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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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LAW OFFICES OF 

COX, CASTLE & 

NICHOLSON LLP 

LOS ANGELES, CA 

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John S. Miller, Jr. (State Bar No. 77446)

jmiller@coxcastle.com 

Dwayne P. McKenzie (State Bar No. 175162) 

dmckenzie@coxcastle.com 

Monica R. Briseño (State Bar No. 286692) 

mbriseno@coxcastle.com 

COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON LLP 

2029 Century Park East, 21st Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3284 

Telephone: (310) 284-2200 

Facsimile: (310) 284-2100 

Attorneys for Defendants Kevin J. Albanese, 

F.G. Crosthwaite, Thomas Holsman, 

John M. Humber, and Richard Piombo 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID SLACK, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

RUSSELL BURNS, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:13-CV-05001-EMC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR 

PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSES TO 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEY’S FEES AND BILL OF 

COSTS 

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TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 

This Stipulation is submitted pursuant to Local Rule 6-2 and is entered into by and between all 

Plaintiffs and Defendants represented by the undersigned counsel (collectively, the “Parties”) for the

purpose of extending the time for Plaintiffs to respond to Defendants’ joint motion for attorney’s fees 

and bill of costs. 

1. The Court issued an Order on July 20, 2016 (Docket No. 331) granting Defendants’ 

motion for summary judgment and denying Plaintiffs’ motion for summary 

adjudication as moot. 

2. The Parties filed with the Court a proposed Judgment pursuant to the July 20, 2016 

Order on July 29, 2016. (Docket No. 334-1.) 

3. The Court entered a final judgment for purposes of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

58(c) on August 1, 2016. (Docket No. 336.) 

4. Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal of the final judgment on August 29, 2016. (Docket 

No. 343.) 

5. Pursuant to Local Rules 54-1 and 54-5, a bill of costs and a motion for award of 

attorney’s fees must be served and filed within 14 days of entry of judgment by the 

District Court. Pursuant to Local Rule 54-5, parties must meet and confer for the 

purposes of resolving all disputed issues relating to attorney’s fees before making a 

motion for award of attorney’s fees. 

6. To accommodate the Parties’ earlier efforts to meet and confer regarding Defendants’ 

anticipated motion for attorney’s fees, the Parties stipulated to extend the time for 

Defendants to bring an attorney’s fee motion by an additional 7 days. (Docket No. 

333.) Pursuant to that stipulation, the Court entered an Order that Defendants’ motion 

for attorney’s fees must be filed and served within 21 days following the entry of final 

judgment in the action. (Docket No. 335.) With the final judgment in the action 

having been entered on August 1, 2016 and pursuant to the Court’s Order and Local 

Rules 54-1 and 54-5, Defendants had until August 15, 2016 to file a bill of costs and 

until August 22, 2016 to file a motion for attorney’s fees. 

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7. The Parties then met and conferred regarding Defendants’ attorney’s fees motion and 

bill of costs on August 2, 2016. During discussions, Defendants indicated that they 

intended to continue to seek the deposition of Ms. Debbie S. Morgan, which they 

believed was relevant to their attorney’s fees motion. Plaintiffs disagreed that 

Defendants may obtain the deposition of Ms. Morgan or that it was relevant to 

Defendants’ motion. Accordingly, to resolve the issue, the Parties discussed that 

Defendants would bring an administrative motion on the subject of Ms. Morgan’s 

deposition before this Court. 

8. To accommodate the bringing of an administrative motion in connection with Ms. 

Morgan’s deposition, the time necessary for the court to consider such request, and the 

potential taking of Ms. Morgan’s deposition, the parties stipulated to further extend the 

time to file and serve an attorney’s fees motion and bill of costs to 30 days following an 

order denying Defendants’ motion to take the deposition of Ms. Morgan, or, should 

such motion be granted, 30 days following the date on which Ms. Morgan’s deposition 

is concluded. (Docket No. 338.) Pursuant to that stipulation, the Court entered an 

Order extending the time for Defendants to file and serve their motion for attorney’s 

fees and bill of costs to 30 days following an order denying Defendants’ motion to take 

the deposition of Ms. Morgan, or, should such motion be granted, 30 days following 

the date on which Ms. Morgan’s deposition is concluded. (Docket No. 339.) 

9. Defendants filed an administrative motion seeking the deposition of Ms. Morgan on 

August 15, 2016. (Docket No. 340.) The motion was referred to Magistrate Judge 

Westmore on August 23, 2016. (Docket No. 342.) Judge Westmore denied the motion 

on October 7, 2016. (Docket No. 349.) 

10. Defendants thereafter filed their Joint Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Bill of Costs on 

November 7, 2016, with a hearing set for December 15, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. before this 

Court. (Docket Nos. 351-352.) Pursuant to Local Rules 7-3 and 54-2, Plaintiffs’ 

responses to the Joint Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Bill of Costs must be served and 

filed on or before November 21, 2016. 

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11. After Defendants filed their Joint Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Bill of Costs, the 

Parties engaged in further meet and confer efforts to explore whether the Parties could 

reach agreement on a resolution of Plaintiffs’ appeal and Defendants’ Joint Motion for 

Attorneys’ Fees and Bill of Costs. To permit those discussion to continue and conclude 

and to accommodate holiday schedules of the Parties and counsel, the Parties hereby 

stipulate to extend the time for Plaintiffs to file and serve a response to Defendants’ 

Joint Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Bill of Costs to January 26, 2017 and that the 

time for Defendants to file and serve a reply in support of the Joint Motion for 

Attorneys’ Fees is extended to February 16, 2017. The Parties further stipulate that the 

hearing on Defendants’ Joint Motion for Attorneys’ Fees be continued from December 

15, 2016 to March 2, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. 

12. This Stipulation is not offered for any dilatory or improper purpose, but rather solely to 

effectively manage the scheduling of case events and to ensure the most efficient use of 

resources by the Court, the Parties, and their counsel as well as consider Parties’ 

scheduling commitments. 

13. This Stipulation for the extension of time for Plaintiffs to respond to Defendants’ Joint 

Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Bill of Costs and Defendants’ subsequent reply thereto 

is without prejudice to subsequent stipulations by the Parties or requests by Plaintiffs or 

Defendants to further extend the time for any filing relating to Defendants’ Joint 

Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Bill of Costs. 

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STIPULATION 

Pursuant to Local Rules 6-2, 54-2, and 54-5, subject to the Court’s approval, Plaintiffs and the 

Stipulating Defendants, hereby stipulate that:

1. Plaintiffs’ time to file and serve responses to Defendants’ Joint Motion for Attorneys’ 

Fees and Bill of Costs is extended from Monday November 21, 2016, to January 26, 2017 and 

the time for Defendants to file and serve a reply in support of the Joint Motion for Attorneys’ 

Fees is extended to February 16, 2017. The Parties further stipulate that the hearing on 

Defendants’ Joint Motion for Attorneys’ Fees be continued from December 15, 2016 to March 

2, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: November 16, 2016 COX CASTLE & NICHOLSON

 

 By: /s/ Dwayne P. McKenzie 

Dwayne P. McKenzie 

Monica Briseno 

 Attorneys for Defendants F.G. Crosthwaite, Rich 

 Piombo, Thomas Holsman, John Humber and Kevin 

 Albanese 

Dated: November 16, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF KENNETH C. ABSALOM

 

 By: /s/ Kenneth C. Absalom 

Kenneth C. Absalom 

George R. Nemiroff 

 Attorneys for Defendants Russell E. Burns, Dan Reding, 

and Carl Goff 

Dated: November 16, 2016 BERNS WEISS LLP

 

 By: /s/ Lee A. Weiss 

Jeffrey K. Berns 

Lee A. Weiss 

Albert G. Lum 

LAW OFFICES OF J. MARK MOORE

J. Mark Moore 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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ECF CERTIFICATION 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filing attorney attests that she has obtained concurrence 

regarding the filing of this document from the signatories to the document. 

DATED: November 16, 2016 COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON LLP

By: /s/ Dwayne P. McKenzie 

Dwayne P. McKenzie 

Monica Briseno 

Attorneys for Defendants F.G. Crosthwaite, Rich 

Piombo, Thomas Holsman, John Humber and Kevin 

Albanese

 

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ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation of counsel and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiffs’ time to file and serve responses to Defendants’ Joint Motion for Attorneys’ 

Fees and Bill of Costs is extended from Monday November 21, 2016, to January 26, 

2017 and the time for Defendants to file and serve a reply in support of the Joint 

Motion for Attorneys’ Fees is extended to February 16, 2017. The hearing on 

Defendants’ Joint Motion for Attorneys’ Fees is continued from December 15, 2016 to 

March 2, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________, 2016 ______________________________________ 

 HON. EDWARD M. CHEN 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

11/17

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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