McGahee v. Trumbull Insurance Company
Filing
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MINUTE ORDER granting in part and denying in part 30 Motion to Vacate Scheduling Conference. The Scheduling Conference set in this case for May 25, 2012, is hereby vacated and rescheduled for May 16, 2012, at 9:15 a.m. and will take place in Courtroom A501 by Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty on 05/07/12.(jjhsl, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 11-cv-03007-WYD-MEH
TRAVIS A. MCGAHEE,
Plaintiff,
v.
TRUMBULL INSURANCE COMPANY, d/b/a THE HARTFORD,
Defendant.
MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Michael E. Hegarty, United States Magistrate Judge, on May 7, 2012.
Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to Vacate and Reset Scheduling Conference [filed May 2,
2012; docket #30] is granted in part and denied in part.1 The Scheduling Conference set in this
case for May 25, 2012, is hereby vacated and rescheduled for May 16, 2012, at 9:15 a.m. and will
take place in Courtroom A501 on the fifth floor of the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse
located at 901 19th Street, Denver, Colorado. Absent exceptional circumstances, no request for
rescheduling will be entertained unless made five business days prior to the date of the conference.
Parties or lawyers whose offices are located outside of the Denver metropolitan area may
appear at scheduling conferences by telephone. Please contact Chambers at (303) 844-4507 at least
five business days prior to the scheduling conference to arrange appearance by telephone. Lawyers
appearing by telephone must ensure that the proposed Scheduling Order is filed electronically and
by email no later than five business days prior to the scheduling conference, in accordance with the
instructions in this minute order.
It is further ORDERED that, to the extent they have not done so, counsel for the parties in
this case are to hold a pre-scheduling conference meeting and jointly prepare a proposed Scheduling
Order in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) on or before May 8, 2012. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ.
P. 26(d), no discovery shall be submitted until after the pre-scheduling conference meeting, unless
otherwise ordered or directed by the Court.
The parties shall file the proposed Scheduling Order with the Clerk’s Office, and in
accordance with District of Colorado Electronic Case Filing (“ECF”) Procedures V.L., no later than
five (5) business days prior to the scheduling conference. The proposed Scheduling Order is also
to be submitted in a useable format (i.e., Word or WordPerfect only) by email to Magistrate
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Plaintiff’s motion asks the Court to set the Scheduling Conference on both May 16, 2012,
and May 15, 2012. The Court considers the May 15, 2012 request to be a typographical error.
Judge Hegarty at Hegarty_Chambers@cod.uscourts.gov.
Parties not participating in ECF shall file their proposed Scheduling Order on paper with the
clerk’s office. However, if any party in this case is participating in ECF, it is the responsibility of
that party to file the proposed scheduling order pursuant to the District of Colorado ECF Procedures.
The parties shall prepare the proposed Scheduling Order in accordance with the form
which may be downloaded in richtext format from the Standardized Order Forms section of
the Court’s website, found at http://www.co.uscourts.gov/forms_frame.htm. All Scheduling
Conferences held before a Magistrate Judge utilize the same scheduling order format, regardless of
the District Judge assigned to the case.
Any out-of-state counsel shall comply with D.C. Colo. LCivR 83.3C prior to the Scheduling
Conference.
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.
Finally, the parties or counsel attending the Conference should be prepared to informally
discuss settlement of the case. There is no requirement to submit confidential settlement
documents/letters to the Court beforehand or to have parties present who shall have full authority
to negotiate all terms and demands presented by the case.
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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