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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GILBERTSON DRAGLINES, INC., No. 2:08-cv-01746-MCE-EFB

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER

OPERATING ENGINEERS HEALTH AND

WELFARE TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN

CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

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OPERATING ENGINEERS HEALTH AND

WELFARE TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN

CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Counter-Claimants,

v.

GILBERTSON DRAGLINES, INC.

Counter-Defendant.

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On November 2, 2009, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary

Judgment in this matter. Thereafter, on November 16, 2009,

Defendants filed a joint document styled as both a Cross Motion

for Summary Judgment and an opposition to Plaintiff’s previously

filed request for summary judgment. 

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The hearing on both motions was ultimately continued to

January 14, 2010, and minute orders were issued on November 23

and 24, 2009 requiring that any oppositions to the cross-motions

be filed by December 24, 2009, with replies due not later than

December 30, 2009.

On December 30, 2009, in response to Defendants’ jointly

filed cross-motion/opposition, Plaintiff filed a joint reply in

support of its motion and in opposition to Defendants’ motion. 

The following day, Defendants objected to Plaintiff’s filing as

untimely to the extent it comprised an opposition to Defendants’

motion, arguing that the jointly filed document deprived them of

the ability to file a reply before the scheduled January 14, 2010

hearing date. Defendants accordingly moved to strike Plaintiff’s

opposition and set a hearing on that motion for February 12, 2010.

In order to simultaneously adjudicate both the motions

themselves and Defendants’ Motion to Strike, the Court continues

the cross-motions for summary judgment to be heard on

February 12, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., the time and date already

scheduled for the Motion to Strike. In the interim, Defendants

may file a reply to Plaintiff’s opposition to their motion for

summary judgment, should they choose to do so, not later than

January 21, 2010. That reply can be submitted without prejudice

to Defendants’ claim that the opposition itself was untimely.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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