General Steel Domestic Sales, LLC v. Chumley et al

Filing 144

MINUTE ORDER denying without prejudice 142 Plaintiff's Motion to for Leave to Conduct Depositions. By Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix on 1/30/12.(mnfsl, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 10-cv-01398-PAB-KLM
GENERAL STEEL DOMESTIC SALES, LLC, d/b/a GENERAL STEEL CORPORATION,
a Colorado limited liability company,
Plaintiff,
v.
ETHAN DANIEL CHUMLEY, individually, and
ATLANTIC BUILDING SYSTEMS, LLC, a Delaware corporation, d/b/a ARMSTRONG
STEEL CORPORATION,
Defendants.
_____________________________________________________________________
MINUTE ORDER
_____________________________________________________________________
ENTERED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE KRISTEN L. MIX
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to for Leave to Conduct
Depositions [Docket No. 142; Filed January 26, 2012] (the “Motion”). The Motion does
not comply with the Court’s procedures for resolving discovery disputes. Specifically, the
Order Setting Scheduling/Planning Conference provides as follows:
No opposed discovery motions are to be filed with the Court until the parties
comply with D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1A. If the parties are unable to reach
agreement on a discovery issue after conferring, they shall arrange a
conference call with Magistrate Judge Mix to attempt to resolve the issue.
Both of these steps must be completed before any contested discovery
motions are filed with the Court.
Order [#5] at 2 (emphasis added); see also Scheduling Order [#20] at 6.
Plaintiff has not arranged a conference call to attempt to resolve the instant
discovery dispute. Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is DENIED without prejudice.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that neither party shall file a contested discovery motion
until after (1) conferring with the other party pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1A., and (2)
-1-

contacting the Court to resolve the dispute. Unless a party receives leave from the Court
to file an opposed discovery motion, any such motion will be denied. To conduct a hearing
regarding a discovery dispute, the parties shall initiate a conference call and then, once all
parties are on the line, dial the Court at 303-335-2770.
Dated: January 30, 2012

-2-