Spring Creek Exploration & Production Company, LLC v. Hess Bakken Invenstment II, LLC et al

Filing 79

MINUTE ORDER granting 77 Motion to Intervene as an Additional Plaintiff. The Clerk of Court is directed to file the Amended Complaint and Jury Demand attached to Gold Coast's Motion. (Doc. No. 77-1.). Defendant shall answer or otherwise respond to the Amended Complaint no later than May 12, 2015. Discovery due by 9/10/2015. Dispositive Motions due by 10/8/2015. Proposed Pretrial Order due by 11/30/2015. Final Pretrial Conference set for 12/7/2015 09:30 AM before Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya. Entered by Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya on 04/28/15.(jhawk, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya
Civil Action No. 14–cv–00134–PAB–KMT

SPRING CREEK EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.
HESS BAKKEN INVESTMENT II, LLC, F/K/A TRZ ENERGY LLC, and
STATOIL OIL & GAS, LP, F/K/A BRIGHAM OIL & GAS, LP,
Defendants.

MINUTE ORDER
ORDER ENTERED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE KATHLEEN M. TAFOYA
“Gold Coast Energy LLC’s Renewed Unopposed Motion to Intervene as an Additional
Plaintiff” (Doc. No. 77, filed Apr. 21, 2015) is GRANTED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 24(b). Because Gold Coast’s claims are identical to those of existing Plaintiff Spring
Creek Exploration & Production Company, LLC, the court find that Gold Coast has a “claim or
defense that share with the main action a common question of law or fact.” Fed. R. Civ. P.
24(b)(1)(B). Further, although the court extends certain Scheduling Order deadlines below, the
court finds that Gold Coast’s intervention will not “unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of
the original parties’ rights.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(b)(3). The Clerk of Court is directed to file the
Amended Complaint and Jury Demand attached to Gold Coast’s Motion. (Doc. No. 77-1.)
Defendant shall answer or otherwise respond to the Amended Complaint no later than May 12,
2015.
It is further ORDERED, that the Scheduling Order is amended as follows:
Deadline for Plaintiffs’ limited supplemental
damages report:

May 28, 2015

Deadline for Defendants’ affirmative and
rebuttal expert reports:

July 15, 2015

Deadline for Plaintiffs’ expert rebuttal reports:

August 27, 2015

Discovery Cutoff:

September 10, 2015

Dispositive Motions Deadline:

October 8, 2015

Deadline to file proposed Final Pretrial Order:

November 30, 2015

Telephonic Final Pretrial Conference:

December 7, 2015 at 9:30 AM

Dated: April 28, 2015

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