Cohen v. Public Service Company of Colorado d/b/a Xcel Energy

Filing 53

ORDER. Motion for Extension of Time In Which to Conduct Independent Medical Exam and Submit Expert Report is Granted by Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland on 09/18/13. (jjhsl, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland
Civil Action No. 13-cv-00578-WYD-BNB
STACEY COHEN,
Plaintiff,
v.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO, d/b/a/ XCEL ENERGY,
Defendant.
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ORDER
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This matter arises on Defendant’s Motion for Extension of Time In Which to Conduct
Independent Medical Exam and Submit Expert Report [Doc. # 47, filed 8/29/2013] (the
“Motion for Extension”). I held a hearing on the Motion for Extension this morning and made
rulings on the record, which are incorporated here.
IT IS ORDERED:
(1)

The Motion for Extension [Doc. # 47] is GRANTED; and

(2)

The case schedule is modified to the following extent:
• Deadline to designate rebuttal experts and provide opposing
counsel with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) information is extended to
and including October 11, 2013, solely to allow the defendant to
obtain an Independent Medical Examination, designate the
examiner, and make the Rule 26(a)(2) disclosures with respect to
the examiner; and
• Discovery cut-off is extended to and including November 14,
2013, solely to allow the plaintiff to depose the defendant’s
rebuttal independent medical examiner.

Dated September 18, 2013.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Boyd N. Boland
United States Magistrate Judge

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