Plant

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 11 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PENSION PLAN FOR PENSION TRUST No. 24-1499 FUND FOR OPERATING ENGINEERS; D.C. No. JAMES E. MURRAY; DAN REDING, 3:21-cv-06766-MMC Plaintiffs - Appellants, MEMORANDUM*

v.

STEVEN PLANT, personal representative and executor of the estate of Eleanor Dorothy Plant,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Maxine M. Chesney, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 21, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: BERZON, FRIEDLAND, and MENDOZA, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiffs Pension Plan for Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers, et

al., appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendant Eleanor

Plant on Plaintiffs’ claim for withdrawal liability under the Employee Retirement

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C.…