Young v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

Filing 88

ORDER OF REFERENCE TO UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE. By Judge Robert E. Blackburn on 12/15/2011. (sah, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
Civil Case No. 11-cv-1840-REB-MJW
TAYNA YOUNG, on her own behalf and on behalf of others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC.,
Defendant.
ORDER OF REFERENCE TO UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Blackburn, J.
This matter comes before the Court, sua sponte.
IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) and (B) and Fed. R.
Civ. P. 72(a) and (b), this matter is referred to the assigned United States Magistrate
Judge:
(1) To convene a scheduling conference under Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b), enter a
Scheduling Order that satisfies the requirements of D.C.COLO.LCivR 16.2, and enter
such orders as appropriate to enforce the Scheduling Order and resolve discovery
matters; provided, further that at the scheduling conference, the Magistrate Judge shall
advise the parties of Judge Blackburn’s practice standards found at
www.cod.uscourts.gov.;
(2) To provide an Early Neutral Evaluation at the request of the parties in
accordance with D.C.COLO.LCivR 16.6 in connection with which the Magistrate Judge
shall also advise the parties that after such evaluation, if they mutually desire to settle
the case, then on a showing that they need assistance and have been unable to obtain
it privately, they may file a motion requesting a settlement conference;
(3) To hear and finally determine non-dispositive matters that have been referred,
subject to the exceptions found in 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A);
(4) To hear and make recommendations on dispositive matters that have been
referred as defined in 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A); and

(5) That this Order of Reference supplants and supersedes the court’s Order of
Reference To United States Magistrate Judge [#3]1 entered July 20, 2011.
Dated December 15, 2011, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:

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“[#3]” is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a specific
paper by the court’s electronic case filing and management system (CM/ECF). I use this convention
throughout this order.

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