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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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Muriel B. Kaplan, Esq. (SBN 124607)

Michele R. Stafford, Esq. (SBN 172509)

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2110

San Francisco, CA 94104

(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

F. G. CROSTHWAITE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

TIM KRUSE CONSTRUCTION, INC., a 

California Corporation,

Defendant.

Case No.: C13-0496 JSW

PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR 

CONTINUANCE OF CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; and 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

Date: Friday, January 10, 2014

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Ctrm: 11, 19th Floor

450 Golden Gate Avenue

San Francisco, California

Judge: The Honorable Jeffrey S. White

Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Case Management Conference scheduled for 

January 10, 2014, at 1:30 p.m., be continued for approximately ninety (90) days, as follows:

1. As the Court’s records will reflect, this action was filed on February 5, 2013 to 

compel Defendant to comply with the terms of its Collective Bargaining Agreement. 

2. Plaintiffs served the complaint, summons, and court documents on Defendant on 

February 22, 2013. Defendant failed to answer by the March 15, 2013 deadline, and Plaintiffs 

requested Entry of Default, which was entered by the court on March 29, 2013. Thereafter, 

discussion between the parties began.

3. Defendant asked for time to review its records regarding amounts due to Plaintiffs. 

Plaintiffs requested a continuance of the Case Management Conference on May 3, 2013 (Dkt. No. 

16) to allow that time, and the Court granted Plaintiffs’ request and issued an order continuing the 

Case Management Conference to August 9, 2013 (Dkt. No. 17). 

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4. Plaintiffs requested an additional continuance of the Case Management Conference 

on August 2, 2013 (Dkt. No. 19), and the Court granted Plaintiffs’ request and issued an order 

continuing the Case Management Conference to October 11, 2013 (Dkt. No. 20).

5. Plaintiffs’ counsel again attempted to contact Defendant before incurring further 

expense in continuing legal action and in an attempt to resolve this matter. Defendant was out of 

the office, so Plaintiffs left a message for Defendant requesting contact. In hopes of reaching a 

resolution with Defendant, Plaintiffs requested another continuance of the Case Management 

Conference on October 4, 2013 (Dkt. No. 22). The Court granted Plaintiffs’ request and issued an 

order continuing the Case Management Conference to November 15, 2013 (Dkt. No. 23).

6. Defendant contacted Plaintiffs’ counsel, requested a payment plan for amounts due 

to Plaintiffs, and submitted all the documentation necessary for preparation of the same. Plaintiffs 

requested another continuance of the Case Management Conference on November 7, 2013 (Dkt. 

No. 25), to allow for sufficient time to draft and file a Judgment Pursuant to Stipulation. The Court 

granted Plaintiffs’ request and issued an order continuing the Case Management Conference to 

January 10, 2013 (Dkt. No. 26).

7. Plaintiffs prepared a Judgment Pursuant to Stipulation and sent it to Defendant for 

execution on November 8, 2013, but Defendant has failed to sign the Stipulation. Plaintiffs will 

now prepare a Motion for Default Judgment and therefore request another continuance of the Case 

Management Conference.

8. There are no issues that need to be addressed by this Court at the currently 

scheduled Case Management Conference. In the interest of conserving costs as well as the Court’s 

time and resources, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court continue the currently scheduled 

Case Management Conference for approximately ninety (90) days, in order to allow for sufficient 

time for Plaintiffs to prepare and file a Motion for Default Judgment.

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9. Plaintiffs recognize that a case management conference statement is due seven days 

in advance of the case management conference date and that the statement must include all 

elements requested in the “Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern District of California –

Contents of Joint Case Management Statement” pursuant to Local Rule 16-9. Should this Court 

require Plaintiffs to file a Case Management Conference Statement, Plaintiffs will do so promptly.

Dated: January 2, 2014 SALTZMAN & JOHNSON

LAW CORPORATION

By: /S/

Michele R. Stafford

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Based on the foregoing, and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the currently set Case 

Management Conference is hereby continued to _______________, and all related deadlines are 

extended accordingly.

Date: ____________________ _________________________________________

THE HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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February 21, 2014 The case management conference will be vacated if Plaintiffs file their motion for default judgment by February 14, 2014. January 3, 2014

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, declare:

1. I am a citizen of the United States and am employed in the County of San 

Francisco, State of California. My business address is 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2110, San 

Francisco, California 94104.

2. I am over the age of eighteen and not a party to this action. 

3. On January 2, 2014, I served the following document(s):

PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OF CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE; and [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

on the interested parties in said action by enclosing a true and exact copy of each document in a 

sealed envelope and placing the envelope for collection and First Class mailing following our 

ordinary business practices. I am readily familiar with this business’ practice for collecting and 

processing correspondence for mailing. On the same day that correspondence is placed for 

collection and mailing, it is deposited in the ordinary course of business with the United States 

Postal Service in a sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid. 

4. The envelopes were addressed and mailed as follows:

Tim Kruse Construction, Inc.

c/o Tim Kruse

Agent for Service of Process

2824 Roven Ct.

West Sacramento, CA 95691

Tim Kruse Construction, Inc.

550 Drever St.

West Sacramento, CA 95691

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this 

declaration was executed on January 2, 2014, at San Francisco, California. 

/S/

Alicia Rutkowski

Paralegal

 

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