Board of Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California et al v. Cal-Kirk Lanscaping Inc

Filing 31

STIPULATION AND ORDER resetting CMC from 9/23/09 to 11/18/09 at 1:30 p.m. re 30 Stipulation. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 9/17/09. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/17/2009)

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WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD A Professional Corporation
1001 Marina Village Parkway Suite 200 Alameda, CA 94501-1091 [phone]

BARRY E. HINKLE, Bar No. 071223 CONCEPCIÓN E. LOZANO-BATISTA, Bar No. 227227 KRISTINA M. ZINNEN, Bar No. 245346 WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD A Professional Corporation 1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 200 Alameda, California 94501-1091 Telephone [phone] Fax [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs G. DANIEL NEWLAND, Bar No. 087965 ARI HERSHER, Bar No. 260321 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 560 Mission Street, Suite 3100 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone [phone] Fax [phone] Attorneys for Defendant UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

) THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, in their ) capacities as Trustees of the LABORERS ) HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; LABORERS ) VACATION-HOLIDAY TRUST FUND FOR ) ) NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; LABORERS PENSION TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN ) CALIFORNIA; and LABORERS TRAINING ) ) AND RETRAINING TRUST FUND FOR ) NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; NORTHERN ) CALIFORNIA DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ) LABORERS for itself and on behalf of ) LABORERS' LOCAL 139 ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) CAL-KIRK LANDSCAPING, INC., A ) California Corporation, ) ) ) Defendant. )

No. C 08-03292 EMC

STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Date: Time: Judge: Courtroom:

September 23, 2009 1:30 p.m. Honorable Edward M. Chen C, 15th Floor

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. C 08-03292 EMC

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WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD A Professional Corporation
1001 Marina Village Parkway Suite 200 Alameda, CA 94501-1091 [phone]

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 7-12 and 16-2, Plaintiffs and Defendant hereby request that the initial Case Management Conference scheduled for September 23, 2009 be continued for 60 days. Plaintiffs and Defendant are in the process of attempting to resolve this matter. Plaintiffs filed the original Complaint and Petition to Confirm in this action on July 9, 2008. On or around November 2008, Defendant agreed to allow Plaintiffs' auditors to audit their records to determine whether any amounts were due and owing as a result of the audit. Plaintiffs thereafter conducted an audit of Defendant's records and found a number of delinquencies owed by Defendant. On or around February 2009, Plaintiffs submitted their audit findings to Defendant to allow Defendant the opportunity to review those results and challenge any delinquencies it believed were in error. After receiving no response from Defendant, Plaintiffs filed their First Amended Complaint for Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award, Breach of Contract, Damages, and Breach of Fiduciary Duty on May 7, 2009. On or around May 15, 2009, Plaintiffs received documentation from Defendant. On or around June 3, 2009, Plaintiffs were notified that Defendant had retained legal counsel on or around May 21, 2009. On June 4, at the request of the parties, the Court granted Defendant an extension of time to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint to July 31, 2009. The parties thereafter stipulated to two additional extensions of time for Defendant to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint to August 31, 2009 and September 9, 2009, respectively. Defendant timely answered on September 9, 2009. As a result of the documentation that Defendant submitted to Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs have made adjustments to the audit worksheets. Plaintiffs and Defendant are currently engaged in a review of the revised audit worksheets and are attempting to resolve the matter without further litigation. The parties anticipate they will reach a settlement in this matter within the next 60 days. /// /// /// /// /// -2STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. C 08-03292 EMC

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WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD A Professional Corporation
1001 Marina Village Parkway Suite 200 Alameda, CA 94501-1091 [phone]

Based on the above, Plaintiffs and Defendant respectfully request that the initial case management conference scheduled for September 23, 2009 be continued for 60 days, in order to allow the parties time to attempt to resolve the matter without further litigation. Dated: September 16, 2009 WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD A Professional Corporation By: /s/ KRISTINA M. ZINNEN Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: September 16, 2009

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP By: /s/ ARI HERSHER Attorneys for Defendant

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE Based upon the foregoing Stipulated Request to Continue Case Management Conference, the Court orders the continuance of the case management conference for 60 days, or as soon thereafter as a court date is available. In addition, the Court Orders:
that the case management conference is reset from 9/23/09 to 11/18/09 at 1:30 p.m. A joint CMC Statement is due 11/11/09. DISTR

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