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Parties Involved:
Summit Estate, Inc.
Plaintiff
United Behavioral Health
Defendant
United HealthCare Services, Inc.
Defendant
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company
Defendant

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SUMMIT ESTATE, INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY,

ET. AL., 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 4:19-CV-06724-YGR

ORDER (1) DENYING JOINT MOTION FOR 

TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; AND 

(2) CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

Plaintiff Summit Estate, Inc. and Defendants UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, United 

Healthcare Services, Inc. and United Behavioral Health have filed a joint request to appear 

telephonically at the first case management conference scheduled in this case, set for January 13, 

2020, at 1:00 p.m. (Dkt. No. 14.) Counsel base the joint request on the inconvenience of traveling to 

the Oakland courthouse. 

The joint request to appear by telephone is DENIED. Pursuant to the undersigned judge’s 

Standing Order in Civil Cases, telephonic appearances are allowed at initial case management 

conferences only upon a compelling showing of good cause. The routine inconveniences of travel do 

not constitute good cause. 

If the parties believe this action does not warrant the expense associated with their required 

presence, they may consider reassignment to any magistrate judge of their choice for all purposes 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

including entry of judgment. Local Rule 73-1(b). Profiles can be found at: 

http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Magistrate judges in this district carry significant consent cases 

and are more flexible than the undersigned. Any joint request for reassignment to a magistrate should 

be filed no later than five (5) business days before the scheduled case management conference. 

In light of the foregoing, the Court CONTINUES the case management conference to 2:00 p.m.

on February 3, 2020 in Courtroom 1 of the federal courthouse, at 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

California. 

This Order terminates Docket No. 14. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 9, 2019 _______________________________________

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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