Taconi v. Ameristar Casino Black Hawk, Inc.

Filing 19

ORDER re: 18 Order on Motion for Default Judgment that plaintiff shall file a properly substantiated motion for default judgment, if any, on or before April 8, 2016; and if no such motion is filed, this case will be closed administratively. Signed by Judge Robert E. Blackburn on 3/18/2016. (cmira)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
Civil Action No. 15-cv-02099-REB-NYW
BUACHOMPHOO TACONI,
Plaintiff,
v.
AMERISTAR CASINO BLACK, HAWK, INC. d/b/a AMERISTAR CASINO RESORT
SPA BLACK HAWK,
Defendant.

ORDER

This matter is before me sua sponte. I recently entered an Order Denying
Without Prejudice Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment [#18],1 filed February 25,
2016, noting that plaintiff’s motion “fail[ed] to apprise the court as to how plaintiff
believes the facts set forth in the complaint – and now admitted by defendant’s failure to
answer or otherwise.” Id. at 2. I therefore denied plaintiff’s motion without prejudice.
In so doing, however, I neglected to set a deadline for plaintiff to submit a
properly substantiated motion for default judgment.2 So that this case does not languish
on the docket, I find it appropriate to set a deadline for the submission of any such
motion.

1

“[#18]” is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a
specific paper by the court’s case management and electronic case filing system (CM/ECF). I use this
convention throughout this order.
2

In this regard, I note that plaintiff did not file her original motion for default judgment until
prompted by the magistrate judge. (See Courtroom Minutes [#17], filed February 9, 2016.)

THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That plaintiff shall file a properly substantiated motion for default judgment, if
any, on or before April 8, 2016; and
2. If no such motion is filed, this case will be closed administratively.
Dated March 18, 2016, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:

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