Strepka v. Alba et al

Filing 8

ORDER granting 7 Request to Lift the Stay and to Re-Open Case by Judge Lewis T. Babcock on 12/16/15.(dkals, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No. 15-cv-01444-LTB

MARK ALAN STREPKA,
Plaintiff,
v.
FRANCISCO L. ALBA (14016), Individually and in his Official Capacity as Police Officer,
In and for the City and County of Denver, Colorado,
JAIME S. DISBROW (98044), Individually and in her Official Capacity as Denver Police
Department Detective, In and for the City and County of Denver, Colorado, and
CHRISTOPHER G. PENNY (26210), Individually and in his Official Capacity as Chief
Deputy District Attorney, In and for the 2nd Judicial District, City and County of
Denver, Colorado, and for the State of Colorado,
Defendants.

ORDER

On July 13, 2015, the Court entered a stay and administratively closed the action in
accordance with Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co., 517 U.S. 706, 730 (1996), and
Wallace v. Kato, 549 U.S. 384, 392-93 (2007). Plaintiff was directed to request that the
stay be lifted within thirty days of the disposition of the state criminal charges against him
if he desired to continue with this case. On December 10, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Request
to Lift the Stay and to Re-Open Case, ECF No. 7. Because Plaintiff now has complied
with the July 13 Order, the Court will lift the stay. Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that Plaintiff=s Request, ECF No. 7, is granted and the stay is lifted in
this case. It is

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FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court reopen this case and return the
action to the Pro Se Docket for further initial review. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that the Amended Complaint, which is a separate entry and
not related to the Request, be entered on the Docket as an Amended
Complaint. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court enter the four addendums, which
Plaintiff filed with the Amended Complaint, as four separate attachments to the Amended
Complaint.
DATED December 16, 2015, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:
s/Lewis T. Babcock
LEWIS T. BABCOCK, Senior Judge
United States District Court

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