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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:185 Employee Pension Plan

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE MORENO, et al.,

Plaintiffs, No. C 04-4772 PJH

v. ORDER RE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S 

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

CANYON SPRINGS ENTERPRISES,

et al.,

Defendants.

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The court has reviewed Magistrate Judge Zimmerman's Report and Recommendation

Re: Entry of Default Judgment. Plaintiffs have filed objections to the report and

recommendation, solely on the issue of the recommendation as to defendant Richard

Hamilton. 

As to defendant Canyon Springs, the court finds the Report correct, well-reasoned and

thorough, and adopts it in every respect. Accordingly, as to defendant Canyon Springs, the

motion is GRANTED. 

As to defendant Hamilton, the Magistrate Judge recommended denial of the motion for

default judgment because plaintiffs had not shown that Hamilton was not an infant,

incompetent, or a person in military service. Plaintiffs have filed a motion for reconsideration

and submit supplemental evidence on the issue. The court construes plaintiffs’ motion for

reconsideration as an objection to the report and recommendation pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.

72(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), and as a motion for de novo determination and

expansion of the record. See Civ. L. R. 72-3. The court GRANTS the motion for de novo

determination and expansion of the record. 

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In reviewing the supplemental declaration of James Watson, it is clear that Hamilton is

neither an infant, incompetent, or a person in military service. Accordingly, the court declines

to adopt Magistrate Judge Zimmerman’s report and recommendation on this issue, and

instead GRANTS the motion for default judgment as to defendant Hamilton.

Judgment is entered in plaintiffs’ favor and against defendants Canyon Springs and

Hamilton for $22,202.30, which includes: $9,288.28 in unpaid contributions, $6,869.22 in

interest on unpaid contributions; $2,850.00 in liquidated damages; $2,812.50 in attorneys’

fees, and $381.90 in costs. Canyon Springs is further ordered to submit to an audit under the

conditions expressed in the Laborers’ Master Agreement. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 15, 2005

_________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

cc: Wings, Assigned M/J,

 counsel of record

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