Martinez et al v. Ritter et al

Filing 20

MINUTE ORDER granting 18 Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Vacate Scheduling Conference and to Stay Discovery and Disclosures. The Scheduling Conference set for 3/9/2010 is vacated. Discovery is STAYED pending adjudication of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. The parties shall file a status report within five business days of the District Court's resolution of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. By Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty on 1/26/2010. (mehcd)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 09-cv-02699-CMA-MEH GABRIEL W. MARTINEZ and THOMAS A. CARLLON, Plaintiffs, v. BILL RITTER, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Colorado, JOHN W. SUTHERS, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Colorado, and THE STATE OF COLORADO, Defendants. MINUTE ORDER Entered by Michael E. Hegarty, United States Magistrate Judge, on January 26, 2010. Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Vacate Scheduling Conference and to Stay Discovery and Disclosures [filed January 25, 2010; docket #18] is granted, as the request is unopposed and Defendants assert the defense of Eleventh Amendment immunity. (See docket #15.) Accordingly, the Scheduling Conference set for March 9, 2010, is hereby vacated. Discovery in this matter is stayed pending adjudication of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. The parties shall file a status report within five business days of the District Court's resolution of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss.