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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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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE BY 50 DAYS; ORDER 

Case No. 4:17-cv-03327-HSG 

Michele R. Stafford, Esq. (SBN 172509) 

Matthew P. Minser, Esq. (SBN 296344) 

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2110 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 882-7900 

Facsimile: (415) 882-9287 

Email: mstafford@sjlawcorp.com 

Email: mminser@sjlawcorp.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, District Council 16 

Nor. Cal. Health and Welfare Trust Fund, et al. 

Wallace E. Smith (SBN 112091) 

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 954-0200 

Facsimile: (415) 393-9887 

Email: wallace.smith@squirepb.com 

Attorneys for Defendant, RBE Construction, Inc., et al. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DISTRICT COUNCIL 16 NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND WELFARE 

TRUST FUND, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

RBE CONSTRUCTION INC., a California 

corporation, doing business as SLINGSHOT 

DRYWALL, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 4:17-cv-03327-HSG 

JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND 

MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE 

BY 50 DAYS; ORDER 

 Plaintiffs and Defendant RBE Construction, Inc. dba Slingshot Drywall, by and through their 

respective counsel of record, hereby respectfully request to extend the deadline to hold the mediation 

session by 50 days. Good cause exists for the continuance, as follows: 

1. On October 26, 2017, the Court ordered the Parties to participate in mediation within the 

presumptive deadline of ninety days, (Dkt. No. 24), as stipulated. The deadline for the Parties to 

participate in mediation was January 24, 2018. 

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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE BY 50 DAYS; ORDER 

Case No. 4:17-cv-03327-HSG 

2. On November 13, 2017, the Court issued a Notice of Appointment of Mediator James H. 

Fleming (Dkt. No. 25). 

3. The parties participated in a pre-mediation phone conference on November 29, 2017 with 

Mr. Fleming, and scheduled a mediation hearing for January 22, 2018. 

4. In late December 2017, Defendant provided documents necessary to complete the 

pending audit to Plaintiffs’ auditor, Lindquist, LLP (“Lindquist”). 

5. Lindquist initially advised Plaintiffs’ counsel that a draft audit report would be completed 

in early February. 

6. On January 28, 2018, the Parties submitted a joint request to extend the mediation 

completion deadline by 60 days. The Court granted that request and extended the mediation completion 

deadline to March 23, 2018 (Dkt. No. 29). 

7. Plaintiffs’ auditor Lindquist was unable to complete the draft audit in the timeframe 

initially estimated due to the number of documents reflecting work performed over a period of two 

years. The draft audit was not completed until March 7, 2018. On March 12, 2018, the Court granted a 

request to extend the mediation completion deadline to June 10, 2018 (Dkt. No. 31). 

8. The Parties have been working together to review the audit and respond to the specific 

findings. Because the period at issue spans over 18 months and multiple projects, it has taken longer 

than anticipated to review and respond to the audit. Defendant RBE has a new bookkeeper and requires 

additional time to respond to the audit. 

9. The Parties believe that mediation will be most effective once the Plaintiffs and 

Defendant have had the chance to complete discussion of the audit and the dispute process has been 

completed. 

10. Counsel has discussed this with Mr. Fleming, the mediator, and he has expressed his 

support for the requested extension. 

11. The Parties therefore request that the Court extend the August 20, 2018 deadline to hold 

the mediation session by 50 days (October 9, 2018) to allow the Parties to complete the audit dispute 

process prior to mediating. 

 

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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE BY 50 DAYS; ORDER 

Case No. 4:17-cv-03327-HSG 

DATED: August 9, 2018 

By:

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW 

CORPORATION 

/s/ Matthew P. Minser

 Matthew P. Minser

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs, District Council 16 

Nor. Cal. Health and Welfare Trust Fund, et al.

DATED: August 9, 2018 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP 

By: /s/ Wallace E. Smith 

 Wallace E. Smith 

Attorneys for Defendant, RBE Construction, Inc., 

et al.

CERTIFICATION RE: SIGNATURES 

 I attest that concurrence in the filing has been obtained from the other Signatory. 

DATED: August 9, 2018 

By: /s/ Wallace E. Smith 

 Wallace E. Smith

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