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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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SECOND JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE BY 80 DAYS;

ORDER 

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

010‐8605‐2602/1/AMERICAS

Michele R. Stafford, Esq. (SBN 172509) 

Matthew P. Minser, Esq. (SBN 296344) 

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2110 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 882-7900 

Facsimile: (415) 882-9287 

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 Defendant, 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 

SECOND JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND 

MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE 

BY 80 DAYS; 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 by 80 days. 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. 

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SECOND JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE BY 80 DAYS;

ORDER 

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

010‐8605‐2602/1/AMERICAS

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

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 hearing 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. The draft audit was not completed until March 7, 2018. 

8. Defendant has not had the opportunity to review the audit in detail and respond to the 

specific findings. 

9. The Parties believe that mediation will be most effective once the Defendant has had the 

chance to review the audit and the dispute process has been completed. 

10. Counsel has discussed this with Mr. Fleming, the mediator, and he has expressed his 

support for the requested extension. Because of his travel schedule in May 2018, he will not be able to 

prepare and schedule the mediation until June. 

11. The Parties therefore request that the Court extend the March 23, 2018 deadline to hold 

the mediation session by 80 days (June 11, 2018) to allow the Parties to complete the audit process prior 

to mediating. 

DATED: March 9, 2018 

By:

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW 

CORPORATION 

/s/ Matthew P. Minser

 Matthew P. Minser

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs, District Council 16 

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

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