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Parties Involved:
Herschel Berringer
Plaintiff
Indian River Transport Co.
Defendant
Todd Shook
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TODD SHOOK, HERSCHEL 

BERRINGER on behalf of 

himself and others similarly 

situated, and on behalf of 

all other “aggrieved” 

employees,

Plaintiffs,

v.

INDIAN RIVER TRANSPORT CO., a 

Florida Corporation, and DOES 

1-10, inclusive,

Defendants.

CIV. NO. 1:14-1415 WBS BAM

ORDER

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Before the court is plaintiffs’ Notice of Request to 

Appear Telephonically filed November 30, 2016. (Docket Nos. 40, 

42). The court notes that the pretrial conference date of 

December 5, 2016 was set by the court upon the parties’ 

stipulation on January 29, 2016, almost a year ago, yet 

plaintiffs’ counsel now seeks to appear telephonically on the eve 

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of the date set for conference. Further, except in extraordinary 

circumstances not present here, it is not the practice of this 

court to conduct a pretrial conference telephonically, as the 

pretrial conference is tantamount to the first day of trial. See

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(e) (the pretrial conference “must be attended 

by at least one attorney who will conduct the trial for each 

party”). Thus, the request to appear telephonically is DENIED. 

If counsel does not wish to attend the conference on 

the date set, the court will consider a motion to continue the 

pretrial conference as well as the trial, if necessary, upon 

stipulation of the parties. The parties should consult the 

Eastern District of California’s website for available dates for 

the pretrial conference, should the parties agree to reset the 

conference. Absent any such stipulation, the pretrial conference 

set for December 5, 2016 will be held as scheduled and counsel 

for both parties shall personally appear.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 1, 2016

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