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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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REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT OF EXECUTION

C 05-3719 PJH

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MURIEL B. KAPLAN (SBN: 124607)

MICHELE R. STAFFORD (SBN: 172509)

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION

120 Howard Street, Suite 520

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 882-7900

Facsimile: (415) 882-9287

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BAY AREA PAINTERS AND TAPERS

PENSION FUND, BAY AREA PAINTERS

AND TAPERS HEALTH FUND, BAY

AREA PAINTERS AND TAPERS

BENEFICIAL AND HOLIDAY FUND, BAY

AREA PAINTERS AND TAPERS JOINT

APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING FUNDS,

AND THEIR JOINT BOARDS OF

TRUSTEES; FRED INMAN, AND DAVID

AYALA AS TRUSTEES; AND DISTRICT

COUNCIL 16 OF THE INTERNATIONAL

UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED

TRADES, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

SPIROS D.VASILATOS individually and dba

SPIROS D. VASILATOS PAINTING

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CASE NO.: C 05-3719 PJH

REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF

WRIT OF EXECUTION;

DECLARATION OF MICHELE

STAFFORD IN SUPPORT

THEREOF

I, Michele R. Stafford Declare as follows:

1. I am the attorney for the plaintiffs in the above-entitled action.

2. On or about September 30, 2005, within ten years last past, a Stipulated Judgment

was entered in the amount of $67,572.44, for and on behalf ofsaid plaintiffs and against defendants

and judgment debtors, SPIROS D.VASILATOS individually and dba SPIROS D. VASILATOS

PAINTING. 

3. Payments are due on or before the last day of the month. Defendants have made

multiple payments, mostly by joint check from various general contractors on projects upon which

AND ORDER

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defendants were working. However, the payment due on February 28, 2006 was not received. A

default notice was sent to defendant, but no payment has been received in response.

4. The principal balance remaining due on the Stipulated Judgment is $27,672.81, plus

interest at the rate of seven percent per annum from February 21, 2006 (when the late paid January,

2006 payment was received) until satisfied. The interest that has accrued through March 14, 2006

is $111.45. Pursuant to paragraph 4 of the Stipulation, liquidated damages of $5,843.14 were

conditionally waived, upon Trustee approval once all other amounts due under the Stipulation have

been satisfied. As defendants have defaulted under the Stipulation, the conditionally waived

liquidated damages once again become part of the Judgment. Therefore the balance due on the

Judgment is $33,627.40.

5. Pursuant to paragraph 7 (D) of the judgment entered “Defendant shall pay all

additional costs and attorneys’ fees ...in connection with collection...under this Stipulation.” 

Attorneys fees through September 13, 2005 were included in the Judgment. Since then,

additional attorneys fees of $4,848.50 have been incurred. 

I personally have spent 16.7 hours, at the rate of $165.00 per hour from September 14, 2005

through March 13, 2006 in connection with this matter. The fees were for finalizing and revising

the Stipulated Judgment (the fees in the Judgment were not revised during the final editing stage

of the Judgment), telephone calls and correspondence with defendants’ counsel and the Trust

Funds’ administrator, preparation of default notices and preparation of this Writ Request. In

addition, as many of the payments received under the Stipulated Judgment were received from

general contractors, I was required to obtain and review certified payroll records from all of

defendant’s jobs, review them, calculate the amounts due on each job, communicate with the

general contractors regarding payment of hours on their jobs, prepare conditional and later,

unconditional releases relative to each project. 

Muriel B. Kaplan, a shareholder of this firm spent 9.1 hours from September 14, 2005

through March 13, 2006 in connection with the above activities when her time was billed at the rate

of $170.00 per hour

I am informed and believe that TamraBrown, the paralegal employed by this law firm, spent

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5.6 hours in connection with the above matters from September 14, 2005 through March 13, 2006

when her time was billed at rate of $97.50 per hour.

The additional attorneys fees reasonably incurred by plaintiffs therefore total

$4,848.50 through March 13, 2006.

6. The amount now due under the terms of the Judgment Pursuant to Stipulation are:

Balance due on the Judgment: $27,672.81

Interest on balance through 3/13/06: $111.45

Conditionally Waived Liquidated Damages: $5,843.14

Attorneys Fees (through 3/13/06): $4,848.50

TOTAL: $38,474.90

7. An original Writ of Execution is enclosed herein for issuance by the Court.

WHEREFORE, it is prayed that a Writ of Execution be promptly issued for $38,474.90 plus

 7% per annum interest until satisfied, and that the Court retain jurisdiction over this matter.

Dated: March 15, 2006 SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION

 /s/ 

Michele R. Stafford

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

ORDER

Let a Writ of Execution be issued in the sum of $38,474.90, plus 7% per annum interest

until satisfied, in favor of plaintiffs and against judgment debtors, SPIROS D.VASILATOS

individually and dba SPIROS D. VASILATOS PAINTING. This matter shall remain under this

Court's jurisdiction.

Dated: 

United States District Court Judge

3/17/06

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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