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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1145 E.R.I.S.A.

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JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT 

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ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO

A Professional Corporation

Robert Fried, State Bar No. 85579

Elizabeth P. Lind, State Bar No. 142309

5776 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 200

Pleasanton, CA 94588

Telephone: (925) 227-9200

Fax: (925) 227-9202

Email: rfried@aalrr.com

Attorneys for Defendants

Muriel B. Kaplan, State Bar No.124607

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION

120 Howard Street, Suite 520

Telephone: 415-882-7900

Fax: 415-882-9287

Email: mkaplan@sjlawcorp.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BOARDS OF TRUSTEES FOR THE OPERATING 

ENGINEERS HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUST 

FUND, PENSION TRUST FUND FOR 

OPERATING ENGINEERS, PENSIONED 

OPERATING ENGINEERS HEALTH AND 

WELFARE FUND, OPERATING ENGINEERS 

VACATION AND HOLIDAY TRUST FUND, 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREAPPRENTICE, 

APPRENTICE AND JOURNEYMAN 

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TRAINING FUND, 

OPERATING ENGINEERS CONTRACT 

ADMINISTRATION FUND FOR NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA, OPERATING ENGINEERS 

INDUSTRY STABILIZATION TRUST FUND 

AND OPERATING ENGINEERS MARKET 

PRESERVATION TRUST FUND,

Plaintiffs,

v.

MULDER CONSTRUCTION INC., a California 

corporation; and RANDOLPH EUGENE 

MULDER, an Individual,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:06cv4894 TEH

JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE; and ORDER 

DATE: December 10, 2007

TIME: 1:30 p.m.

CRTRM: 12, 19th Floor

JUDGE: Hon. Thelton E. Henderson

Plaintiffs and defendants in the above-titled action jointly submit this Request to Continue 

the Case Management Conference, based on the following:

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1. Counsel for Plaintiffs was substituted in this case on or about August 31, 2007. At 

that time, Defendant’s Case Management Statement recounted the history and status of this case and 

stated, “We are currently trying to resolve a question whether a payment was received in November 

2005 and a payment plan for satisfying the account and audit debts. In researching that historical 

point, an issue has arisen as to an additional component of amounts alleged as past due liquidated 

damages and interest for the historical period ending December 2005. Resolving this requires 

research into the archives of stored materials for both clients.” 

2. An investigation was therefore requested by Plaintiffs’ counsel to their administrator, 

to research and determine whether the Trust Funds had received the $7,000 payment. The 

administrator confirmed that no such payment was reflected in the Trust records as having been 

made. Defendants were invited to provide evidence of such payment for the requested adjustment, 

but none has been provided to date.

3. Defendant’s counsel has recently been advised by Defendants that there was a prior 

settlement agreement between these same parties in another action, which defendants now claim 

included some paid amounts which are again claimed due on the audit herein. That agreement will 

be provided this week to Plaintiffs counsel, to confirm or adjust amounts claimed as due.

4. The parties will then confer as to resolution of this matter by payment or payment 

schedule, or by a Motion for Summary Judgment if that should be necessary.

5. Defendants’ prior Case Management Statement said, and Plaintiffs agree that 

“Plaintiffs and Defendants do not see any other matters that may need attention to facilitate a just, 

speedy, and economical disposition of this action, which is really quite simple. Indeed, prospects 

are good for reaching a settlement on a stipulated judgment....Accordingly, mindful of our mutual 

obligations to achieve closure on this case, the parties request the court allow additional time for 

this identified task to be accomplished. 

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6. The parties therefore request that the Case Management Conference be continued for 

60 days (taking into account the holiday season) to allow the parties to resolve the questions and the 

solution, or, in the unlikely event that resolution is not reached in that time, for the Plaintiffs to file 

their Motion for Summary Judgment.

DATED: December 3, 2007 ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO

/s/ Robert Fried

By: _______________________

Robert Fried, Attorneys For Defendants

DATED: December 3, 2007 SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION

/s/ Muriel B. Kaplan

By: __________________________

Muriel B. Kaplan, Attorneys For Plaintiffs

It is so ORDERED:

The Case Management Conference currently scheduled for December 10, 2007 shall be 

continued to ____________________2008 at 1:30 p.m., with a Joint Case Management Statement 

due on ___________________2008. All previously set deadlines and dates related to this case are 

continued and will be reset at that Conference.

Date:________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

March 3, February 25, 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Thelton E. Henderson

12/04/07

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