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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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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE BY 60 DAYS; ORDER 

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Michele R. Stafford, Esq. (SBN 172509) 

Matthew P. Minser, Esq. (SBN 296344) 

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW CORPORATION 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2110 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 882-7900 

Facsimile: (415) 882-9287 

Email: mstafford@sjlawcorp.com

Email: mminser@sjlawcorp.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, District Council 16 

Nor. Cal. Health and Welfare Trust Fund, et al. 

Wallace E. Smith (SBN 112091) 

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 954-0200 

Facsimile: (415) 393-9887 

Email: wallace.smith@squirepb.com 

Attorneys for Defendant, RBE Construction, Inc., et al. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DISTRICT COUNCIL 16 NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND WELFARE 

TRUST FUND, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

RBE CONSTRUCTION INC., a California 

corporation, doing business as SLINGSHOT 

DRYWALL, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 4:17-cv-03327-HSG 

JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND 

MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE 

BY 60 DAYS; ORDER THEREON 

 Plaintiffs and Defendant RBE Construction, Inc. dba Slingshot Drywall, by and through their 

respective counsel of record, hereby respectfully request to extend the deadline to hold the mediation 

session by 60 days. Good cause exists for the continuance, as follows: 

1. On October 26, 2017, the Court ordered the Parties to participate in mediation within the 

presumptive deadline of ninety days, (Dkt. No. 24), as stipulated. 

2. Based on the October 26, 2017 order, the Parties have determined that the deadline for 

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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE BY 60 DAYS; ORDER 

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the Parties to participate in mediation is January 24, 2018. 

3. On November 13, 2017, the Court issued a Notice of Appointment of Mediator James H. 

Fleming (Dkt. No. 25). 

4. The parties participated in a pre-mediation phone conference on November 29, 2017 with 

Mr. Fleming, and scheduled a mediation hearing for January 22, 2018 at 10:00 AM., at the offices of 

Squire Patton Boggs, LLP, 275 Battery St., Suite 2600, San Francisco, California 94111. 

5. In late December 2017, Defendant provided documents necessary to complete the 

pending audit to Plaintiffs’ auditor, Lindquist, LLP (“Lindquist”). 

6. Lindquist has advised Plaintiffs’ counsel that the documents are under review and 

preparation of the audit report is in progress. Plaintiffs’ auditor estimates that the draft audit report can 

be completed in two weeks or less. 

7. Once the draft audit report is issued, the Defendant will have the opportunity to dispute 

the results. The Parties believe that mediation will be most effective once the Defendant has had the 

chance to review the audit, and the dispute process has been completed. Counsel has discussed this with 

Mr. Fleming, the mediator, and he has expressed his support for the requested extension. 

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JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE BY 60 DAYS; ORDER 

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8. The Parties therefore request that the Court extend the January 24, 2018 deadline to hold 

the mediation session by 60 days to allow the Parties to complete the audit process prior to mediating. 

DATED: January 18, 2018 

By:

SALTZMAN & JOHNSON LAW 

CORPORATION 

/S/ 

 Matthew P. Minser

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs, District Council 16 

Nor. Cal. Health and Welfare Trust Fund, et al.

DATED: January 18, 2018 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP 

By: /S/ 

 Wallace E. Smith 

Attorneys for Defendant, RBE Construction, Inc., 

et al.

CERTIFICATION RE: SIGNATURES 

 I attest that concurrence in the filing has been obtained from the other Signatory. 

DATED: January 18, 2018 

By: /S/ 

 Matthew P. Minser

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The deadline to hold the mediation session is extended by 60 days to March 23, 2018. 

DATED: January 22, 2018 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

 

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