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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1145 E.R.I.S.A.

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For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE

LABORERS HEALTH AND WELFARE

TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN

CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CLARK ARNOLD CORP., et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C-06-6915 CW (EMC)

SECOND ORDER RE SUPPLEMENTAL

BRIEFING AND EVIDENCE

Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment has been referred to the undersigned for a report and

recommendation. Having reviewed the papers submitted by Plaintiffs, including the most recent

submissions responding to the Court’s order of March 28, 2007, see Docket No. 20, the Court

hereby orders that Plaintiffs provide additional supplemental briefing and evidence as discussed

below.

In their motion, Plaintiffs request interest and liquidated damages on employee fringe benefit

contributions that were paid (apparently in full), but paid late, under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(2)(E),

which provides that the Court may award “‘such other legal and equitable relief as the court deems

appropriate.’” Mot. at 7. In its order of March 28, 2007, the Court requested interest calculations

for all relevant months, not only November 2005. Exhibit C, attached to the supplemental

declaration of John Hagan, details the interest and liquidated damages calculated for each of the

following months in which contributions were paid in full but paid late: November 2005, December

2005, February 2006, March 2006, April 2006, May 2006, and June 2006. See Supplemental Hagan

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Decl., Ex. C. The calculations in Exhibit C refer to unpaid reports for the months of November and

December 2005 and supplemental paid reports for the months of February to June 2006. However,

these unpaid reports for November and December 2005 and the supplemental paid reports for

February to May 2006 are not in the evidence submitted by Plaintiffs. (The supplemental report for

June 2006, which was submitted, in response to the Court’s March 28, 2007 order, is attached as

Exhibit D to the supplemental Hagan declaration.).

Thus, while the interest and liquidated damages calculations for the reported, but not paid

contributions (see Supplemental Hagan Decl., Ex. B) are complete (see Hagan Decl., Ex. I at 6, 9, 10

and Ex. B), the February 2006 interest and liquidated damages calculations for the paid, but paid

late contributions (see Supplemental Hagan Decl., Ex. C), are not. Reference is made to a

“supplemental paid report” for 69.5 hours, for which Vacation-Holiday calculations were calculated

to equal $158.46. However, this supplemental paid report cannot be found in any of the exhibits

attached to the original or supplemental declarations, or the remainder of the evidence. The

calculations in Exhibit C refer to a late payment in full received on October 10, 2006, but this

payment is not corroborated by other evidence.

Similarly, the interest calculations on paid, but paid late contributions for March 2006 refer

to a supplemental paid report for 43 hours and $98.04 in Vacation-Holiday contributions. See

Supplemental Hagan Decl., Ex. C. The calculations for April 2006 refer to a supplemental report of

139 hours and $316.92 in Vacation-Holiday contributions; for May 2006, the calculations refer to a

supplemental paid report of 51 hours and $116.28 of Vacation-Holiday contributions. See id. None

of these hours and contributions owed and paid late are documented elsewhere in the evidence. As

indicated above, only the calculations for June 2006, referring to a supplemental paid report of 80

hours and $182.40 in Vacation-Holiday contributions, are corroborated by copies of the original

report. See Supplemental Hagan Decl., Ex. D (containing October 10, 2006, report of payment

toward June 2006 contributions). 

Thus, the Court hereby orders that Plaintiffs provide evidence with respect to the following:

(1) November 2005 reports of contributions owed and paid, but paid late; 

(2) December 2005 reports of contributions owed and paid, but paid late; 

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(3) February 2006 supplemental report of contributions owed and paid, but paid

late;

(4) March 2006 supplemental report of contributions owed and paid, but paid

late;

(5) April 2006 supplemental report of contributions owed and paid, but paid late;

and 

(6) May 2006 supplemental report of contributions owed and paid, but paid late.

As an additional matter, the original Hagan declaration cites a November 18, 2005,

Memorandum Agreement executed by Defendant. See Hagan Decl. ¶ 15 & Ex. F. However,

Exhibit F appears to contain only a single page of the Memorandum Agreement. See id., Ex. F. 

Accordingly, the Court also orders that Plaintiffs provide a full and complete copy of the November

28, 2005, Memorandum Agreement. 

The supplemental briefing and evidence shall be filed and served within a week of the

issuance of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 26, 2007

_________________________ EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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