Board of Trustees v. Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

*218 DECISION & ORDER

RICHARD M. BERMAN, District Judge.

I. Background

Before the Court is a motion for class certification, filed on January 31, 2012 by the Board of Trustees (“Plaintiff’ or “IBEW-NECA Board of Trustees”) of the Southern California IBEW-NECA ERISA Defined Contribution Plan (“Plan”) pursuant to Rules 23(a) and (b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Fed. R. Civ. P.”). {See Pl.’s Mot. and Inc. Mem. of Law in Supp. of Class Cert., dated Jan. 31, 2012 (“PL Class Cert. Mem.”).) Plaintiff seeks to certify a class of:

all ERISA-governed plans that participated in BNY Mellon,…