Schneider v. City of Grand Junction Police Department, The et al

Filing 42

MINUTE ORDER granting 40 Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Join Additional Defendants. The First Amended Complaint [Docket No. 40 -1] is accepted for filing as of the date of this Order. Plaintiff shall effect service of the Summons, First Ame nded Complaint, and this Order on the new Defendants or before 12/10/2010. Their answers shall be due as prescribed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Current Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint on or before 12/20/2010, by Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix on 11/19/2010.(wjcsl, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 10-cv-01719-MSK-KLM MISTI LEE SCHNEIDER, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, and its Police Department, BILL GARDNER, JOHN CAMPER, WILLIAM D. BAKER, and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1 to 10, in their official and individual capacities, Defendants. _____________________________________________________________________ MINUTE ORDER _____________________________________________________________________ ENTERED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE KRISTEN L. MIX This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Join Additional Defendants [Docket No. 40; Filed November 19, 2010] (the "Motion"). The deadline for amendment of the parties' pleadings is November 30, 2010 [Docket No. 20]. As such, the Motion is timely. The purpose of amendment is to provide identities for two of the John Doe Defendants named in the Complaint. I find that Plaintiff has provided good cause for joinder pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 20 and that justice would be served by the proposed amendments pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P 15. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the First Amended Complaint [Docket No. 40-1] is accepted for filing as of the date of this Order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall effect service of the Summons, First Amended Complaint, and this Order on the new Defendants or before December 10, 2010. Their answers shall be due as prescribed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that current Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended Complaint on or before December 20, 2010. Dated: November 19, 2010