Carpenters Southern California Administrative Corporation v. Larry Russell, Sr.

726 F.2d 1410 5 Employee Benefits Ca 1611 CARPENTERS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry RUSSELL, Sr., an individual doing business under the fictitious name of Larry Russell Construction, Defendant-Appellee. No. 82-6107. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 9, 1983. Decided Feb. 28, 1984. Colin M. Long, Richard A. Brownstein, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Eugene F. McMenamin, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, Long Beach, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before SNEED, NELSON, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 Carpenters Southern California Administrative Corporation, Inc., an administrator of employee benefit plans for construction workers in southern California, sued Larry D. Russell, Sr., pursuant to section 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1132 , for failure to make benefit contributions. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Russell and awarded him attorney's fees. 2 We affirm the order granting summary judgment, and…