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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1002 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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FINDINGS AFTER EVIDENTIARY HEARING; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CASE NO.: C06-7509 WHA

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Muriel B. Kaplan, Esq. (SBN 124607) 

Michele R. Stafford, Esq. (SBN 172509) 

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION 

120 Howard Street, Suite 520 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

(415) 882-7900 

(415) 882-9287 – Facsimile 

mkaplan@sjlawcorp.com 

mstafford@sjlawcorp.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 

BAY AREA PAINTERS AND TAPERS 

PENSION FUND, et al. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BAY AREA PAINTERS AND TAPERS 

PENSION FUND, BAY AREA PAINTERS 

AND TAPERS HEALTH FUND, et al. 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

NEHEMIAH BROWN, JR., individually and 

dba NB DRYWALL COMPANY, 

 Defendant. 

Case No.: C06-7509 WHA 

FINDINGS AFTER EVIDENTIARY 

HEARING OF SEPTEMBER, 19, 2007; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

 An Evidentiary Hearing was held on September 19, 2007, at 2:00 p.m., to determine 

whether Mr. Brown was present at his office at 9:00 a.m. on June 28, 2007, the time and date of 

the scheduled audit, as he claimed, or whether he was not present as claimed by the auditor, Ms. 

Andrea Williams. 

 Defendant Nehemiah Brown did not appear at the Hearing. The Court spoke with Mr. 

Brown by telephone at or about 2:00 p.m., at which time he stated that he “forgot.” The Court then 

offered to extend the time to 2:30 p.m. for Mr. Brown to arrive at the Court, but Mr. Brown stated 

that he would not be able to be there by that time. The Court further advised Mr. Brown that it 

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would “not reschedule the Hearing” and that Mr. Brown would “have to take whatever 

consequences flow” from his not being there. 

 The Court notes that Mr. Brown was given clear cut notice of the September 19, 2007 

Hearing date, as well as the purpose of the Hearing, at the time of the previous hearing. It is 

furthermore noted that plaintiffs served the Minute Entry filed August 13, 2007, on the defendant 

on August 14, 2007. Plaintiffs filed a Proof of Service with the Court on August 14, 2007 (Docket 

Entry #53). 

 The Court finds, on the basis of overwhelming evidence taken at this Hearing as well as 

evidence submitted in Ms. Williams’ prior Declaration, that Ms. Williams did arrive at the 

appointed time and place on the agreed upon date, and that she attempted to contact Mr. Brown by 

telephone as well. Ms. Williams’ phone records have been admitted into evidence by this Court as 

Exhibit C. The Court notes for the record that Mr. Brown claimed at the last Hearing that he was, 

in fact, there at the office and that he did not receive any phone calls from Ms. Williams. 

 The Court therefore totally rejects Mr. Brown’s statement at the last Hearing, at which he 

stated that Ms. Williams did not come to the door and knock. The Court finds that what is true is 

that Ms. Williams was there on time. 

 The Court Orders that all attorneys fees connected with plaintiffs’ motion for relief with 

respect to the June 28, 2007 audit date, as well as attorneys fees in connection with the September 

19, 2007 Hearing be granted in the amount of $7,852.33, as set forth in the Declaration of Michele 

R. Stafford filed herein. 

 The Court further Orders that all of Ms. Williams’ expenses connected with the June 28, 

2007 appointment, as well as the September 20, 2007 Hearing, be granted in the amount of 

$2,050.08, as set forth in the Declaration of Andrea Williams filed herewith. 

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 IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that defendant shall pay to plaintiffs the 

sum of $9,902.41. The payment will be made in the form of a cashiers check, made payable to 

“Bay Area Painters & Tapers Trust Funds,” to be delivered to the chambers of the Honorable 

William H. Alsup within 10 days of the date of this Judgment, or no later than October ____, 

2007. The Court will notify plaintiffs by and through counsel of receipt of the check and plaintiffs 

will send a messenger to the Court to pick up the check. Noncompliance by defendant with the 

Order will result in the issuance of a bench warrant. 

 It is further Ordered that the court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ___________________, 2007 _______________________________________ 

 THE HONORABLE WILLIAM H. ALSUP 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

mayOctober 1

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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PROOF OF SERVICE

 I, the undersigned, declare: 

 I am a citizen of the United States and am employed in the County of San Francisco, State 

of California. I am over the age of eighteen and not a party to this action. My business address is 

120 Howard Street, Suite 520, San Francisco, California 94105. 

 On September 28, 2007, I served the following documents: 

FINDINGS AFTER EVIDENTIARY HEARING OF SEPTEMBER, 19, 2007; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

on the interested parties in said action by facsimile, by causing said document to be transmitted by 

facsimile machine to the number indicated after the address set forth below; and by First Class 

Mail, by placing a true and exact copy of each document in a sealed envelope with postage thereon 

fully prepaid, in a United States Post Office box in San Francisco, California, addressed as 

follows: 

Nehemiah Brown, Jr. 

NB Drywall Company 

1485 Bayshore Blvd., Suite 432 

San Francisco, California 94124 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this 

declaration was executed on this 28th day of September, 2007, at San Francisco, California. 

_______________/s/_________________ 

 Vanessa de Fábrega 

 

 

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