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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 29:185 Employee Pension Plan

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ZOOM ELECTRIC, INC., a 

California corporation, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF 

ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 

595, a labor organization, 

and DOES 1-20, 

Respondents. 

Case No. 4:11-cv-01699-CW

 

ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT AND 

COUNTER-PLAINTIFF 

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF 

ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 

595’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO 

FILE FIRST AMENDED 

COUNTER-COMPLAINT 

(Docket No. 37) 

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF 

ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 

595, a labor organization, 

Counter-Plaintiff. 

v. 

ZOOM ELECTRIC, INC., a 

California corporation; VEIKO 

HORAK, individually and as 

the alter-ego of ZOOM 

ELECTRIC, a sole 

proprietorship; and DOES ONE 

through TEN, inclusive, 

Counter-Defendants.

Respondent and Counter-Plaintiff International Brotherhood of 

Electrical Workers, Local 595 (IBEW) filed a motion seeking leave 

to file a First Amended Counter-Complaint against Petitioner and 

Counter-Defendant Zoom Electric, Inc., and Counter-Defendant Vieko 

Horak. Respondents oppose the motion. Having considered the 

parties’ filings, the Court takes the motion under submission on 

the papers and finds that IBEW has satisfied the requirements of 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), which provides that leave 

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of the court allowing a party to amend its pleading "shall be 

freely given when justice so requires." Accordingly, the Court 

GRANTS IBEW’s motion. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ___________ ______________________________ 

Hon. Claudia Wilken 

United Stated District Judge 

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