Sawatzky v. United States Postal Service, The

Filing 5

ORDER OF REFERENCE TO UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE re: 4 Order on Motion to Reassign Case. By Judge Robert E. Blackburn on 12/21/2011. (sah, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
Civil Case No. 11-cv-03182-REB-GJR
TIMOTHY SAWATZKY,
Plaintiff,
v.
THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,
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); and
(4) To hear and make recommendations on dispositive matters that have been referred
as defined in 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A).
Dated December 21, 2011, at Denver, Colorado.

BY THE COURT: