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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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STIP. AND JOINT REQUEST TO MODIFY PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES;

ORDER; Case No. CV 15-00973-WHO

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ANNE M. BEVINGTON (SBN 111320)

abevington@sjlawcorp.com

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2110

San Francisco, CA 94104

(415) 882-7900

(415) 882-9287 – Facsimile

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

DANIEL A. ADLONG (SBN 262301)

daniel.adlong@ogletreedeakins.com

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.

Park Tower Suite 1500

695 Town Center Drive

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

(714) 800-7900

(714) 754-1298 – Facsimile

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA SERVICE EMPLOYEES 

HEALTH & WELFARE TRUST FUND, 

DAVID HUERTAS, Trustee, CHARLES 

GILCHRIST, Trustee, DAVID STILWELL, 

Trustee, RAYMOND C. NANN, Trustee, and 

LARRY T. SMITH, Trustee, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

GATEWAY FRONTLINE SERVICES, INC., 

doing business as GATEWAY GROUP ONE, a 

New Jersey corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. CV 15-00973-WHO

STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST 

TO MODIFY PRETRIAL AND TRIAL 

DATES;

ORDER

Complaint Filed: March 2, 2015

 Trial Date: May 30, 2017

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The parties to this action, by and through their respective counsel, stipulate and jointly 

request that the impending pretrial and trial dates be continued for approximately 120 days as set 

forth below. Good cause exists for the granting of the continuance, as follows:

1. Plaintiffs filed their complaint on March 2, 2015 (Docket No. 1). 

2. On September 28, 2015, the parties attended a mediation session through the Court

sponsored ADR program. The parties reached a tentative settlement, the effectiveness of which 

was conditioned on events in which the Plaintiff Trust Fund is not involved. The tentative 

settlement was conditioned on an agreement between Defendant Gateway and Service Employees 

International Union-United Service Workers West (“the Union”) to amend the collective 

bargaining agreement between them pursuant to which the Plaintiff Trust Fund seeks to recover 

delinquent contributions under ERISA.

3. By its Civil Pretrial Order entered on November 30, 2015 (Dkt #32), the Court set 

the following schedule for the case:

Fact discovery cutoff: September 30, 2016

Expert disclosure: September 30, 2016

Expert rebuttal: November 1, 2016

Expert discovery cutoff: December 1, 2016

Dispositive Motions heard by: November 16, 2016

Pretrial Conference: January 9, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

Bench trial: January 30, 2017, 8:00 a.m.

4. By its Civil Pretrial Order entered on September 7, 2016 (Dkt #38), the Court 

granted the parties request for a 120 day extension, setting a new pretrial schedule as follows: 

Expert disclosure: January 27, 2017

Expert rebuttal: March 1, 2017

Expert discovery cutoff: March 31, 2017

Dispositive Motions heard by: March 15, 2017

Pretrial Conference: May 9, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

Bench trial: May 30, 2017, 8:00 a.m.

5. By Order Setting Settlement Conference entered on September 13, 2016 (Dkt. 

#39), the settlement judge set the settlement conference for April 19, 2017.

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6. The parties have completed discovery and again seek to resolve the matter by 

settlement. Unlike with previous settlement attempts, Defendant Gateway has obtained a 

“disclaimer of interest” from United Service Workers Union Local 74, the previous absence of 

which made it impossible for Defendant Gateway to negotiate an agreement with the Union that 

could resolve a substantial part of the Plaintiffs’ claim against Gateway in this case. 

7. Gateway and the Union are again engaged in negotiations which should result in an 

amendment of the collective bargaining agreement under which the Plaintiffs claim that Gateway 

owes delinquent contributions. In light of the changed circumstance of Local 74’s disclaimer of 

interest, and the parties’ interest in resolving this matter without the incurring unnecessary 

expenses, the parties hereby stipulate and jointly request, that the Court order as follows:

a. That the settlement conference scheduled for April 19, 2017, remain on calendar.

b. That hearing date for dispositive motions of March 15, 2017, be continued to 

July 5, 2017.

c. That the pretrial conference scheduled for May 9, 2017, 2:00 p.m., be continued 

to August 29, 2017, at 2:00 p.m.

d. That the bench trial scheduled for May 30, 2017, 8:00 a.m., be continued to 

September 20, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. (estimated three days)

SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: March 17, 2017 /s/ Anne M. Bevington

ANNE M. BEVINGTON

Saltzman & Johnson Law Corporation

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: March 17, 2017 /s/ Daniel A. Adlong

Daniel A. Adlong

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Attorneys for Defendants

CERTIFICATION RE SIGNATURES 

I attest that concurrence in the filing of this stipulation has been obtained from Daniel A. 

Adlong. 

Dated: March 17, 2017 /s/ Anne M. Bevington 

Anne M. Bevington 

 Saltzman & Johnson Law Corporation 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ORDER 

Based on the foregoing, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDRED that the 

pretrial and trial dates be modified as follows: 

1. The settlement conference scheduled for April 19, 2017, remains on calendar. 

2. The dispositive motion hearing date of March 15, 2017, is continued to July 5, 2017. 

3. The pretrial conference scheduled for May 9, 2017, 2:00 p.m., is continued to August 

28, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. 

4. The bench trial scheduled for May 30, 2017, 8:00 a.m., is continued to September 20, 

2017, at 8:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

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Date: March 22, 2017 ____________________________________________

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM H. ORRICK 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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