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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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ORDER (Nos. 3:15-cv-04234-LB, 3:16-cv-00872-LB)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

San Francisco Division

SHEET METAL WORKERS PENSION 

TRUST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, et 

al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

TRAYER ENGINEERING 

CORPORATION,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:15-cv-04234-LB 

ORDER RE CONSENT

SHEET METAL WORKERS PENSION 

TRUST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, et 

al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

TRAYER ENGINEERING 

CORPORATION,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:16-cv-872-LB 

ORDER RE CONSENT

The court previously related these cases. The low-numbered complaint seeks payment of 

delinquent plan contributions; the high-numbered complaint is for unpaid withdrawal liability. At 

least as of March 10, 2016, the plaintiff had not served Trayer in the withdrawal-liability case and 

instead asked Trayer’s counsel whether they would accept service. (ECF No. 12, Case No. 3:16-

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ORDER (Nos. 3:15-cv-04234-LB, 3:16-cv-00872-LB) 2

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cv-00872-LB.) Both parties have consented to the undersigned’s jurisdiction in the delinquentcontributions case, and there is a pending motion to dismiss two of Trayer’s three counterclaims. 

The court asks for an update about service in the withdrawal-liability case. Given the pending 

motion in the related case, the court thinks it important to resolve the issue of its jurisdiction in 

both cases. Also, given the nature of the dispute, it might make sense to get both cases on a joint 

case-management track. The court thus asks the parties to confer about service, see if they can’t 

work out a reasonable compromise about service and the time to answer the complaint, and update 

the court by Thursday, April 7. The court asks the parties to address the issue of Trayer’s consent 

in the withdrawal-liability case and attaches the court’s form consent order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 4, 2016

______________________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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