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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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Further, the Court has been advised by the Clerk of Court that the attorney who

signed the letter is not a member of the bar of this District.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GIL CROSTHWAITE, et al.

Plaintiffs,

 v.

FOSTER & SONS GENERAL

ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS, INC.,

Defendant. /

No. C 10-457 MMC

ORDER RE: AUGUST 23, 2010 LETTER

The Court is in receipt of a letter, sent August 23, 2010, by McCormick Barstow LLP

(“McCormick Barstow”) on behalf of defendant Foster & Sons General Engineering

Contractors, Inc. (“Foster & Sons”). By said correspondence McCormick Barstow asks the

Court to deny plaintiffs’ request that the hearing noticed for August 27, 2010 on plaintiffs’

Amended Motion for Default Judgment (“Motion”) be vacated.

At the outset, the Court notes that letter requests do not comply with the Civil Local

Rules of this District. See Civil L.R. 7-1, 7-11(b).1

 Moreover, although McCormick Barstow

states Foster & Sons disputes the amount of judgment sought, it concedes that no

opposition to the Motion was filed. Finally, the Court, by order filed August 24, 2010, prior

to the Court’s receipt of the letter, has required plaintiffs to supplement their showing as to

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the claimed amount, and has given plaintiffs the option of either appearing at the hearing or

filing supplemental documentation in advance thereof and submitting the matter without a

hearing.

Accordingly, the Court takes no action on the letter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 25, 2010 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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