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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PETER D FISCHEL et al, on behalf

of themselves and all others

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v

THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE

SOCIETY,

Defendant.

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No C-96-4202 VRW

ORDER

On September 30, 2004, the named plaintiffs in this ERISA

class action, individually and on behalf of the class, entered into

a stipulation of settlement regarding plaintiffs’ health benefits. 

Doc #455 at 1. On December 2, 2004, the court approved the

stipulation of settlement and specifically reserved jurisdiction

“over all matters relating to the consummation of the settlement in

accordance with the stipulation.” Id at 11.

On March 22, 2006, the court received a letter from a

Carol A Reel, who states that she is a class member who has

complied with all of the relevant rules but has still not received

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any settlement payment. She states that “it appears to me that the

[court’s orders] and the rules of procedure set out by the

Arbitrator have not been complied with” and that “the attorney who

is supposed to be representing the Plaintiffs, Mr Richard Finberg,

has refused to provide any meaningful answer to my questions

regarding the progress of the case.”

Accordingly, the court ORDERS the parties to inform the

court by September 18, 2006, of the progress of the settlement,

including details regarding which terms have been fulfilled, which

terms remain to be fulfilled and any difficulties the parties may

have encountered in concluding this matter. The parties’

submission should also address the amounts actually distributed to

class members, the number of properly filed class member claims

still outstanding, the number of claims remaining pending

arbitration and an estimated date by which the outstanding claims

will be resolved. The clerk is INSTRUCTED to place Reel’s letter

and attachments in the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

VAUGHN R WALKER

United States District Chief Judge

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