Trustees of the Construction Industry et al v. Concrete Coring of Nevada, Inc. et al

Filing 28

ORDER that Plaintiffs Motion to Amend Judgment Against Concrete Coring 20 is GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court enter JUDGMENT in the amount of $8,750.00 for Plaintiffs and against Defendant Concrete Coring of Nevada, Inc. Plaintiffs Motion to Set a Briefing Schedule in Lieu of Joint Pre-Trial Order 21 is GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court re-open the action as to Defendant Old Republic. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 7/16/12. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ECS)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 9 10 11 TRUSTEES OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND LABORERS HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUST, et al., 12 Plaintiffs, 13 ORDER v. 14 Case No. 2:10-CV-01600-KJD-PAL CONCRETE CORING OF NEVADA, INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend Judgment Against Concrete Coring 18 (#20). Defendant Concrete Coring of Nevada filed a response in opposition (#24) to which Plaintiffs 19 replied (#26). Also before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Set a Briefing Schedule in Lieu of Joint 20 Pre-Trial Order (#21). Defendant Old Republic filed a response (#25) to which Plaintiffs replied 21 (#27). 22 Plaintiffs seek a judgment for attorneys’ fees that they were unable to include in their motion 23 for summary judgment, because they had not yet been incurred. Defendant Concrete Coring argues 24 that Plaintiff’s moved too late for an inclusion of attorneys’ fees. However, though judgment had 25 been entered against Concrete Coring based on the Court’s granting of Plaintiffs’ motion for 26 1 summary judgment, the entire action should not have been closed. Instead, the Clerk’s Office 2 inadvertently closed the case, though Defendant Old Republic still remained in the action. 3 Furthermore, ERISA’s non-discretionary fee shifting provision, 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(2) allows 4 attorney’s fees incurred in post-judgment activities. See also, Plumbers’ Pension F. v. Domas Mech. 5 Contractors, 778 F.2d 1266 (7th Cir. 1985). Accordingly, good cause being found, the Court awards 6 an additional judgment1 of $8,750.00. Furthermore, the Court grants the motion for a briefing 7 schedule on the remaining claim based on this award against Old Republic as surety. If the parties 8 are unable to resolve the remaining issues, Plaintiffs shall file their opening brief within thirty (30) 9 days of the entry of this order. Defendant Old Republic will file its reply brief within twenty-one 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 (21) days of Plaintiffs’ opening brief, and Plaintiffs shall reply within seven (7) days. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend Judgment Against Concrete Coring (#20) is GRANTED; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court enter JUDGMENT in the amount of $8,750.00 for Plaintiffs and against Defendant Concrete Coring of Nevada, Inc.; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion to Set a Briefing Schedule in Lieu of Joint Pre-Trial Order (#21) is GRANTED; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court re-open the action as to Defendant Old Republic. 16 DATED this ______ day of July 2012. 20 21 22 _____________________________ Kent J. Dawson United States District Judge 23 24 25 1 26 The Court recognizes that Defendant Concrete Coring has paid the full amount of the original judgment. 2

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