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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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United States District Court

Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DISTRICT COUNCIL 16 NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA JOURNEYMAN AND 

APPRENTICE TRAINING TRUST 

FUND, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

LINEATION MARKINGS 

CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01823-TEH 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR 

DEFAULT JUDGMENT

Defendants LINEATION MARKINGS CORPORATION, a California Corporation 

and LUKE MIDDLETON, an individual (collectively “Defendants”), having failed to 

plead or otherwise defend in this action and their default having been entered: 

It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Plaintiffs’ motion for 

default judgment is GRANTED IN PART. Defendants shall promptly pay to Plaintiffs the 

sums for contributions, liquidated damages and interest on unpaid and late-paid 

contributions, and attorneys’ fees and costs, under the terms of the Bargaining Agreements 

and Trust Agreements, as amended and referenced therein, as follows:

Work Month Unpaid 

Contributions

Liquidated 

Damages 1

5% Interest

(thru 01/05/16)

Subtotals

March 2014 $100.00 2$150.00 $9.35 $259.35 

July 2014 $1,246.39 $249.28 $83.64 $1,579.31

August 2014 $1,257.12 $251.43 $78.54 $1,587.09

September 2014 $0.00 3$329.07 $2.30 $331.37

 

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Liquidated damages are the greater of $150.00 or 20% of the unpaid contributions. 

See Collection Procedures, Ex. B to Jackson Decl. (Docket No. 32) 

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 Defendant reported $153.58 as contributions due for March 2014 and made a late 

partial payment of $53.58 on March 16, 2015. Jackson Decl. at 5 n.3

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06-cv-7509-WHA, 2007 WL 1302982, at *3 (N.D. Cal. May 3, 2007). Plaintiffs may 

submit the results of the audit, along with other declarations, in support of a future motion 

to amend the judgment.6

The Clerk shall enter judgment and close the file. However, the Court will retain 

jurisdiction over this matter so that Plaintiffs may, if appropriate, file a motion to amend 

the judgment following the audit.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 05/11/16 _____________________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge

 

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 Plaintiffs may also submit additional declarations to the Court in support of 

additional attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with a future motion to amend 

the judgment, if applicable.

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