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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 TIMOTHY SCOTT, et al., Case No. 20-cv-07094-JD

5 Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

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7 AT&T INC., et al., Defendants. 8

9 On behalf of themselves and a putative class, named plaintiffs Timothy Scott, Patricia 10 Gilchrist, Karen Fisher, Helen Maldonado-Valtierra, Dan Koval, Judy D. Duff,1 John Griffin, 11 Kenneth Rhodes, Judy Dougherty, John Kelly, Richard Walshon, Jennifer Fryer, and Vince 12 Carabba allege that defendants AT&T Inc., the AT&T Defined Benefit Plan, and AT&T Services, 13 Inc. (collectively AT&T) have violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 14 (ERISA), Pub. L. No. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829 (codified as amended at 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq.). 15 The operative complaint is the third-amended complaint (TAC). Dkt. No. 197. 16 The gravamen of the TAC is that the AT&T Defined Benefit Plan (the Plan) did not 17 calculate and disburse “Joint and Survivor Annuities” (JSA) in a manner consonant with ERISA. 18 Plaintiffs say the Plan failed to treat JSA and Single Life Annuity (SLA)…