Tilton v. Wollmering et al

Filing 65

ORDER denying as moot 48 Motion for Order; 62 Joinder. The hearing on the Motion for Interviews set to occur on 11/8/2011 is VACATED, by Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland on 11/7/11.(lsw, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland
Civil Action No. 11-cv-01830-RBJ-BNB
JOAN TILTON,
Plaintiff,
v.
MARY M. WOLLMERING, M.D., and
ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER, INC.,
Defendants.
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ORDER
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This matter arises on the following:
(1)

Defendant Mary Wollmering, M.D.’s Motion to Conduct Ex Parte Meetings

With Certain Health Care Providers [Doc. # 48, filed 10/26/2011] (the “Motion for
Interviews”); and
(2)

Defendant St. Mary’s Hospital & Medical Center, Inc.’s Joinder In

Defendant Wollmering’s Motion to Conduct Ex Parte Meetings With Certain Health Care
Providers [Doc. # 62, filed 10/31/2011] (the “Joinder”).
Initially the defendants’ motions and request for ex parte interviews were opposed by the
plaintiff. Subsequently, the plaintiff filed her Agreement for Non-Opposition to Defendants’
Motion to Conduct Ex Parte Meetings With Certain Health Care Providers [Doc. # 64, filed
11/3/2011] (the “Response”), which states:
After meeting and conferring with counsel for the moving party,
the parties have agreed to ex parte contact with Plaintiff’s
physicians with the understanding that the scope of the contact will

be limited to discussions of the issue of the litigation, the
epicardial pacing wire.
Response [Doc. # 64] at p. 1.
In view of the agreement of the parties,
IT IS ORDERED:
(1)

The Motion for Interviews [Doc. # 48] and Joinder [Doc. # 62] are DENIED as

moot; and
(2)

The hearing on the Motion for Interviews set to occur on November 8, 2011, at

8:30 a.m., is VACATED.
Dated November 7, 2011.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Boyd N. Boland
United States Magistrate Judge

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