Gebremedhin et al v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company

Filing 278

MINUTE ORDER re: 274 275 Notice of Entry of Appearance by Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang on 2/8/16. Messrs. McCarthy and Williams are partners in my former law firm, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, which would ordinarily prompt this court to immedi ately recuse from further service in this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455(b). No later than 2/22/2016, any Party with an objection to this Magistrate Judge ruling upon Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike Defendant's Expert should file such an objection. (bsimm, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 13-cv-02813-CMA-NYW
WELDESAMUEL GEBREMEDHIN,
TERHAS DESTA,
Plaintiffs,
v.
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff,
v.
GLENN TURNER,
VERONICA TURNER,
SPECIAL KIDS SPECIAL FAMILIES, INC.,
GRANITE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY,
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH,
Third-Party Defendants.

MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang
The matter is before this Magistrate Judge sua sponte, upon the Notice of Entry of
Appearance of Michael S. McCarthy and Daniel D. Williams [#274, #275]. Messrs. McCarthy
and Williams are partners in my former law firm, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, which would
ordinarily prompt this court to immediately recuse from further service in this case pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 455(b).
However, prior to the entry of Messrs. McCarthy and Williams, Plaintiffs filed a Motion
to Strike Defendant’s Expert Steven Plitt, Esq. (“Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike Defendant’s
Expert”) [#255], which has been fully briefed and argued before this court on January 11, 2016.
Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike Defendant’s Expert is ripe for determination, was filed prior to the
entry of appearances by Messrs. McCarthy and Williams, and pursuant to Rule 1 of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, it appears most appropriate for this court to issue an Order on the
pending order, and then recuse from any further service on this matter.

Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that no later than February 22, 2016, any Party with an
objection to this Magistrate Judge ruling upon Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike Defendant’s Expert
should file such an objection. To the extent that there is no objection, this court will then
proceed to rule on the pending Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike Defendant’s Expert.

DATED: February 8, 2016