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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PENSION TRUST FUND FOR

OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 3;

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE

PENSION TRUST FUND FOR OPERATING

ENGINEERS LOCAL 3; JOHN BONILLA;

GIL CROSTHWAITE; ROBERT DOUD; 

THOMAS HOLSMAN; JOHN HUMBER; JIM

MURRAY; RICHARD PIOMBO; RENE

VERCRUYSSEN; KEN WALTERS; LANCE

WILHELM; CURTIS BROOKS; RUSS

BURNS; CARL GOFF; FRANK HERRERA;

T. ROBERT MILLER; WALT POWERS;

JOE VIEIRA; ROB WISE,

 NO. CIV. S-06-00904 WBS EFB

Plaintiffs,

v.

MCMORGAN & CO.; MCMORGAN &

COMPANY, LLC; STANTON, KAY &

WATSON; WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD;

JAMES WATSON; BARRY HINKLE; EDWARD

MEVI; DAVID HOWARD; PAYNE, THOMPSON,

WALKER & TAAFFE; AND DOES 1 TO 100,

inclusive,

Defendants.

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STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER

After reviewing the parties' Joint Status Report, the

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court hereby vacates the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference

scheduled for December 18, 2006, and makes the following

findings and orders without needing to consult with the parties

any further:

I. SERVICE OF PROCESS

All named defendants have been served and no further

service is permitted without leave of court, good cause having

been shown under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). 

II. JOINDER OF PARTIES/AMENDMENTS

Pursuant to the request of the parties, additional

parties may be added within 60 days following the exchange of

initial disclosures, or by no later than February 28, 2007. 

Other than as stated above, no further joinder of parties or

amendments to pleadings is permitted except with leave of court,

good cause having been shown under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). See

Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604 (9th Cir.

1992).

III. JURISDICTION/VENUE

Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1331

(federal question) and 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (the Employee

Retirement Income Security Act). Jurisdiction over the claims

against defendants Stanton, Kay & Watson, James Watson and

Edward Mevi is predicated on supplemental jurisdiction of this

Court. Venue is undisputed and is hereby found to be proper. 

IV. DISCOVERY

The parties will serve initial disclosures required by

Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 (a)(1) by no later than December 26, 2006. 

The parties shall disclose experts and produce reports

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in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by no later than

November 30, 2007. 

With regard to expert testimony intended solely for

rebuttal, those experts shall be disclosed and reports produced

in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) on or before

December 28, 2007. 

All discovery, including depositions for preservation

of testimony, is left open, save and except that it shall be so

conducted as to be completed by February 29, 2008 for non-expert

discovery and by April 25, 2008 for expert discovery. The word

"completed" means that all discovery shall have been conducted

so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes

relevant to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate

order if necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the

order has been obeyed. All motions to compel discovery must be

noticed on the magistrate judge's calendar in accordance with

the local rules of this court and so that such motions may be

heard (and any resulting orders obeyed) not later than February

29, 2008 for non-expert discovery and by April 25, 2008 for

expert discovery. 

V. MOTION HEARING SCHEDULE

All motions, except motions for continuances,

temporary restraining orders or other emergency applications,

shall be filed on or before June 27, 2008. All motions shall be

noticed for the next available hearing date. Counsel are

cautioned to refer to the local rules regarding the requirements

for noticing and opposing such motions on the court's regularly

scheduled law and motion calendar. 

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VI. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Final Pretrial Conference is set for July 28, 2008

at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom No. 5. The conference shall be

attended by at least one of the attorneys who will conduct the

trial for each of the parties and by any unrepresented parties. 

Counsel for all parties are to be fully prepared for

trial at the time of the Pretrial Conference, with no matters

remaining to be accomplished except production of witnesses for

oral testimony. Counsel shall file separate pretrial

statements, and are referred to Local Rules 16-281 and 16-282

relating to the contents of and time for filing those

statements. In addition to those subjects listed in Local Rule

16-281(b), the parties are to provide the court with: (1) a

plain, concise statement which identifies every non-discovery

motion which has been made to the court, and its resolution; (2)

a list of the remaining claims as against each defendant; and

(3) the estimated number of trial days.

In providing the plain, concise statements of

undisputed facts and disputed factual issues contemplated by

Local Rule 16-281(b)(3)-(4), the parties shall emphasize the

claims that remain at issue, and any remaining affirmatively

pled defenses thereto. If the case is to be tried to a jury,

the parties shall also prepare a succinct statement of the case,

which is appropriate for the court to read to the jury.

VII. TRIAL SETTING

The trial is set for September 23, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.

in Courtroom No. 5. Plaintiffs have demanded a jury trial. To

the extent applicable, defendants will assert that ERISA claims

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should not be heard by a jury.

VIII. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

A Settlement Conference will be set at the time of the

Pretrial Conference.

Counsel are instructed to have a principal with full

settlement authority present at the Settlement Conference or to

be fully authorized to settle the matter on any terms. At least

seven calendar days before the Settlement Conference counsel for

each party shall submit a confidential Settlement Conference

Statement for review by the settlement judge. If the settlement

judge is not the trial judge, the Settlement Conference

Statements shall not be filed and will not otherwise be

disclosed to the trial judge.

DATED: December 14, 2006

s/William B. Shubb 

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