Marotta v. Cortez et al

Filing 51

ORDER granting 48 Defendant Patrick Sorans Joinder in Defendants Officers Cortez, Black, Rocco-McKeel, the Denver Police Department and the City and County of Denvers Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Fourth Amended Complaint, treated as a motion for an extension of time to respond to the Fourth Amended Complaint on or before 4/7/09 by Magistrate Judge Craig B Shaffer on 3/13/09.(erv, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 08-cv-02421-CMA-CBS MICHAEL P. MAROTTA, Plaintiff, v. CORTEZ, individually and in his official capacity as a Denver Police Officer, BLACK, individually and in her official capacity as a Denver Police Officer, ROCCO-MCKEEL, individually and in his official capacity as a Denver Police Officer, THE DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, and PATRICK SORAN, a private individual, Defendants. ________________________________________________________________________ ORDER _______________________________________________________________________ Magistrate Judge Craig B. Shaffer This civil action comes before the court on Defendant Patrick Soran's "Joinder in Defendants Officers Cortez, Black, Rocco-McKeel, the Denver Police Department and the City and County of Denver's Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Fourth Amended Complaint" (filed March 13, 2009) (doc. # 48). Pursuant to the Order of Reference dated November 12, 2008 (doc. # 10) and the memorandum dated March 13, 2009 (doc. # 50), the Motion was referred to the Magistrate Judge. The court discourages parties from filing "joinders" in other parties' motions. A party who seeks the same relief for the same reasons reflected in another party's motion should file an independent motion, specifically identifying the relief requested and simply incorporating by reference the arguments made by the other party. Thus, the court will treat Mr. Soran's "joinder" as a motion. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that: 1. Defendant Patrick Soran's "Joinder in Defendants Officers Cortez, Black,

Rocco-McKeel, the Denver Police Department and the City and County of Denver's Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Fourth Amended Complaint" (filed March 13, 2009) (doc. # 48), treated as a motion for an extension of time to respond to the Fourth Amended
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Complaint, is GRANTED. 2. Defendant Soran may answer or otherwise respond to the Fourth Amended

Complaint on or before April 7, 2009. DATED at Denver, Colorado, this 13th day of March, 2009. BY THE COURT:

s/Craig B. Shaffer United States Magistrate Judge

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