American International Life Assurance Company of New York
Defendant
Rigoberto Murguia
Plaintiff

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REQUEST FOR ORDER ALLOWING DEFENDANT A.I. LIFE’S REPRESENTATIVE TO APPEAR VIA 

TELEPHONE AT THE MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

USDC EDCA Case #1:05-CV-01455-OWW-DLB 

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ADRIENNE C. PUBLICOVER, ESQ. (SBN 161432) 

DENNIS J. RHODES, ESQ. (SBN 168417) 

LEONARD D. GREENE, ESQ. (SBN 236463) 

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, 

EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 

525 Market Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-2725 

Telephone: (415) 433-0990 

Facsimile: (415) 434-1370 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE 

COMPANY OF NEW YORK 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RIGOBERTO MURGUIA, 

 Plaintiff, 

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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL LIFE 

ASSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, 

and DOES 1 through 50, Inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No.: 1:05-CV-01455-OWW-DLB 

REQUEST FOR ORDER ALLOWING 

DEFENDANT A.I. LIFE’S 

REPRESENTATIVE TO APPEAR VIA 

TELEPHONE AT THE MANDATORY 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

Date: September 12, 2006 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Dept. Courtroom 9 

Judge: Hon. Dennis L. Beck 

The Scheduling Conference Order of the Court dated March 9, 2006, set the Mandatory 

Settlement Conference in this matter on September 12, 2006, to be conducted by Magistrate Judge 

Dennis L. Beck. Pursuant to Local Rule 16-270(f)(1), defendant, American International Life 

Assurance Company (“A.I. Life”), hereby requests that this Court allow its representative to 

appear by telephone at the Mandatory Settlement Conference for Good Cause as follows: 

This matter is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 

(“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. 1000, et seq., and is a claim for $20,000 in life insurance proceeds. The 

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REQUEST FOR ORDER ALLOWING DEFENDANT A.I. LIFE’S REPRESENTATIVE TO APPEAR VIA 

TELEPHONE AT THE MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

USDC EDCA Case #1:05-CV-01455-OWW-DLB 

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parties in this action have been and continue to work to resolve this matter in advance of the 

Mandatory Settlement Conference. 

The representative for A.I. Life, William P. Woods, Esq., is based in New York and would 

incur significant expenses to travel to California for the Mandatory Settlement Conference and 

wishes to forego such expense. Mr. Woods has appeared by telephone at other settlement 

conferences where counsel for A.I. Life has appeared in person and resolved such matters 

successfully even though Mr. Woods was available by telephone. 

Counsel for plaintiff, Jerry Vega, Esq., met and conferred with counsel for A.I. Life and 

agreed that there would be no impediment to the settlement conference to have Mr. Woods 

available by telephone. 

Therefore, A.I. Life respectfully requests that the Court allow Mr. Woods to be available 

by telephone for the Mandatory Settlement Conference. 

Dated: August 31, 2006 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, 

EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 

 By: /s/ Dennis J. Rhodes ADRIENNE C. PUBLICOVER 

DENNIS J. RHODES 

LEONARD D. GREENE 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 5, 2006 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

 Honorable Dennis L. Beck 

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