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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1451 E.R.I.S.A.

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STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO CONTINUE INITIAL CMC 

AND RELATED DEADLINES; [PROPOSED] ORDER; CASE NO. CV 15-4773 LB 

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PHILIP M. MILLER (SBN 87877) 

ANNE M. BEVINGTON (SBN 111320) 

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2110 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

(415) 882-7900 

(415) 882-9287 – Facsimile 

pmiller@sjlawcorp.com

abevington@sjlawcorp.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(OAKLAND DIVISION) 

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES PENSION TRUST 

FUND, AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES WELFARE 

TRUST FUND, JAMES H. BENO, Trustee, 

STEPHEN J. MACK, Trustee, DON CROSATTO, 

Trustee, DOUGLAS CORNFORD, Trustee, JOHN 

DI BERNARDO, Trustee, JOSE SANTANA, 

Trustee, JAMES SCHWANTZ, Trustee, and SCOTT 

PAGTER, Trustee, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

FIRST STUDENT, INC., a Delaware corporation, 

 Defendant. 

CASE NO.: CV 15-04773 JSW 

STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST 

TO CONTINUE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

RELATED DEADLINES; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

Date: February 12, 2016 

Time: 11:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 5, Second Floor 

 Hon. Jeffrey S. White 

The parties stipulate to, and jointly request, a 120-day continuance of the Initial Case 

Management Conference currently set for February 12, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom 5, Second 

Floor of the United States District Court located at 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612, and the 

related deadlines for filing their Case Management Conference Statement and Rule 26(f) report, 

and completing initial disclosures. Good cause exists for the requested continuance for the 

following reasons. 

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Procedural History 

This action arises under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 

(“ERISA”), as amended by the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (29 U.S.C 

§§1001-1461 (1982)), for an order requiring Defendant to allow the Automotive Industries Trust 

Funds’ representative access to those business records necessary to conduct an audit for the period 

February 1, 2009 through the present, and to recover unpaid contributions found in the audit, as 

well as interest, liquidated damages, and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. 

On October 5, 2015, Plaintiffs filed their Complaint in this matter. (Dkt. #1). The case 

was assigned to the Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler. 

On October 20, 2015, Plaintiffs filed their consent to the jurisdiction of Magistrate Judge 

Laurel Beeler. (Dkt. #7). 

Defendant was served with the Summons and Complaint, related case filings and 

mandatory court documents on November 2, 2015 and a Proof of Service was filed with the Court 

on November 3, 2015. (Dkt. #8). 

On November 18, 2015, the parties stipulated to extend the time for the Defendant to 

answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint an additional 30 days to December 23, 2015. (Dkt. 

#9). Defendant thereafter filed its Answer to the Complaint on December 23, 2015. (Dkt. #13). 

On December 23, 2015, the parties filed a Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference. 

(Dkt. #12), and the ADR Clerk set an ADR Phone Conference to occur on January 8, 2016. (Dkt. 

#14). Due to counsels’ subsequent unavailability on that date, the ADR Clerk continued the ADR 

Phone Conference to February 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. 

On December 29, 2015, Defendant filed a Declination to Proceed Before a Magistrate 

Judge (Dkt. #15), and this matter was reassigned to the Honorable Jeffrey S. White on January 4, 

2016 (Dkt. #17). 

By the Court’s Order entered January 6, 2016 (Dkt. #18), the Initial Case Management 

Conference was set for February12, 2016. 

The parties now request that the Initial Case Management Conference be continued 120 

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days, to on or after May 13, 2016, with the parties to file their Rule 26(f) Report, complete initial 

disclosures or state objection in Rule 26(f) Report and file their Case Management Statement ten 

court days before the date of the continued Case Management Conference. 

Reasons for Requested Continuance 

The reasons for the requested continuance are as follows: 

1. The Complaint was filed in this matter to enforce Defendant’s obligation to 

cooperate in the conducting of an audit by the Automotive Industries Trust Funds, through their 

independent auditor, Lindquist LLP (“the Auditor”). Since the complaint was filed, personnel of 

the Defendant have been in communication with the Auditor to provide the documents necessary to 

complete the audit 

2. At the date of this filing, January 29, 2016, Defendant has provided many of the 

documents requested by the Auditor. Defendant believes it has provided all documents that are 

necessary to complete the audit. However, the Auditor has requested additional documentation. 

The parties wish to have an opportunity to resolve any questions about whether additional 

information is needed and move forward with completion of the audit. 

3. Upon final completion of the audit, the parties may be in a position to resolve any 

contribution underpayments found to be due. 

4. The parties anticipate that they will participate in an ADR session if necessary to 

resolve the dispute, once the audit has been completed. 

5. A continuance of the Initial Case Management Conference would permit the parties 

to complete the audit and attempt to resolve the matter either informally or through the ADR 

process if necessary, before making initial disclosures and setting a pretrial and trial schedule for 

the case. 

The changes will not affect any other deadline on the Court’s calendar. 

The undersigned declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

** SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE ** 

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DATED: January 29, 2016 Saltzman & Johnson Law Corporation 

/S/ Anne M. Bevington 

By: Anne M. Bevington 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: January 29, 2016 Littler Mendelson, P.C. 

_/S/ Richard N. Hill _______ 

By: Richard N. Hill 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CERTIFICATION RE: SIGNATURES 

I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from Richard N. 

Hill. 

Dated: _January 29, 2016__ _/S/ Anne M. Bevington________________ 

 ANNE M. BEVINGTON 

ORDER 

 Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation of the parties, the Initial Case Management 

Conference now set for February 12, 2016, is continued to ________ ___, 2016. On or before 

___________, 2016, the parties shall file their Rule 26(f) Report, complete initial disclosures or 

state objection in Rule 26(f) Report and file their Case Management Statement. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ________________ ___________________________________________ 

 Honorable Jeffrey S. White 

 United States District Judge 

July 8

July 1

February 1, 2016

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