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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1145 E.R.I.S.A.

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James P. Watson (SBN 046127) 

Bruce K. Leigh (SBN 129753) 

Anne Bevington (SBN 111320) 

STANTON, KAY & WATSON, LLP 

101 New Montgomery Street, Fifth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-3612 

Telephone: 415-512-3501 

Facsimile: 415-512-3515 

Email: AnneB@skwsf.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN BONILLA as CHAIRMAN and KEN 

WALTERS as CO-CHAIRMAN of the BOARDS 

OF TRUSTEES FOR THE OPERATING 

ENGINEERS HEALTH AND WELFARE 

TRUST FUND, PENSION FUND FOR 

OPERATING ENGINEERS, PENSIONED 

OPERATING ENGINEERS HEALTH AND 

WELFARE FUND, OPERATING ENGINEERS

VACATION AND HOLIDAY TRUST FUND,

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREAPPRENTICE, APPRENTICE AND JOURNEYMAN 

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TRAINING FUND, 

OPERATING ENGINEERS CONTRACT 

ADMINISTRATION FUND FOR NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA, OPERATING ENGINEERS 

INDUSTRY STABILIZATION TRUST FUND 

AND OPERATING ENGINEERS MARKET 

PRESERVATION TRUST FUND, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

E.G. CONSTRUCTION, a Business Entity; and 

EZRA PHILLIP GREEN, an Individual, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: C-05-3151 EDL 

PLAINTIFFS’ STATEMENT IN LIEU OF 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

STATEMENT, AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

SETTING ASIDE DEFAULT, 

PERMITTING AMENDMENT OF

COMPLAINT, AND SETTING FURTHER 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

DATE: February 28, 2006 

TIME: 10:00 a.m. 

COURTRM.: E, 15th Floor 

JUDGE: Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte 

On December 1, 2005, the Court scheduled a continued case management conference for 

February 14, 2006, with the date to be vacated if plaintiffs filed a motion for entry of default 

judgment before that date. On December 6, 2005, default was entered against the defendants. On 

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[CASE NO. C-05-3151 EDL]

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application of plaintiffs’ counsel, the case management conference was continued to February 28, 

2006, the conference to be vacated if plaintiffs filed a motion for default judgment. 

Plaintiffs’ counsel has determined that the complaint should be amended to set out the 

known amounts that were due when the action was filed. Pursuant to Rule 15(a) of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure, no response to the Complaint having been served or filed, plaintiffs 

attempted to file a First Amended Complaint For Damages for Breach of Collective Bargaining 

Agreement, to Recover Trust Fund Contributions and for Injunctive Relief, a copy of which is 

attached hereto as Exhibit A, but the clerk would not accept it for filing because default has been 

entered. 

Accordingly, plaintiffs request an order setting aside the defendants’ default, permitting 

plaintiffs to file a First Amended Complaint, and setting a further Case Management Conference. 

DATED: February 27, 2006. STANTON, KAY & WATSON, LLP 

 By: /s/ Anne Bevington_____________ 

ANNE BEVINGTON 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Upon reading the foregoing statement, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The default entered against defendants E.G. Construction and Ezra Phillip Green on 

December 6, 2005, be set aside; 

2. Plaintiffs be permitted to file their First Amended Complaint; and 

3. A further Case Management Conference shall be held on _____________________, 

at __________ a.m./p.m. 

Dated: ____________________ ___________________________________ HON. ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

F:\CASES\30\32.178 E G Construction\OLD CASE\Pleadings\STATEMENT IN LIEU OF CMS 2-27-2006.doc 

PLAINTIFFS’ STATEMENT IN LIEU OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT, AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

[CASE NO. C-05-3151 EDL]

June 23, 2006 10:00March 6, 2006

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GRANTED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

Within 30 days

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PROOF OF SERVICE

CASE NAME: John Bonilla, et al. v. E.G. Construction, et al. 

CASE NUMBER: U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. C-05-3151 EDL 

I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of California. I am over the 

age of 18 and not a party to the within action. My business address is 101 New Montgomery Street, 

Fifth Floor, San Francisco, California 94105. 

On February 27, 2006, I served the following document(s) described as: 

PLAINTIFFS’ STATEMENT IN LIEU OF CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE STATEMENT, AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING 

ASIDE DEFAULT, PERMITTING AMENDMENT OF COMPLAINT, AND 

SETTING FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

on the following party/parties: 

E.G. Construction 

P.O. Box 9134 

Vallejo, CA 94591 

Ezra Phillip Green 

P.O. Box 9134 

Vallejo, CA 94591 

 X BY MAIL: with postage thereon fully prepaid in the designated area for outgoing mail. I 

am readily familiar with STANTON, KAY & Watson’s practice of collection and 

processing correspondence whereby mail is sealed, given the appropriate postage and 

placed in a designated mail collection area. Each day’s mail is collected and deposited with 

the United States Postal Service after the close of each day’s business. I am aware that on 

motion of the party served, service is presumed invalid if postal cancellation date or postage 

meter date is more than one day after the date of deposit for mailing in affidavit. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

above is true and correct and that this Declaration is executed on February 27, 2006 at 

San Francisco, California. 

 /s/ Chris Coopey_______________

 Chris Coopey 

PLAINTIFFS’ STATEMENT IN LIEU OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT, AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

[CASE NO. C-05-3151 EDL]

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