Firth v. Shoemaker et al

Filing 154

MINUTE ORDER denying 145 Plaintiff's Motion to Introduce Intervention, by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Watanabe on 8/3/2011.(mjwcd)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No.

09-cv-00224-MSK-MJW

SCOTT FIRTH,
Plaintiff,
v.
JONI SHOEMAKER,
PEGGY HEIL,
JOE STOMMEL,
BURL McCULLAR,
SAMUEL DUNLAP,
CHRISTINE TYLER,
DWIGHT MARTINEZ,
PAT MOSHURE,
JACULYN MAUS,
LENNY WOODSON, and
TINA VALDEZ,
Defendants.
MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Watanabe
Substantially for the reasons stated in the defendants’ response (Docket No.
153), it is hereby ORDERED that the Plaintiff’s Motion to Introduce Intervention (Docket
No. 145) is denied. Intervention of right is not warranted. There has been no showing
that Mr. Troke is “so situated that disposing of the action may as a practical matter
impair or impede the movan’ts ability to protects [his] interest . . . .” See Fed. R. Civ. P.
24(a). Furthermore, intervention at this late date would prejudice defendants, would
introduce additional issues that do not directly concern plaintiff’s termination from the
SOTMP, and would unduly delay the disposition in this case.
Date: August 3, 2011