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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1451 E.R.I.S.A.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PENSION PLAN FOR PENSION TRUST 

FUND FOR OPERATING ENGINEERS, et 

al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 

TESTING, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-05325-DMR 

ORDER TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL 

BRIEFING IN SUPPORT OF MOTION 

FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT

Re: Dkt. No. 20

On April 15, 2016, Plaintiffs Pension Plan for Pension Trust Fund Operating Engineers, 

Richard Piombo, and Russell E. Burns filed a motion for default judgment. [Docket No. 20.] 

Having reviewed that motion, this court determines that further supplemental briefing is required. 

Plaintiffs request $7,959.0 in attorneys’ fees through April 1, 2016. Mot. at 11, Cargain 

Decl., Ex. C. In support of this request, Plaintiffs have submitted the total amount of time 

expended by each of Plaintiffs’ attorneys and paralegals. However, Plaintiffs do not provide any 

explanation of how the requested time was spent. Plaintiffs must submit a more detailed 

accounting sufficient to support Plaintiff’s requested award of reasonable attorneys’ fees for 

litigating this action, such that the court may determine whether the time spent was “excessive, 

redundant, or otherwise unnecessary.” Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 434 (1983); see also 

N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 54-5. 

Furthermore, Plaintiffs request $2,000.00 in investigative costs as part of the request for 

attorneys’ fees, but does not explain what the requested investigative costs cover and whether the 

investigative costs overlap at all with the requested attorneys’ fees. Mot. at 13; Cargain Decl., Ex. 

C. Plaintiffs shall provide sufficient information explaining the requested investigative costs to 

allow the court to determine whether such investigative costs were reasonably and actually 

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incurred. 

Plaintiffs shall submit additional briefing by 1:00 p.m. on July 15, 2016, to address the 

above deficiencies in the motion for default judgment. Any opposition or statement of nonopposition is due no later than July 20, 2016.

Immediately upon receipt of this Order, Plaintiffs shall serve Defendant Construction 

Materials Testing, Inc. with a copy of this Order and file a proof of service with the court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 11, 2016

______________________________________

Donna M. Ryu

United States Magistrate Judge

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