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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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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES PENSION 

TRUST FUND; JAMES H. BENO, Trustee; 

TOM DILLON, Trustee; DON 

CROSATTO, Trustee; JOHN 

DIBERNARDO, Trustee; STEPHEN J. 

MACK, Trustee; RICH MORALES, 

Trustee; RYAN THIBODEAU, Trustee; and 

JIM SCHWANTZ, Trustee,

Plaintiffs,

v.

MACY AUTOMOTIVE, INC., a California 

corporation; MACY’S AUTOMOTIVE 

PRO’S, a California corporation; and 

DOES 1–10,

Defendants.

No. C 18-05416 WHA 

ORDER AND INJUNCTION 

ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S 

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 

On December 20, Magistrate Judge Kandis Westmore filed a report and recommendation 

that plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment be granted (Dkt. No. 68). Any objections to Judge 

Westmore’s report and recommendation were due by January 6. As of the date of this order, 

no objection has been filed. Plaintiffs filed a proof of service showing that it served defendants 

with a courtesy copy of Judge Westmore’s report and recommendation (Dkt. No. 69). On 

November 7, Judge Westmore held a hearing on the default judgment and defendants failed to 

appear. This order thus ACCEPTS AND ADOPTS the findings in Judge Westmore’s report and 

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recommendation. Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment is GRANTED. Doe defendants 1–10 

are DISMISSED.

Judgment in favor of plaintiffs Automotive Industries Pension Trust Fund, James H. 

Beno, Tom Dillon, Don Crosatto, John DiBernardo, Stephen J. Mack, Rich Morales, Ryan 

Thibodeau, and Jim Schwantz, and jointly and severally against Macy Automotive, Inc., and 

Macy’s Automotive Pro’s, shall be entered separately in the amount of $370,767.31, consisting 

of the following: (1) unpaid withdrawal liability in the amount of $258,187.00, (2) liquidated 

damages in the amount of $51,637.40, (3) interest in the amount of $38,324.70, and continuing 

to accrue at $49.51 per day, (4) attorney’s fees in the amount of $18,840.00, (5) and costs in 

the amount of $3,778.21. In addition, plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief is GRANTED to 

the following extent: By MARCH 31, 2020, Macy Automotive, Inc., and Macy’s Automotive 

Pro’s are required to submit to plaintiffs the information they previously requested, including 

but not limited to all fictitious business names used by defendant Macy, all other trade and/or 

businesses in which defendant Macy held an interest, lease agreements for defendant Macy, 

financial statements for defendant Macy, and sale or transference of any assets valued in 

excess of $20,000.

Still, for a district court’s contempt power to apply to its injunctions, defendants must 

“receive actual notice of it by personal service or otherwise.” Rule 65(d)(2). Plaintiffs are thus 

instructed to provide proper personal service of this order to defendants by no later than 

FEBRUARY 27, 2020. Plaintiffs shall also file a copy of the proof of service by no later than 

MARCH 5, 2020. Only once such service occurs and proof of service is filed will the injunction 

take effect.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 13, 2020.

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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