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Parties Involved:
Eileen Buckley
Plaintiff
MBH Consulting, Inc.
Defendant
MBH Consulting, Inc. Deferred Compensation Trust
Defendant
MBH Solutions, Inc.
Defendant
Peter McCree
Defendant

Document Text:

Lynch, Gilardi

& Grummer

475 Sansome Street

Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA

94111

Ph (415) 397-2800

Fax (415) 397-0937

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PLAINTIFF’S STATUS REPORT and [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

WALLACE M. TICE, ESQ. (SBN 88177)

LYNCH, GILARDI & GRUMMER

475 Sansome Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 397-2800

Facsimile: (415) 397-0937

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

EILEEN BUCKLEY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

Case No.: C 05-03282 SC

PLAINTIFF’S STATUS REPORT and

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

Date: December 9, 2005

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Dept.: Courtroom 1, 17th Floor

Honorable Samuel Conti

CASE FILED: 8/11/05

TRIAL DATE: N/A

EILEEN BUCKLEY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MBH CONSULTING, INC. DEFERRED

COMPENSATION TRUST; MBH

CONSULTING, INC.; MBH SOLUTIONS,

INC.; and PETER McCREE,

Defendants.

For purposes of the Initial Case Management Conference currently on calendar for 

December 9, 2005, counsel for Plaintiff Eileen Buckley submits the following Status Report and 

request for postponement.

On August 11, 2005, Plaintiff Eileen Buckley (“Plaintiff”) filed the current Complaint 

for Declaratory, Injunctive and Monetary Relief against her former employer (MBH Consulting, 

Inc. or MBH Solutions, Inc.), the trust that managed her Supplemental Employee Retirement 

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Plan (MBH Consulting, Inc. Deferred Compensation Trust; “the Plan”), and the former 

employer’s chief executive and Plan trustee (Peter McCree) (collectively, “Defendants”). In 

essence, the Complaint states Ms. Buckley’s claims under the federal Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and under California state law for Defendants’ failure 

to pay benefits under and properly to administer the retirement Plan, for breach of employment 

contract, for misrepresentation, and for breach of fiduciary duty. All Defendants currently reside 

in New Jersey but have had relevant contact with San Francisco.

Following further unsuccessful settlement discussions, Plaintiff’s counsel sent the 

Complaint and related documents to Defendants’ corporate counsel in New Jersey on September 

12, 2005, along with forms for Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of 

Summons, as well as Waiver of Service of Summons. After still more settlement efforts, 

Defendants’ corporate counsel advised that neither he nor Defendants would accept service of 

the Complaint and related documents by Waiver of Service of Summons, so Plaintiff 

accomplished personal service on all Defendants on November 7, 2005 (see, Proofs of Service 

filed November 14, 2005).

Following personal service on Defendants of the Complaint and related documents, 

settlement efforts have continued through Defendants’ corporate attorney in New Jersey. So as 

to avoid the expenses of retaining local counsel while settlement progress appeared to occur, 

Plaintiff has not required Defendants to file any responsive pleading and Defendants have not yet 

formally appeared in this action. Plaintiff’s counsel anticipates that initial settlement discussions 

will either succeed or fail within the next two weeks.

Under these circumstances, and especially given the absence of Defendants’ retaining

local counsel and filing responsive pleadings, Plaintiff suggests that conducting an Initial Case

Management Conference on December 9, 2005 would be premature. Plaintiff therefore requests 

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continuance of the Initial Case Management Conference until March 10, 2006.

DATED: December 1, 2005. LYNCH, GILARDI & GRUMMER

By

Wallace M. Tice, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiff, EILEEN BUCKLEY 

ORDER

In consideration of Plaintiff’s Status Report and the overall status of this matter, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that the Initial Case Management Conference is continued from 

December 9, 2005 until Friday, March 10, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 1. In advance of the 

Initial Case Management Conference on March 10, 2006, the parties shall file a Joint Case 

Management Statement and otherwise comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 and 

Local Rules 16-3 to 16-10. The Plaintiff shall advise Defendants that the Court likely will 

calendar a Trial date and schedule other appropriate events at the Initial Case Management

Conference.

DATED: December __, 2005.

 Honorable Samuel Conti

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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