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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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JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE CMC AND EXTEND MEDIATION DEADLINE 

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Michele R. Stafford, Esq. (SBN 172509) 

Matthew P. Minser, Esq. (SBN 296344) 

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION 

1141 Harbor Bay Parkway, Suite 100 

Alameda, California 94502 

Telephone: (510) 906-4710 

Email: mstafford@sjlawcorp.com 

Email: mminser@sjlawcorp.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Operating Engineers’ Health 

And Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California, et al. 

Marcus T. Brown (State Bar No. 255662) 

Law Office of Marcus T. Brown 

3100 Oak Road, Suite 100 

Walnut Creek, CA 94597 

(925) 482-8950 / (925) 482-8975 (Fax) 

marcus@marcusbrownlaw.com

Attorney for Defendant, Vortex Marine Construction, Inc., 

A California Corporation, dba Vortex Diving, Inc., 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OPERATING ENGINEERS’ HEALTH AND 

WELFARE TRUST FUND, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

VORTEX MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC., a 

California Corporation, dba VORTEX DIVING, 

INC., 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C17-03614 KAW 

JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

EXTEND MEDIATION DEADLINE; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

Date: October 23, 2018 

Time: 1:30 p.m. 

Location: 1301 Clay Street, 

 Oakland, California 

Judge: Honorable Kandis A. 

Westmore 

 Plaintiffs and Defendant Vortex Marine Construction, Inc., A California Corporation, (“Vortex” 

or “Defendant”), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby respectfully request to 

continue the Case Management Conference, currently on calendar for October 23, 2018 for 

approximately ninety (90) days. Plaintiffs and Defendant also respectfully request to extend the deadline 

to hold the mediation session by ninety (90) days. Good cause exists for the extensions, as follows: 

1. As the Court’s records will reflect, this action was filed on June 22, 2017 (Dkt. #1). 

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Defendant’s Agent for Service of Process was served on July 14, 2017. Plaintiffs filed a Proof of Service 

of Summons with the Court on August 23, 2017 (Dkt. #8). 

2. Plaintiffs filed a Request for Entry of Default on August 23, 2017 (Dkt. #9). Default was 

entered on August 29, 2017 (Dkt. #10). 

3. Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Default Judgment on February 6, 2018 (Dkt. #15). Defendant 

filed an Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Default Judgment on February 20, 2018 (Dkt. #26). 

4. Defendant filed a Motion to Set Aside Entry of Default on February 20, 2018 (Dkt. #23). 

Plaintiffs filed an Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Set Aside Entry of Default on March 6, 2018 

(Dkt. #31). 

5. The Hearing on Defendant’s Motion to Set Aside Entry of Default was held on April 19, 

2018. On April 27, 2018, this Court issued an Order temporarily granting Defendant’s Motion to Set 

Aside Entry of Default (Dkt. #38). 

6. On June 20, 2018, the Court granted Defendant’s Motion to Set Aside Entry of Default 

(Dkt. #46). 

7. On June 26, 2018, Counsel participated in a Case Management Conference. At that time, 

the Court set the pretrial schedule. 

8. On June 26, 2018, the Court ordered the Parties to participate in mediation within the 

presumptive deadline of ninety days, (Dkt. No. 52), as stipulated. 

9. On July 3, 2018, the Court issued a Notice of Appointment of Mediator Randall 

Willoughby (Dkt. No. 53). 

10. The Parties participated in a pre-mediation phone conference on July 25, 2018 with Mr. 

Willoughby. 

11. Counsel then attempted to coordinate via e-mail to secure a mutually agreeable date for 

mediation. However, the Parties and Mr. Willoughby were unable to coordinate an acceptable date. 

12. Counsel then determined that both November 1, 2018 and November 8, 2018 are dates 

that are acceptable to all necessary individuals except Mr. Willoughby, the mediator. 

13. The Parties have confirmed that due to scheduling conflicts, it will be impossible to hold 

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a mediation session during any other date in November or December. 

14. Counsel then contacted the Court’s ADR department who confirmed that they can 

attempt to find another mediator for either November 1, 2018 or November 8, 2018 however the ADR 

department confirmed that the mediation deadline must be extended by the Court first. 

15. On October 16, 2018, Mr. Willoughby’s office contacted Counsel to state that Mr. 

Willoughby is now available to conduct mediation on November 1, 2018. 

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JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE CMC AND EXTEND MEDIATION DEADLINE 

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16. Therefore, 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, the Parties respectfully request that the upcoming Case Management Conference be 

continued for approximately ninety (90) days, to allow sufficient time for the Parties to participate in 

mediation. Further, the Parties therefore respectfully request that the Court extend the mediation 

deadline by ninety (90) days to allow the Parties to attempt to hold the mediation on November 1, 2018 

and to have additional flexibility to proceed to mediation in January 2019 if circumstances prevent 

mediation from being held on November 1, 2018. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: October 16, 2018 

By:

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW 

CORPORATION 

/S/

 Matthew P. Minser

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Operating Engineers’ 

Health And Welfare Trust Fund for Northern 

California, et al.

DATED: October 16, 2018 LAW OFFICE OF MARCUS T. BROWN 

By: /S/

 Marcus T. Brown 

Attorneys for Defendant, Vortex Marine 

Construction, Inc., A California Corporation, dba 

Vortex Diving, Inc. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The currently set Case Management Conference is hereby continued to 

__________________________ at __________________, and all previously set deadlines and dates 

related to this case are continued accordingly. The deadline to hold the mediation session is extended by 

____ days to _______________________, 201_. 

DATED: , 2018 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

February 19, 2019 1:30 p.m. January 31, 9

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JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE CMC AND EXTEND MEDIATION DEADLINE 

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CERTIFICATION RE: SIGNATURES 

 I attest that concurrence in the filing has been obtained from the other Signatory. 

DATED: October 16, 2018 

By: /S/

 Matthew P. Minser

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