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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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LAWRENCE BREWSTER, Acting Regional Solicitor 

DANIEL J. CHASEK, Acting Counsel for ERISA 

California State Bar Number 186968 

JAN M. COPLICK, Senior Trial Attorney 

California State Bar Number 124053 

E-mail: sol-sf@dol.gov 

United States Department of Labor 

Office of the Solicitor 

71 Stevenson Street, Suite 1110 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 975-4498 

Facsimile: (415) 975-4495 

Attorneys for Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ELAINE L. CHAO, Secretary of the United 

States Department of Labor, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

GKO & ASSOCIATES, INC., a California 

corporation; GKO Consulting Engineers, Inc. a

California corporation; JAMES WINZLER, an 

individual; GREGG OKAMITSU, an 

individual; YAN KAM-WING, an individual; 

and GKO & ASSOCIATES 401(k) SAVINGS 

AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN, an 

employee pension benefit plan, 

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Case No.: Docket No.C-05-02202 JSW 

STIPULATION REQUESTING 

COURT TO FURTHER EXTEND TIME FOR 

FILING OF DEFENDANT OKAMITSU 

AND YAN’S RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS, 

PARTIES’ INITIAL DISCLOSURES, RULE 

26(f) JOINT REPORT, AND TO POSTPONE 

DATE FOR CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE TO PERMIT PARTIES TO 

CONTINUE SETTLEMENT 

NEGOTIATIONS and 

PROPOSED ORDER

Pursuant to Rules 7-1.a.5, 7-12 and 16-1 of the Local Rules of Court, it is HEREBY 

STIPULATED between Plaintiff Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor, United States Department 

of Labor (“Secretary”) and Defendants GREGG OKAMITSU (“Okamitsu”) and YAN KAMWING (“Yan”), all three hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Parties”, as follows: 

1. The Secretary and Defendants Okamitsu and Yan have continued to be engaged in 

meaningful settlement discussions and, in order to allow these settlement discussions to 

proceed constructively, the Parties hereby file this Stipulation requesting a further 

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extension of the applicable deadlines set by the Court in its Order of September 20, 2005, 

for filing conference statements, completing initial disclosures and Rule 26(f) reports, 

and holding the case management conference. Any such extensions and continuances 

granted by the Court were and will be applicable only to the specific Parties entering into 

this Stipulation.

2. The Secretary and Defendants Okamitsu and Yan stipulate to a further extension 

to January 15, 2006 of the due date for the said Defendants’ responsive pleadings, which 

are currently due to be filed on November 15, 2005; 

3. The Parties hereby stipulate to a continuance of the date for the Case Management 

Conference from Friday, December 9, 2005, to Friday, January 27, 2006 - a period of 49 

days - to allow the Parties to continue settlement negotiations. 

4. The Parties hereby stipulate that the dates for their conference and initial 

disclosures under Rule 26(f) and their filing deadlines for the joint Case Management 

Statement be extended accordingly. 

5. Defendants GKO & ASSOCIATES, INC., GKO Consulting Engineers, Inc. and 

JAMES WINZLER, who are not parties to this Stipulation, have executed and returned 

waivers of service of summons herein, requiring them to file an answer or responsive 

under Rule 12 on or before August 26, 2005, yet have failed to file any such answer or 

motion as of the date of this writing. The Secretary has had Default entered herein 

against these Defendants by the Clerk of the Court.

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6. Defendant GKO & ASSOCIATES 401(k) SAVINGS AND PROFIT SHARING 

PLAN, also not a party to this Stipulation, was served with process by the Secretary on 

October 26, 2005.

FOR DEFENDANTS: 

Dated: November ____, 2005 ___________________________________ 

DOUGLAS MURKEN, Counsel for defendants 

GREGG OKAMITSU and YAN KAM-WING 

FOR PLAINTIFFS:

Dated: November ___, 2005 __________________________________ 

 JAN M. COPLICK, Counsel for plaintiff ELAINE 

L. CHAO, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of 

Labor

Responsive pleadings by defendants GREGG OKAMITSU and YAN KAM-WING must 

be filed by January 15, 2006. The Case Scheduling Conference, currently scheduled for Friday, 

December 9, 2005, shall be held on Friday, January 27, 2006, and the Plaintiff Secretary, and 

defendants OKAMITSU and YAN shall file their Rule 26(f) Joint Conference Statement and 

Case Management Statement accordingly. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: November ____, 2005 

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HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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