Escobar v. Holditch et al

Filing 16

ORDER granting 14 Plaintiff's Motion to Amend 14 His Complaint and Submit Additional Defendants. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the served Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to the Amended Complaint on or before November 22, 2010, the date that their response to Plaintiffs previous Complaint was due 11 . An order directing the U.S. Marshal to effect service on the new Defendants shall be issued forthwith. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall not attempt to amend his complaint in the future until case deadlines have been set. by Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix on 10/7/2010.(erv, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 10-cv-02050-CMA-KLM JOSE MEDINA ESCOBAR, Plaintiff, v. MAJOR C. HOLDITCH, SERGEANT ROBERTS, SERGEANT HALSTEAD, SERGEANT P. BINDER, C/O CRIDER, C/O FERGUSON, C/O MARTIN, C/O COOPER, C/O K. VIALPONDO, C/O ARCHULETA, C/O A. LOMBARD, SERGEANT POOL, and LIEUTENANT T. CHAVEZ, Defendants. _____________________________________________________________________ MINUTE ORDER _____________________________________________________________________ ENTERED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE KRISTEN L. MIX This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Amend His Complaint and Submit Additional Defendants [Docket No. 14; Filed October 5, 2010] (the "Motion"). Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a), a party may amend his pleading once without permission from the Court. As Plaintiff has not sought to amend his Complaint previously, he may amend his Complaint as a matter of course. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall docket Plaintiff's Complaint [Docket No. 3] and Plaintiff's proposed amendment to it [Docket No. 14-1] as a single pleading titled "Amended Complaint." IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the served Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to the Amended Complaint on or before November 22, 2010, the date that their response to Plaintiff's previous Complaint was due [Docket No. 11]. An order directing the U.S. Marshal to effect service on the new Defendants shall be issued forthwith. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall not attempt to amend his complaint in the future until case deadlines have been set. Dated: October 7, 2010