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Parties Involved:
BNSF Railway Company
Defendant
Neil A. Jensen
Plaintiff

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HILDEBRAND, 

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LEOD & NELSON, INC.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

WESTLAKE BUILDING

350 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA, FOURTH FLOOR

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA 94612-2006

(510) 451-6732

3:13-CV-05955-HSG 

Ex Parte Application For Continuance of Pretrial Conference 

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Anthony S. Petru, Esq., State Bar No. 91399 

Paula A. Rasmussen, Esq. State Bar No. 258352 

HILDEBRAND, McLEOD & NELSON, LLP 

Westlake Building 

350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 4th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612-2600 

TEL: (510) 451-6732 

FAX: (510) 465-7023 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NEIL A. JENSEN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO 

NEIL A. JENSEN, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, a 

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 Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 3:13-CV-05955-HSG

EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR 

CONTINUANCE OF PRETRIAL 

CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED ORDER] 

Trial: October 26, 2015 

TO: THE CLERK OF THE COURT AND DEFENDANT BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, 

AND ITS ATTORNEYS OF RECORD, 

 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-10, Plaintiff NEIL A. JENSEN hereby requests that the 

Court continue the October 9, 2015 Pretrial Hearing to October 14-16, 2015, whichever date is 

convenient to the Court. As explained below, plaintiff’s counsel will be in trial on another matter 

on October 9, 2015. 

 In support of his request, plaintiff’s counsel Paula A. Rasmussen declares as follows: 

1. September 21, 2015, Plaintiff’s counsel Anthony S. Petru, lead counsel in this 

matter, began trial in the matter of Shawn M. Palmer v. BNSF Railway Company, California 

Superior Court, Count of San Joaquin, Case No. CV029777. The Palmer trial was estimated to 

last 10-14 days. At the first day of trial, Mr. Petru learned that opposing counsel and Judge Carter 

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HILDEBRAND, 

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LEOD & NELSON, INC.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

WESTLAKE BUILDING

350 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA, FOURTH FLOOR

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA 94612-2006

(510) 451-6732

3:13-CV-05955-HSG 

Ex Parte Application For Continuance of Pretrial Conference 

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P. Holly required the courtroom be dark a number of days. Specifically Judge Holly requires three 

days dark and counsel for defendant requires two. As such, trial will run through the week of 

October 9, 2015. As lead counsel, Mr. Petru must attend the pretrial conference because no other 

attorney is available to become sufficiently familiar with this case and its issues to appear at the 

pretrial conference. 

2. On September 23, the undersigned emailed defense counsel Cristina Ciminelli 

and Steven S. Vahidi about the scheduling conflict, and proposed that the pretrial conference be 

continued to October 14-16, 2015. 

3. As of filing the instant Motion, counsel for Defendant has not responded. 

4. Respectfully, Plaintiff requests the Court continue the currently scheduled 

Pretrial conference to October 14-16, 2015, whichever is most convenient to the Court. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that 

the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed September 24, 2015, at Oakland, California. 

 HILDEBRAND, McLEOD & NELSON, LLP 

 By: 

 PAULA A. RASMUSSEN, ESQ. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 NEIL A. JENSEN 

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HILDEBRAND, 

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LEOD & NELSON, INC.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

WESTLAKE BUILDING

350 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA, FOURTH FLOOR

OAKLAND CALIFORNIA 94612-2006

(510) 451-6732

3:13-CV-05955-HSG 

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ORDER

 Good cause having been shown, 

 IT IS ORDERED that the pretrial conference currently set for October 9, 2015 at 3:00 

pm., in Department 15, be rescheduled to the following: 

 

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DATED: September ____, 2015 By: 

 Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

 United States District Court Judge 

Wednesday, October 14, at 2:00 pm. 25

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