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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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EX PARTE MOTION REQUESTING TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT THE CASE MANAGEMENT 

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EILEEN B. GOLDSMITH (SBN 218029)

ZOE PALITZ (SBN 275752)

Altshuler Berzon LLP

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 421-7151

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064

E-mail: egoldsmith@altber.com

E-mail: zpalitz@altber.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers’

International Association Local Union No. 104

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SHEET 

METAL WORKERS LOCAL 104 HEALTH 

CARE PLAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

BAY AREA BALANCING AND 

CLEANROOMS, INC., 

Defendant.

CASE NO. 3:14-cv-01739-HSG

EX PARTE MOTION REQUESTING

TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT THE

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 

DECLARATION OF EILEEN B. 

GOLDSMITH; ORDER

Date: May 24, 2016

Time: 2:00 pm

Before: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr

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Pursuant to Northern District of California Local Rule 7-10, Eileen B. Goldsmith and Zoe 

Palitz, who are both Attorneys for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association Local 

Union No. 104 (“Local 104”), hereby request this Court’s permission to appear by telephone at the 

upcoming Case Management Conference scheduled for May 24, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

As set forth in the attached Declaration of Eileen B. Goldsmith, on May 13, 2016, the Court 

issued an order scheduling a Case Management Conference for May 24, 2016. Both Ms. 

Goldsmith and Ms. Palitz are scheduled to be in a deposition all day on May 24, 2016, in 

Pleasanton, California in another case, Pioneer Roofing Organization v. Sheet Metal Workers’ 

Local Union No. 104, N.D. Cal. Case No. 15-3544 JD. The deposition was noticed by the 

opposing party on May 2, 2016, for a date that was agreed to by all counsel and the witness. Ms. 

Goldsmith and Ms. Palitz have made arrangements with opposing counsel in the Pioneer case to

take a break from the deposition to participate by phone in the Case Management Conference in 

this case.

Attorneys for Plaintiff hereby respectfully request this Court’s permission to participate 

telephonically in the Case Management Conference scheduled for May 24, 2016. 

Dated: May 19, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

EILEEN B. GOLDSMITH

ZOE PALITZ

Altshuler Berzon LLP

By: /s/ Eileen B. Goldsmith

 Eileen B. Goldsmith

Attorneys for Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association, Local Union No. 104

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DECLARATION OF EILEEN B. GOLDSMITH

I, Eileen B. Goldsmith, declare as follows:

1. I am a partner in the law firm of Altshuler Berzon LLP, which represents plaintiff 

Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association, Local Union No. 104 (“Local 104”) in this case. 

Zoe Palitz, an associate in my firm, also represents Local 104 in this case.

2. Ms. Palitz and I are also representing Local 104 in another case pending in the 

Northern District of California, Pioneer Roofing Organization v. Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 

Union No. 104, N.D. Cal. Case No. 15-3544 JD. On May 2, 2016, our opposing counsel in 

Pioneer served us with notice of a deposition of a representative of Local 104, to be conducted in 

opposing counsel’s office in Pleasanton, California on May 24, 2016. This deposition date was 

agreed to in advance by all counsel and the witness. Ms. Palitz and I will both be attending this 

deposition.

3. On May 13, 2016, this Court issued its order granting in part and denying in part 

plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, and scheduling a further case management conference 

for May 24, 2016. 

4. I have contacted opposing counsel in the Pioneer case, who has agreed to schedule a 

break in the deposition on May 24, so that Ms. Palitz and I can participate in the May 24, 2016 

CMC by telephone.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is 

true and correct. Executed this 19th day of May 2016, in San Francisco, California.

 /s/ Eileen B. Goldsmith

 Eileen B. Goldsmith

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ORDER

The motion of Plaintiff Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union No. 104 to appear 

telephonically at the Case Management Conference is GRANTED. Plaintiff’s attorneys Eileen 

Goldsmith and Zoe Palitz may attend the Case Management Conference on May 24, 2016 at 2:00 

PM via telephone. Counsel shall contact Court Call at (866) 582-6878 to make arrangements for 

the telephonic appearance.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 20, 2016 ____________________________

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

United States District Judge

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