Board of Trustees of the Bay Area Roofers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Westech Roofing

Re: Dkt. No. 41

ORDER GRANTING AMENDED MOTION FOR DEFAULT

I. INTRODUCTION

This action was filed on November 2, 2012. On November 24, 2012, the Complaint and summons were personally served on Laurin Hunt, the agent who is designated by law to accept service of process on behalf of Westech Roofing. See Docket No. 12. Defendant did not answer or appear and on May 1, 2013, the Clerk entered default against Defendant. On January 6, 2014, the Court denied Defendant’s request that the Court vacate the default. Currently before the Court is Plaintiffs Amended Motion for Default Judgment Against Defendant Westech Roofing (“Motion”). A hearing on the Motion was held on March 21, 2014. At the request of the Court, Plaintiffs submitted supplemental materials on April 18, 2014. Defendant filed a response on April 28, 2014 and Plaintiffs filed a reply on May 5, 2014. For the reasons stated below, the Motion is GRANTED. 1

II. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs are the trustees of the Bay Area Roofers Health & Welfare Trust Fund, Pacific Coast Roofers Pension Plan, East Bay/North Bay Roofers Vacation Trust Fund, Bay Area Counties Roofing Industry Promotion Fund, and Bay Area Counties Roofing Industry…