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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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APPLICATION EXTENDING CASE MANAGEMENT DATES AND ORDER - C 05-02557 EDL Page 1

McCARTHY, JOHNSON & MILLER 

LAW CORPORATION

LORI A. NORD, ESQ., #87993

595 Market Street, Suite 2200

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 882-2992

Facsimile: (415) 882-2999

E-mail: lnord@mjmlaw.us

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE U.A. LOCAL

NO. 159 HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUST

FUND; BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE U.A.

LOCAL NO. 159 PENSION TRUST FUND;

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE U.A. LOCAL

NO. 159 JOURNEYMAN AND APPRENTICE

TRAINING TRUST FUND; AND BOARD OF

TRUSTEES OF THE TRICO PIPES LABORMANAGEMENT COOPERATION COMMITTEE

TRUST FUND,

Plaintiffs,

v.

KURT A. ERNST, individually and

doing business as ERNST MECHANICAL

CO.,

Defendant. ____________________________________

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No. C 05-02557 EDL

APPLICATION EXTENDING CASE

MANAGEMENT DATES AND ORDER

1. The Complaint in this action was filed with the Court on

June 22, 2005. 

2. On June 24, 2005, we sent all pleadings to defendant with 

A Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons.

The defendant did not return the Waiver of Service.

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APPLICATION EXTENDING CASE MANAGEMENT DATES AND ORDER - C 05-02557 EDL Page 2

3. On July 25, 2005, we sent these pleadings to our process

server to serve the Defendant. The process server has been unable

to serve the defendant at his last known business address and his

last known residence address despite a total of twelve (12)

attempts by the process server. See, the Declaration of Toshinori

Kawase attached hereto as Exhibit 1. 

4. On August 12, 2005, Mr. Alireza Saffarian called me and

left a voice message identifying himself as defendant’s accountant

who Mr. Ernst asked to work with me to resolve this matter. On

September 16, 2005, after speaking to Mr. Saffarian on September

15, I sent Mr. Saffarian another set of pleadings. I requested

that he obtain and return the defendant’s signed waiver of service

and written authorization allowing Mr. Saffarian to discuss the

facts of the case with me. To date, we have not received the

returned waiver of service.

5. Plaintiffs will be unable to serve defendant by the dates

set in the June 22 Order Setting Initial Case Management

Conference. Plaintiffs will check with the Local Union to see if

it has a better address at which to serve the defendant. 

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APPLICATION EXTENDING CASE MANAGEMENT DATES AND ORDER - C 05-02557 EDL Page 3

6. As a result of the inability to serve Mr. Ernst,

plaintiffs request they be relieved from the dates contained in the

Court's June 22 Order and be given until November 10, 2005 to serve

the defendant, dismiss the case without prejudice, or file a motion

to serve by publication. Plaintiffs also request that the Court

vacate its June 22 Order, continue the October 25 Case Management

Conference to a later date, and issue a new Case Management

Conference Order as it deems appropriate.

Dated: September 27, 2005 Respectfully submitted,

McCARTHY, JOHNSON & MILLER

LAW CORPORATION

By: /s/ Lori A. Nord

LORI A. NORD
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APPLICATION EXTENDING CASE MANAGEMENT DATES AND ORDER - C 05-02557 EDL Page 4

IT IS SO ORDERED. The Court’s June 22, 2005 Order Setting

Initial Case Management Conference is hereby vacated, and the Case

Management Conference is rescheduled to ____________________, 2005. 

Dated: September ____, 2005 ____________________________________

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

December 6

at 3:00 p.m. A joint case management conference statement shall be filed no later than 

November 29, 2005.

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte