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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OF MEDIATION DATE

Case No.: C07-1564 JSW 

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Muriel B. Kaplan, Esq. (SBN 124607) 

Michele R. Stafford, Esq. (SBN 172509) 

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION 

120 Howard Street, Suite 520 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

(415) 882-7900 

(415) 882-9287 – Facsimile 

mkaplan@sjlawcorp.com 

mstafford@sjlawcorp.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GIL CROSTHWAITE, RUSS BURNS, in their 

respective capacities as Trustees of the 

OPERATING ENGNEERS HEALTH AND 

WELFARE TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA; PENSION TRUST FUND FOR 

OPERATING ENGINEERS; and PENSIONED 

OPERATING ENGINEERS HEALTH AND 

WELFARE FUND; 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

WESTERN TRACTION II, INC., a California 

Corporation, and RON CARLSTON, JR., 

individually, 

Defendants. 

Case No.: C07-1564 JSW (WDB) 

STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR 

CONTINUANCE OF MEDIATION DATE 

JUDGE: The Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

ADR: Magistrate Wayne D. Brazil 

 

 The parties herein hereby stipulate as follows, and request that the mediation deadline be 

extended 30 days to September 21, 2007, as follows: 

1. The parties previously stipulated to participate in mediation for their ADR process. 

2. Plaintiffs recently substituted their counsel in this matter on June 6, 2007. Counsel 

for the parties have begun to engage in discussion, to identify the issues of disagreement, and to 

obtain information to clarify those issues and the parties’ contentions. 

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3. ADR Local Rule 6-5 requires that mediation be held within 90 days after the May 

24, 2007 entry of the Order referring the case to mediation. That date is now August 22, 2007, 

and a tentative mediation date has been set within that deadline. 

4. Nevertheless, at the telephone conference for scheduling held on Tuesday, August 

1, 2007 with Robert Weems, the court appointed mediator, it was agreed by counsel for both 

parties, that further time spent by the parties might lead to resolution without the need for 

mediation. 

5. Accordingly, both parties and the mediator agreed to extend the mediation deadline 

to allow time for possible resolution by the parties. 

6. The parties therefore request that the mediation deadline be extended to September 

21, 2007. 

Dated: August 2, 2007 SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION 

 By: ________________/s/___________________ 

 Muriel B. Kaplan 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: August 2, 2007 SWEET & KLEINMAN, P.C. 

 By: _________________/s/____________________ 

 Rodney Mayer Sweet 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 The Mediation deadline date is hereby continued to __________________________, 2007. 

Date: _________________, 2007 __________________________________ 

 United States District Court Judge 

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