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

Filing 42

STIPULATION AND ORDER RESETTING CMC re 41 Stipulation,, filed by Board of Trustees of the Laborers Vacation-Holiday Trust Fund for Northern California, Northern California District Council of Laborers, Board of Trustees of the Laborers Training and Retraining Trust Fund for Northern California, Board of Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California, Board of Trustees of the Laborers Pension Trust Fund for Northern California. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 9/24/10. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/24/2010)

Board of Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for No... v. Cal-Kirk Lanscaping Inc

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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:

October 13, 2010 1:30 p.m. Honorable Edward M. Chen C, 15th Floor

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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 October 13, 2010 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 have requested prior continuances of the Case Management Conference. The parties are requesting a further continuance at this time because the working attorneys for both parties have been on extended medical leaves of absence and have only recently returned to work to resume the settlement discussions in this matter. A further continuance would promote judicial efficiency because the parties are very close to reaching a settlement and anticipate they will reach a settlement in the next 60 days. -2STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. C 08-03292 EMC

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Based on the above, Plaintiffs and Defendant respectfully request that the initial case management conference scheduled for October 13, 2010 be continued for 60 days, in order to allow the parties time to attempt to resolve the matter without further litigation. Dated: September 23, 2010 WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD A Professional Corporation By: /s/ KRISTINA M. ZINNEN Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: September 23, 2010

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:
The CMC is reset from 10/13/10 at 1:30 p.m. to 12/15/10 at 1:30 p. m. A joint CMC S DISTRICT TE C statement is due TA 12/8/10. The Honorable Edward M. Chen United ED ORDER States District Court Judge

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