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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 EXTENSION FOR STATUS CONFERENCE 

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-00905-WBS-JFM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING DATE FOR STATUS 

(PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

CONFERENCE 

Honorable William B. Shubb 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION FOR STATUS CONFERENCE 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”), LIFFEY, LLC (“LIFFEY Defendant”), STANTON, KAY &WATSON, JAMES 

WATSON and EDWARD MEVI (“Stanton Defendants”) and WEINBERG, ROGER & 

ROSENFELD and BARRY HINKLE (“Weinberg Defendants”), by and through their counsel, 

hereby stipulate to an extension for the date of the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference. Good 

cause exists for the stipulated extension. 

RECITALS

1. The Court has previously extended the date of the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) 

Conference from July 31, 2006 to September 11, 2006 to enable the parties to engage in early 

settlement discussions and the exchange of information; and 

2. All Defendants have been served with the summons and complaint. Furthermore, all 

Defendants, with the sole exception of PAYNE, THOMPSON, WALKER & TAAFFE, have either 

filed or joined in Motions to Dismiss, all of which are scheduled to be heard by this Court on 

September 5, 2006. The resolution of these Motions to Dismiss may better define the scope of the 

Plaintiffs’ claims and affect the possibility of early settlement of the Plaintiffs’ actions; and 

3. Counsel for all parties, with the sole exception of PAYNE, THOMPSON, WALKER 

& TAAFFE, met telephonically on August 18, 2006, and conferred on case management issues, and 

have agreed to continue the exchange of information informally and/or pursuant to the required 

disclosures of information under FRCP 26(f); and 

4. The Plaintiffs and the McMorgan Defendants have been actively discussing the 

possibility of an early private mediation that would address all of Plaintiff’s claims; and all 

Defendants, with the sole exception of PAYNE, THOMPSON, WALKER & TAAFFE, have now 

entered into these discussions concerning the possibility and scheduling of a formal mediation and 

have agreed to discuss possible mediation and mediation dates. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION FOR STATUS CONFERENCE BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

NINTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 434-2800

STIPULATION

The parties request the Court to continue the date of the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) 

Conference from September 11, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. to October 23, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. and to vacate 

the date for initial disclosures until a date after the potential mediation. The extension is sought to 

permit all parties to engage in meaningful settlement discussions after the resolution of the Motions 

to Dismiss, to exchange information and to schedule and attend a private mediation. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: August 25, 2006 BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

By: /s/ Tino Do 

Tino X. Do, Esq. 

Attorneys for McMORGAN & COMPANY 

LLC and DAVID HOWARD 

Dated: August 25, 2006___ MASTAGNI, HOLSTEDT, AMICK, MILLER, 

JOHNSEN & UHRHAMMER 

By: /s/ Amanda Uhrhammer 

Amanda Uhrhammer, Esq. 

Attorneys for PENSION TRUST FUND FOR 

OPERATION ENGINEERS LOCAL 3 ET AL. 

Dated: August 25, 2006 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 

By: /s/ Gabriel Reynoso 

Gabriel Reynoso, Esq. 

Attorneys for LIFFEY LLC 

Dated: August 25, 2006 KEKER AND VAN NEST LLP 

By: /s/ Rachael Meny 

Rachael Meny, Esq. 

Attorneys for WEINBERG, ROGER & 

ROSENFELD and BARRY HINKLE 

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650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

NINTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 434-2800

Dated: August 25, 2006 MURPHY, PEARSON, BRADLEY & FEENEY 

By: /s/ Thomas D’Amato 

Thomas D’Amato, Esq. 

Attorneys for STANTON, KAY &WATSON, 

JAMES WATSON and EDWARD MEVI 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION FOR STATUS CONFERENCE BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

NINTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 434-2800

ORDER

THE PARTIES HAVING STIPULATED TO AN EXTENSION OF THE STATUS 

(PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE, AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING 

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference is rescheduled to October 23, 2006 at 9:00 a.m., the joint statement submission date will be based on the 

new Conference date, and the deadline for initial disclosures will be 14 days following the date of 

the parties’ mediation. 

Dated: August 29, 2006 

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