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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING 45-DAY EXTENSION 

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

NINTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 434-2800

J. Russell Stedman (117130), rstedman@barwol.com

Tino X. Do (221346), tdo@barwol.com

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 California Street, 9th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Telephone: (415) 434-2800 

Facsimile: (415) 434-2533 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MCMORGAN & COMPANY LLC and DAVID 

HOWARD 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PENSION TRUST FUND FOR OPERATING 

ENGINEERS LOCAL 3; BOARD OF 

TRUSTEES OF THE PENSION TRUST 

FUND FOR OPERATING ENGINEERS 

LOCAL 3; JOHN BONILLA; GIL 

CROSTHWAITE; ROBERT DOUB; 

THOMAS HOLSMAN; JOHN HUMBER; 

JIM MURRAY; RICHARD PIOMBO; RENE 

VERERUYSSEN; KEN WALTERS; LANCE 

WILHELM; CURTIS BROOKS; RUSS 

BURNS; CARL GOFF; FRANK HERRERA; 

T. ROBERT MILLER; WALT POWERS; JOE 

VIEIRA; ROB WISE, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

MCMORGAN & CO.; MCMORGAN & 

COMPANY LLC; LIFFEY, LLC; STANTON, 

KAY & WATSON; WEINBERG, ROGER & 

ROSENFELD; VAN BOURG, WEINBERG, 

ROGER & ROSENFELD; JAMES WATSON; 

BARRY HINKLE; EDWARD MEVI; DAVID 

HOWARD; PAYNE, THOMPSON, 

WALKER & TAAFFE; AND DOES 1 TO 

100, INCLUSIVE, 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO.: 2:06-CV-00904-WBS-JFM 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING DATES ON 

MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND STATUS 

(PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

CONFERENCE 

Honorable William B. Shubb 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING 45-DAY EXTENSION 

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

NINTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 434-2800

Plaintiffs PENSION TRUST FUND FOR OPERATION ENGINEERS LOCAL 3 et al. 

and Defendants MCMORGAN & COMPANY LLC and DAVID HOWARD (“McMorgan 

Defendants”), by and through their counsel, hereby stipulate to an approximate 45-day extension of 

briefing/hearing dates on the Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss State Law Claims Under Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference. Good cause exists for 

the stipulated extension: 

1. The Plaintiffs and the McMorgan defendants are exploring the possibility of an early 

private mediation that would address all of Plaintiff’s claims. The extension is sought to permit 

these parties the opportunity to exchange information informally and/or pursuant to the required 

disclosures of information and meet-and-confer between counsel under FRCP 26(f), and then 

determine whether early mediation will be appropriate, without the need to complete the briefing 

and hearing of the motion to dismiss, and to complete the Status Conference procedure; and 

2. The remaining Defendants are currently being served with the summons and 

complaint, and will be invited to participate in the informational exchange and possible early 

mediation, thereby promoting efforts to resolve as much of the case as possible at this early stage. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING 45-DAY EXTENSION 

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

NINTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 434-2800

Based on the foregoing, Plaintiffs and the McMorgan Defendants jointly request an order 

re-scheduling: 

1. The date of the hearing for Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss from June 26, 2006 at 

1:30 p.m. to August 7, 2006 at 1:30 p.m., with the opposition and reply briefing deadlines to be 

based upon the new hearing date; and 

2. The Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference from July 31, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. to 

September 11, 2006 at 9:00 a.m., with the statement submission deadline to be based on the new 

date. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: June 7, 2006 BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

By: /s/ J. Russell Stedman 

J. Russell Stedman, Esq. 

Attorneys for McMORGAN & COMPANY 

LLC and DAVID HOWARD 

Dated: June 7, 2006___ MASTAGNI, HOLSTEDT, AMICK, MILLER, 

JOHNSEN & UHRHAMMER 

By: /s/ David Mastagni 

David Mastagni, Esq. 

Attorneys for PENSION TRUST FUND FOR 

OPERATION ENGINEERS LOCAL 3 ET AL. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING 45-DAY EXTENSION 

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

NINTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 434-2800

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

THE FOREGOING PARTIES HAVING STIPULATED TO AN EXTENSION FOR OF 

BRIEFING/HEARING DATES ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS STATE LAW 

CLAIMS UNDER FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 12(b)(6) AND STATUS 

(PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE, AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING 

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 

1. The hearing for the Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss is re-scheduled to 

__August 7_, 2006 at 1:30 p.m., and the opposition and reply briefing 

deadlines will be based upon the new hearing date, and 

2. The Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference is re-scheduled to _ 

3. September 11_,_2006 at 9:00 a.m., and the statement submission date will 

be based on the new Conference date. 

Dated: June 12, 2006 

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