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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:185 Employee Pension Plan

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE MORENO, et al.,

Plaintiff(s),

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CANYON SPRING ENTERPRISES,

a California Corp., and

ROBERT STANLEY HAMILTON,

an Individual,

Defendant(s).

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No. C04-4772 BZ

ORDER RE: JUNE 15, 2005

HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION FOR DEFAULT

JUDGMENT

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that James P. Watson appear at

the hearing on plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment

scheduled for June 15, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Watson

should be prepared to address the following issues:

Unpaid Contributions

1. Have defendants made any payments since plaintiffs’

filed their supplemental papers?

2. For which months did defendants fail to pay

contributions to plaintiffs and what is the amount of

contributions that defendants failed to make for each

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of these months?

3. How did plaintiffs calculate the amount of delinquent

contributions set forth on the chart on page 1 of

exhibit A of the Watson declaration in support of

plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment? How does it

relate to the other documents provided in exhibit A?

Interest

4. What interest rate did plaintiffs use to calculate the

interest requested in paragraph 8 of the Watson

declaration? Is the interest based solely on the

unpaid contributions? Without knowing the amount of

unpaid contributions for August 2003 through March

2004, and December and January 2005, how should I

determine whether his calculations are correct? 

5. Why does the amount of interest ($6,869.62) sought

pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g) in paragraph 8 of the

Watson declaration substantially differ from the

amount of interest ($3,042.26) sought in paragraph 5? 

Liquidated Damages

6. Why is the total amount of liquidated damages

requested in the supplemental declaration ($9,719.62)

more than three times the amount sought in the

original motion ($3,042.26)? 

7. On what basis do plaintiffs seek 1.5% in additional

interest on unpaid contributions and $150 per month as

liquidated damages? See Watson Decl. ¶ 5, Exs. B, C.

8. Without knowing the amount of unpaid contributions

owed for August 2003 through March 2004, and December

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and January 2005, how should I determine whether the

liquidated damages have been calculated correctly for

these months?

Audit

9. The complaint states that under “the terms and

conditions of the trust agreements and Master

Agreement, which expressly incorporates the trust

agreements, defendants are required to allow

plaintiffs access to their books and records to

determine the amount of trust fund contributions due

and owing.” Compl. ¶ 17. 

a. Where is the term that provides for an audit of

defendants’ books and records? 

b. Which “trust agreements” are incorporated in the

Master Agreement? 

c. On what basis do plaintiffs seek an audit from

October 1, 2002, to present?

Dated: June 10, 2005

/s/Bernard Zimmerman

Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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