Service Employees International Union National Industry Pension Fund et al v. U.S. Metro Group, Inc.

Filing 27

ORDER by Chief Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James granting 26 Stipulation to continue Case Management Conference. (rmm2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/24/2012)

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1 PHILIP M. MILLER (SBN 87877) KIMBERLY A. HANCOCK (SBN 205567) 2 SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2110 3 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 882-7900 4 Facsimile: (415) 882-9287 pmiller@sjlawcorp.com 5 khancock@sjlawcorp.com 6 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION NATIONAL INDUSTRY PENSION 10 FUND; STEPHEN ABRECHT, Trustee; RODERICK S. BASHIR, Trustee; KEVIN J. 11 DOYLE, Trustee; DAVID A. STILWELL, 12 Trustee; STEVEN W. FORD, Trustee; LARRY T. SMITH, Trustee; FRANK A. MAXSON, 13 Trustee; EDWARD MANKO, Trustee; JOHN J. SHERIDAN, Trustee; and MYRIAM 14 ESCAMILLA, Trustee, Plaintiffs, 15 vs. CASE NO.: CV 11-05711 MEJ STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Date: Time: Judge: 16 U.S. METRO GROUP, INC., a California corporation, 17 Defendant. Thursday, October 4, 2012 10:00 a.m. Chief Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James Courtroom B. 15th Floor 450 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA 18 19 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto as follows: 20 1. The Complaint in this matter was filed on November 29, 2011, for Defendant’s 21 failure to pay employee pension contributions owing to Plaintiff Service Employees 22 International Union National Industry Pension Fund. (Dkt. No. 1). 23 2. On February 15, 2012, Defendant U.S. Metro Group, Inc. executed a Waiver of the 24 Service of Summons. On February 23, 2012, the executed Waiver of Service of 25 Summons was filed with the Court. (Dkt. No. 4). Pursuant to the filed Waiver of 26 Service of Summons, Defendant’s response to the Complaint was due by April 16, 27 2012. 28 -1- STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; CASE NO. C 11-5711 MEJ P:\CLIENTS\SEIUN\COLLECTIONS\CASES\U.S. METRO GROUP, INC\PLEADINGS\Case Management Conference\092412 Stipulation to Continue CMC FINAL.doc 1 3. Management Conference to allow the parties to settle the matter (Dkt. No. 7). 2 3 On March 5, 2012, the Plaintiffs filed a Request for Continuance of Case 4. On March 6, 2012, the Court ordered the initial Case Management Conference continued for 60 days to May 24, 2012. (Dkt No. 9). 4 5 5. On March 6, 2012, the Defendant filed its Answer to the Complaint. (Dkt. No. 11). 6 6. On April 30, 2012, the parties filed a Stipulation to ADR, selecting the mediation process, to occur within 90 days of the Court’s order. (Dkt. No. 15). 7 8 7. (by July 30, 2012). (Dkt No. 16). 9 10 On April 30, 2012, the Court entered its Order for Mediation to occur within 90 days 8. On May 11, 2011, the Plaintiffs filed a Stipulation for Continuance of the Case 11 Management Conference to allow the parties to allow Plaintiffs to complete an audit 12 of Defendant’s payroll records for the period of the contribution delinquencies, from 13 2005 through the present. (Dkt. No. 17). 14 9. continued to August 2, 2012. (Dkt. No. 18). 15 16 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 27 28 On September 21, 2012, the parties requested that the court Extend the Mediation Deadline until November 30, 2012. 25 26 On June 26, 2012, the parties were notified that Mediation had been set for August 21, 2012. 23 24 On June 25, 2012, the Court granted the Motion to Extend the Mediation Deadline to September 27, 2012. (Dkt. No. 21). 21 22 On June 25, 2012, by agreement with the Mediator, the Plaintiffs filed a Motion to Extend the Mediation Deadline. (Dkt. No. 20). 19 20 On May 22, 2012, the ADR Clerk notified the parties that R. Bradford Huss had been appointed Mediator. (Dkt. No. 19). 17 18 On May 11, 2012, the Court ordered the initial Case Management Conference 15. On September 24, 2012, the court granted the motion to Extend the Mediation Deadline to November 30, 2012. -2- STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; CASE NO. C 11-5711 MEJ P:\CLIENTS\SEIUN\COLLECTIONS\CASES\U.S. METRO GROUP, INC\PLEADINGS\Case Management Conference\092412 Stipulation to Continue CMC FINAL.doc 1 The parties therefore respectfully request that, in order to minimize costs and fees in this 2 action, to allow settlement of this matter, and in the interest of judicial economy, the initial Case 3 Management Conference be continued for a period of at least sixty (60) days. 4 Dated: September 24, 2012 5 SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION By: ___________/S/__________________________ Kimberly A. Hancock Attorneys for Plaintiffs 6 7 8 Dated September 24, 2012 9 LAW OFFICES OF A. J. NORTON By: ___________/S/__________________________ Aura J. Norton, III Attorneys for Defendant 10 11 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 Based on the foregoing, and for GOOD CAUSE appearing, the Case Management 14 Conference currently set for Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. is hereby continued to 15 _________________ at 10:00 a.m. December 4, 2012 16 17 Date: _______________________ September 24, 2012 18 19 _________________________________________ The Honorable Maria-Elena James Chief Magistrate Judge United States District Court 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3- STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; CASE NO. C 11-5711 MEJ P:\CLIENTS\SEIUN\COLLECTIONS\CASES\U.S. METRO GROUP, INC\PLEADINGS\Case Management Conference\092412 Stipulation to Continue CMC FINAL.doc 1 DECLARATION OF KIMBERLY A. HANCOCK 2 Pursuant to ECF General Order 45, I, Kimberly a. Hancock, declare as follows: 3 1. The signatory listed above, Aura J. Norton, III, of the Law Offices of A. J. Norton, 4 is the attorney of record for defendants; 5 2. Concurrent with the e-filing of the within Stipulation for Continuance of Case 6 Management Conference and [Proposed] Order, authority was obtained from Aura J. Norton, III in 7 lieu of his signature on the Statement; 8 3. The Law Offices of Saltzman & Johnson maintains a record to support this 9 concurrence for subsequent production for the court if so ordered for inspection upon request by a 10 party until one year after final resolution of the within action, including appeal, if any. 11 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this 12 declaration was signed this 24th day of September, 2012, in San Francisco, California. 13 14 15 _________/S/_____________________ Kimberly A. Hancock 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -4- STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; CASE NO. 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