Free Motion to Continue - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-00023-IEG-NLS

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H. CHRISTIAN L'ORANGE (State Bar No. 71730) S. FEY EPLING (State Bar No. 190025) DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 50 Fremont Street, 20th Floor San Francisco, California 94105-2235 Telephone: (415) 591-7500 Facsimile: (415) 591-7510 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] JASON P. GOSSELIN (admitted pro hac vice) HEATH M. LYNCH (admitted pro hac vice) DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP One Logan Square 18th & Cherry Streets Philadelphia, PA 19103-6996 Telephone: (215) 988-2700 Fax: (215) 988-2757 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. H. THOMAS MORAN, II, CourtAppointed Receiver of LYDIA CAPITAL, LLC, Defendant. Case No. 08-CV-00023-IEG-NLS DECLARATION OF HEATH M. LYNCH IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER PERMITTING TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE

I Heath M. Lynch declare: 1. I am an associate with the law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP,

counsel of record for Plaintiff THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ("LINCOLN"). I make the following declaration in support of Plaintiff's ex parte application for an order continuing the Early Neutral Evaluation Conference (the

DECLARATION OF H. LYNCH IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'S EX PARTE APPLICATION CASE NO. 08-CV-00023-IEG-NLS

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"Conference") currently scheduled for May 19, 2008, and permitting Lincoln to participate in the Conference via telephone. 2. I respectfully request that the Court grant this application. This Order is

necessary to permit Ms. Farabow to participate in the Conference and will not prejudice Defendant. 3. Jason P. Gosselin, co-counsel for Lincoln, provided notice to Shannon K.

Emmons, counsel for Defendant, of my intent to apply on behalf of Lincoln and Ms. Farabow for the relief requested. Ms. Emmons had no objection to Lincoln's intended application, provided that Lincoln agreed not to object to a similar application, if made by Defendant. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this 7th day of May, 2008.

/s/ Heath M. Lynch HEATH M. LYNCH

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