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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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 The Order of Referral was received by my chambers on July 18, 2005.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Board of Trustees of the Sheet Metal

Workers, et al.,

 Plaintiffs,

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Climate Industrial Engineering, Inc.,

 Defendant(s).

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No. C 04-0231 SBA (WDB)

ORDER REQUIRING SUBMISSION

OF BRIEFS REGARDING

DEFENDANT'S CLAIM OF

EXEMPTION

This case has been referred to the undersigned Magistrate Judge for a Report and

Recommendation regarding defendant's Claim of Exemption.1 By August 16, 2005, the

parties must submit briefs addressing the following issues:

1. All parties must address whether and pursuant to what authority this federal court

has jurisdiction to rule on defendant's claim of exemption.

 2. If federal jurisdiction exists, we will address the validity of defendant's claim of

exemption. We presume that defendant, as the party claiming an exemption, has the burden

of persuading this Court that the claimed exemption applies.

Unsupported citations to statutes are not sufficient to meet defendant's burden of

persuasion. Defendant must (i) identify the pertinent legal principles, quoting in full the

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statutes and other legal authority on which it relies, (ii) describe all facts to which it claims

the pertinent legal principles apply, and (iii) submit evidence of those facts. To the extent

that the submitted evidence consists of declarations, those declarations must be based on

personal knowledge and signed under penalty of perjury.

3. After reviewing the above submissions, the Court will decide whether further

briefing, oral argument, or an evidentiary hearing is necessary. 

4. Plaintiffs are directed to immediately serve a copy of this Order on defendant.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 1, 2005 /s/ Wayne D. Brazil 

WAYNE D. BRAZIL

United States Magistrate Judge

Copies to:

Plaintiffs with direction to serve defendant,

WDB, SBA

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