Harris et al v. Adams County Communications Center et al

Filing 131

ORDER denying 130 Request for Dismissal of Parties or Claims with Leave to Refile the Motion and proposed order within 10 days, by Judge Marcia S. Krieger on 05/10/2010.(wjc, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Honorable Marcia S. Krieger Civil Action No. 09-cv-01728-MSK-KMT JONATHAN HARRIS; ELISABETH STEPHENSON; and GARY STEPHENSON, Plaintiffs, v. ADAMS COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER; COMMERCE CITY, a Municipal corporation; SHAUNA JENKINS, individually and officially; KEVIN LORD, individually and officially; JONATHAN LODGE, individually and officially; and SHAUN LUTZ, individually, Defendants. ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL OF PARTIES OR CLAIMS WITH LEAVE TO REFILE THIS MATTER comes before the Court on a pleading entitled Plaintiff Voluntary Motion to Dismiss in Part Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a)(2) (Motion) (#130) filed May 7, 2010. Having reviewed the Motion, the Court, FINDS that: 1. The Motion seeks to voluntarily dismiss a party(ies) and/or claims from this action, but does not appear to completely dismiss the action as a whole. 2. In the interests of efficiency and economy, it is necessary to identify the parties and claims remaining and to ascertain the effect the proposed dismissal will have upon the trial. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that: 1. The Motion (#130) is DENIED with leave to refile the Motion and proposed order within 10 days. 2. Such newly filed motion shall:

a)

Use the complete caption of the case, including the names of all parties to the action;

b) c)

Identify all parties to be dismissed and the parties remaining; Identify all claims to be dismissed and all claims that will remain. The claims shall be identified by the title given that claim in the original pleadings;

d)

Identify all pending motions that are resolved by the dismissal and all pending motions that remain. Pending motions shall be identified by the docket entry number assigned by the Clerk of the District Court;

e)

State, briefly, the anticipated impact of the dismissal on the time required for trial and any other trial efficiencies.

3. If the newly filed Motion contains the signatures of all counsel and pro se parties, it will be treated as an unopposed motion and the order will be issued promptly. If, however, the motion does not contain the signature of all counsel and pro se parties, it shall be served on same and no Order shall be entered until the time for objection has passed. DATED this 10th day of May, 2010. BY THE COURT:

Marcia S. Krieger United States District Judge