Tindle v. City of Daly City

          ORDER GRANTING PERMISSION TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE AT JULY 8, 2016 HEARING

          Donna M. Ryu United States Magistrate Judge

         TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

         Good cause appearing, the court GRANTS permission for Defendants and pro se Plaintiff Yolanda Banks-Reed to appear by telephone at the Order to Show Cause Hearing scheduled for July 8, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. This order does not give counsel or Plaintiff Banks-Reed permission to appear telephonically at subsequent hearings in this case.

         Parties appearing by telephone must follow the protocol set forth in the attached Notice re Telephonic Appearance Procedures for Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu. Failure to comply with the procedures ordered herein may result in sanctions.

         IT IS SO ORDERED.

         NOTICE RE TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE PROCEDURES FOR MAGISTRATE

         JUDGE DONNA M. RYU EFFECTIVE APRIL 11, 2012

         I. POLICY GOVERNING TELEPHONIC APPEARANCES

         A party representative (or a party if in pro se) generally must appear in person for a hearing or case management conference. Permission to attend by telephone may be granted, in the Court's discretion, upon written request made at least one week in advance of the hearing if the Court determines that good cause exists to excuse personal attendance, and that personal attendance is not needed in order to have an effective hearing or conference. The facts establishing good cause must be set forth in the request. All telephonic appearances must be made through CourtCall, an independent conference call company, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section II. If an individual schedules a telephonic appearance and then fails to respond to the call of a matter on calendar, the Court may pass the matter or may treat the failure to respond as a failure to appear. Scheduling simultaneous telephonic appearances in multiple courts does not excuse a failure to appear. Individuals making use of the conference call service are cautioned that they do so at their own risk. Hearings generally will not be rescheduled due to missed connections.

         II. SCHEDULING A TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE.

         If the Court grants a party's request for telephonic appearance, the party shall arrange for the appearance by calling CourtCall at (866) 582-6878 at least three business days prior to the hearing date.

         III. PROCEDURE FOR TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE.

         Court Call will provide counsel with written confirmation of a telephonic appearance, and give counsel a number to call to make the telephonic appearance. It is counsel's responsibility to dial into the call not later than 10 minutes prior to the scheduled hearing.

         CourtCall does not place ...