White v. Deere & Company et al

Filing 66

MINUTE ORDER denying 61 Motion to Shorten Time by Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang on 02/27/15.(jhawk, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 1:13-cv-02173-PAB-NYW
MIRIAM WHITE,
Plaintiff,
v.
DEERE & COMPANY,
JOHN DEERE LIMITED,
JOHN DOE 1,
JOHN DOE 2,
JOHN DOE 3,
JOHN DOE 4,
JOHN DOE 5,
Defendants.

MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang
This civil action comes before the court on Plaintiff Miriam White’s Ex Parte Motion
Pursuant to FRCP 6(c)(1)(c) to Set a Shorter Time for Notice of Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel
Her First Set of Requests for Production [# 61] (“Motion to Shorten Time”). Pursuant to the
Order Referring Case dated August 27, 2013 [#9] and the memorandum dated February 26, 2014
[#61], the Motion was referred to this Magistrate Judge.
Having considered the Motion to Shorten Time [#61], and Defendants’ Response thereto
[# 65], IT IS ORDERED that:
(1)

The Motion to Shorten Time [# 61] is DENIED. Local Practice Rule 7.1(a)
requires that, prior to the filing of a motion, counsel “shall confer or make
reasonable good faith efforts to confer with any opposing counsel or unrepresented
party to resolve any disputed matter,” and must describe “the specific efforts to
fulfill this duty” in any subsequently filed moving papers. As to Plaintiff Ms.
White’s Motion to Shorten Time, no such description is provided and Defendants’
confirm in their response that Plaintiff did not confer with Defendants’ prior to the
filing of the motion [#65, at 1, n.1]. Any future motions that require compliance

with D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1(a), which are filed without such conference, will be
stricken sua sponte; and
(2)

Parties are to meet and confer regarding the underlying First Motion to Compel
Responses to First Set of Requests for Production [#59] prior to Defendants’
response deadline under the Local Rules.

DATED: February 27, 2015