Nelson et al v. United States of America

Filing 22

MINUTE ORDER granting in part and denying in part 20 The United States of America's Unopposed Motion to Amend Scheduling Order. Initial expert disclosures due by 7/16/2012. Rebuttal expert disclosures due by 8/16/2012. Discovery due by 9/5/2012. Dispositive Motions due by 10/5/2012. By Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty on 6/18/2012. (mehcd)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 11-cv-02953-WYD-MEH
JAMES NELSON and
ELIZABETH VARNEY,
Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.

MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Michael E. Hegarty, United States Magistrate Judge, on June 18, 2012.
The United States of America’s Unopposed Motion to Amend Scheduling Order [filed June
14, 2012; docket #20] is granted in part and denied in part. Although the United States has not
presented sufficient justification for the 60-day extension it requests, the Court finds good cause to
amend the Scheduling Order as follows:
Expert disclosure deadline:
Rebuttal expert disclosure deadline:
Discovery cutoff:
Dispositive motion deadline:

July 16, 2012
August 16, 2012
September 5, 2012
October 5, 2012

In light of these modifications, the Final Pretrial Conference scheduled in this case for
November 15, 2012, is hereby vacated and rescheduled for December 7, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. in
Courtroom A501 on the fifth floor of the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse, 901 19th Street,
Denver, Colorado.
The parties shall submit their proposed pretrial order, pursuant to District of Colorado
Electronic Case Filing (“ECF”) Procedures V.L. no later than five (5) business days prior to the
pretrial conference. The proposed pretrial order to be submitted to the Magistrate Judge under the
ECF Procedures must be submitted in a useable format (i.e., WordPerfect or Word only) and shall
be emailed to the Magistrate Judge at [e-mail].
Attorneys and/or pro se parties not participating in ECF shall submit their proposed pretrial
order on paper to the Clerk’s Office. However, if any party in this case is participating in ECF, it
is the responsibility of that party to submit the proposed pretrial order pursuant to the District of
Colorado ECF Procedures. All out-of-state counsel shall comply with D.C. Colo. LCivR 83.3C
prior to the pretrial conference.

The parties shall prepare the proposed pretrial order in accordance with the form
which may be downloaded from the forms section of the court’s website at
http://www.cod.uscourts.gov/Forms.aspx. Instructions for downloading are posted in the
forms section of the website.
The parties are further advised that they shall not assume that the court will grant the relief
requested in any motion. Failure to appear at a court-ordered conference or to comply with a courtordered deadline which has not be vacated by court order may result in the imposition of sanctions.
Please remember that anyone seeking entry into the Alfred A. Arraj United States
Courthouse will be required to show a valid photo identification. See D.C. Colo. LCivR 83.2B.

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