Pension Plan for Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers et al v. Pacific Racing Association et al

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United States District Court
Northern District of California
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
PENSION PLAN FOR PENSION TRUST
FUND FOR OPERATING ENGINEERS,
et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
PACIFIC RACING ASSOCIATION, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. 25-cv-06061-JST
ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED
REQUEST TO SUPPLEMENT THE
RECORD; ORDER VACATING
HEARING AND REQUIRING
SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING
Re: ECF Nos. 11, 27
Defendants filed a motion to compel arbitration and to stay proceedings, ECF No. 11, that
is fully briefed and scheduled for hearing on January 8, 2026. Plaintiffs opposed the motion on
grounds that Defendants’ request for review was untimely and insufficient under 29 U.S.C.
§ 1399(b)(2)(A). ECF No. 21.
The parties now jointly request to supplement the record with an arbitrator’s November 20,
2025 decision concluding that Defendants’ request for review was both timely and sufficient.
ECF No. 27. The parties’ request is granted.
The Court also orders the parties to meet and confer and file a joint supplemental brief
setting forth their agreed or separate views on the impact of the arbitrator’s decision on the motion
before the Court. The joint statement is due on or before January 16, 2026. The January 8, 2026
hearing on the motion to compel arbitration is vacated. If, after reviewing the parties’ joint
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supplemental brief, the Court determines that oral argument would be helpful, it will set the matter
for a hearing; otherwise, the matter will be deemed submitted on the papers.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:
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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge
December 24, 2025
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