Animal Care Systems, Inc. v. Hydropac/Lab Products, Inc.

Filing 68

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland on 3/31/14. LPI's Motion for Leave to File Answer and Second Amended Counterclaim and Join Michael O'Connor as a Counterclaim Defendant 48 is GRANTED. LPI's Unopposed Motion for Leave to Appear By Telephone 56 is DENIED as moot. (bsimm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland
Civil Action No. 13-cv-00143-MSK-BNB
ANIMAL CARE SYSTEMS, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
HYDROPAC/LAB PRODUCTS, INC.,
Defendant.
--------and
--------Civil Action No. 13-cv-00415-MSK-BNB
HYDROPAC/LAB PRODUCTS, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
ANIMAL CARE SYSTEMS, INC.,
Defendant.
______________________________________________________________________________
ORDER
______________________________________________________________________________
This matter arises on the following:
(1)

LPI’s Motion for Leave to File Answer and Second Amended Counterclaim

and Join Michael O’Connor as a Counterclaim Defendant [Doc. # 48, filed 11/27/2013] (the

“Motion to Amend”);1 and
(2)

LPI’s Unopposed Motion for Leave to Appear By Telephone [Doc. # 56, filed

1/15/2014] (the “Motion to Appear”).
I held a hearing on the motions this afternoon and made rulings on the record, which are
incorporated here.
IT IS ORDERED:
(1)

The Motion to Amend [Doc. # 48] is GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court is

directed to accept for filing LPI’s Answer and Second Amended Counterclaims [Doc. # 48-1];
(2)

LPI’s Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint and Join Michael

O’Connor [Doc. # 52] in the consolidated case--Civil Action No. 13-cv-00415--is moot as a
result of this order, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate that motion; and
(3)

The Motion to Appear [Doc. # 56] is DENIED as moot.

Dated March 31, 2014.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Boyd N. Boland
United States Magistrate Judge

1

An identical motion appears in the consolidated case--Civil Action No. 13-cv-00415--as
Doc. # 52. The parties agree that my ruling here also resolves the motion in the consolidated
case.
2