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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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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

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Michele R. Stafford, Esq. (SBN 172509)

Erica J. Russell, Esq. (SBN 274494)

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2110

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 882-7900

Facsimile: (415) 882-9287

Email: mstafford@sjlawcorp.com

Email: erussell@sjlawcorp.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Bricklayers 

And Allied Craftworkers Local No. 3 

Health And Welfare Trust, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED 

CRAFTWORKERS LOCAL NO. 3 HEALTH 

AND WELFARE TRUST, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v.

BRIAN MITCHELL, Individually and dba 

PRECISION MASONRY, a California Sole 

Proprietorship.

Defendant.

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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT; 

 ORDER THEREON

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiffs Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers Local No. 3 

Health And Welfare Trust, et al. (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendant Brian Mitchell, individually and dba 

Precision Masonry, a California Sole Proprietorship (“Defendant”), have reached a settlement in this 

matter.

Pursuant to the terms of the settlement, Defendant paid all amounts owed to Plaintiffs through 

April 2016, except for a balance due for liquidated damages assessed on its late-paid contributions for 

August 2015 through February 2016. Plaintiffs approved a conditional waiver of the balance remaining 

due for liquidated damages on the condition that Defendant timely pay contributions for six (6) 

consecutive months, beginning with April 2016 contributions through, and including, September 2016 

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contributions. If Defendant timely pays its April 2016 through September 2016 contributions, the 

liquidated damages remaining due for its late-paid August 2015 through February 2016 contributions 

shall be waived, and Plaintiffs will file a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal upon bank clearance of 

Defendant’s payment for September 2016 contributions. Should Defendant fail to timely pay its April 

2016 through September 2016 contributions, payment of the above described liquidated damages shall 

be immediately due to Plaintiffs. 

Based on the above, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court vacate the calendar in this 

matter, but retain jurisdiction through November 2016, to allow time for Defendant to submit the above 

described payments and for Plaintiffs to verify bank clearance of same.

Respectfully submitted.

Dated: May 24, 2016

By:

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW 

CORPORATION

/S/

Erica J. Russell

Attorneys for Bricklayers And Allied Craftworkers 

Local No. 3 Health And Welfare Trust, et al.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Based on the parties’ notice of settlement, and it appearing that no issue remains for the Court’s 

determination, this action and all claims asserted herein are DISMISSED, and all scheduled dates are 

VACATED. In the event that defendant fails to timely comply with the terms of the settlement, 

plaintiffs may move to reopen the case, provided that such motion is filed by no later November 30, 

2016. 

DATED: May 25, 2016

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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