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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE

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Michele R. Stafford, Esq. (SBN 172509) 

Matthew P. Minser, Esq. (SBN 296344) 

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION 

1141 Harbor Bay Parkway, Suite 100 

Alameda, California 94502 

Telephone: (510) 906-4710 

Email: mstafford@sjlawcorp.com

Email: mminser@sjlawcorp.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, District Council 16 

Nor. Cal. Health and Welfare Trust Fund, et al. 

Wallace E. Smith (SBN 112091) 

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 954-0200 

Facsimile: (415) 393-9887 

Email: wallace.smith@squirepb.com 

Attorneys for Defendants, RBE Construction, Inc., et al. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DISTRICT COUNCIL 16 NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND WELFARE 

TRUST FUND, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

RBE CONSTRUCTION INC., a California 

corporation, doing business as SLINGSHOT 

DRYWALL, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 4:17-cv-03327-HSG 

JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND 

MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE 

TO MARCH 18, 2019; ORDER 

 Plaintiffs and Defendant RBE Construction, Inc. dba Slingshot Drywall, by and through their 

respective counsel of record, hereby respectfully request to extend the deadline to hold the mediation 

session to March 18, 2019. Good cause exists for the continuance, as follows: 

1. On October 26, 2017, the Court ordered the Parties to participate in mediation within the 

presumptive deadline of ninety days, (Dkt. No. 24), as stipulated. The deadline for the Parties to 

participate in mediation was January 24, 2018. 

2. On November 13, 2017, the Court issued a Notice of Appointment of Mediator James H. 

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Fleming (Dkt. No. 25). 

3. The Parties participated in a pre-mediation phone conference on November 29, 2017 with 

Mr. Fleming, and scheduled a mediation session for January 22, 2018. 

4. In late December 2017, Defendant provided documents necessary to complete the 

pending audit to Plaintiffs’ auditor, Lindquist, LLP (“Lindquist”). 

5. Lindquist initially advised Plaintiffs’ counsel that a draft audit report would be completed 

in early February. 

6. On January 28, 2018, the Parties submitted a joint request to extend the mediation 

completion deadline by 60 days. The Court granted that request and extended the mediation completion 

deadline to March 23, 2018 (Dkt. No. 29). 

7. Plaintiffs’ auditor Lindquist was unable to complete the draft audit in the timeframe 

initially estimated due to the number of documents reflecting work performed over a period of two 

years. The draft audit was not completed until March 7, 2018. On March 12, 2018, the Court granted 

a request to extend the mediation completion deadline to June 10, 2018 (Dkt. No. 31). Defendant 

requested additional time to submit its dispute of the audit report. The Court has subsequently granted 

further extensions (Dkt. No. 34, Dkt. No. 37, Dkt. No. 39, and Dkt. No. 44) through January 18, 2019. 

8. On November 16, 2918, the appointment of James Fleming as mediator was vacated 

(Dkt. No. 42). Julia Campins was appointed mediator in this matter on December 4, 2018 (Dkt. No. 46). 

9. A Status Conference was held before the Court on February 5, 2019 regarding the fact 

that mediation had not been completed by January 18, 2019. As required by the Court’s Minute Order 

dated February 5, 2019 [Dkt. 49.] the Parties have confirmed that mediation will be held on March 18, 

2019. Counsel have confirmed with their respective clients and the mediator that this date is acceptable. 

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10. Therefore, the Parties respectfully request that the mediation deadline be extended to 

March 18, 2019, the date of the confirmed mediation session. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: February 8, 2019 

By:

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW 

CORPORATION 

/S/ 

 Matthew P. Minser

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs, , District Council 16 

Nor. Cal. Health and Welfare Trust Fund, et al.

DATED: February 8, 2019 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP

 

By: /S/ 

 Wallace E. Smith 

Attorneys for Defendant, RBE Construction, Inc., 

et al.

CERTIFICATION RE: SIGNATURES 

 I attest that concurrence in the filing has been obtained from the other Signatory. 

DATED: February 8, 2019 

By: /S/ 

 Matthew P. Minser

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 The Court hereby extends the mediation completion deadline in this matter to March 18, 2019. 

DATED: February 11, 2019 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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