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the stipulation of facts. Petitioner did not request a
conference or execute the stipulation of facts.
On August 24, 2004, a conference call was held with the
parties regarding the pretrial preparation problems. During the
conference call, petitioner requested a continuance, ostensibly
to obtain counsel. Because of petitioner’s repeated failure to
respond to letters from respondent’s counsel, his refusal to
attend a stipulation conference and otherwise to cooperate in
preparing a stipulation of facts, and his failure to comply with
the Court’s standing pretrial order, we denied petitioner’s
request for a continuance but advised him that he could renew his
request for a continuance at the calendar call on September 7,
2004, if he took meaningful steps to obtain counsel and/or
demonstrated his willingness to cooperate in preparing his case
for trial.
Following the conference call, respondent’s counsel
attempted to contact petitioner by telephone without success. On
August 25, 2004, respondent’s counsel sent petitioner another
letter and another copy of the stipulation of facts.
Respondent’s counsel requested petitioner to contact him
regarding the stipulation of facts, but petitioner failed to do
so.
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