Trans-West, Inc. v. Southwest Luxury Coach Sales, LLC et al

Filing 30

MINUTE ORDER denying without prejudice 28 Defendants' Motion to Stay or, in the Alternative, to Dismiss, as set forth in the order. By Magistrate Judge Michael J. Watanabe on 12/18/2015.(emill)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 15-cv-02233-MJW
TRANS-WEST, INC., a Colorado corporation d/b/a Transwest Truck Trailer RV,
Plaintiff,
v.
SOUTHWEST LUXURY COACH SALES, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company, &
SCOTT BUCHANAN, an individual,
Defendants.
MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Watanabe
Unless the Court has overlooked it, Defendants’ Motion to Stay or, in the
Alternative, to Dismiss (Docket No. 28) contains no certificate of conferral as required
by D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1(a). That rule states:
Duty to Confer. Before filing a motion, counsel for the moving party or an
unrepresented party shall confer or make reasonable good faith efforts to
confer with any opposing counsel or unrepresented party to resolve any
disputed matter. The moving party shall describe in the motion, or in a
certificate attached to the motion, the specific efforts to fulfill this duty.
D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1(a) (emphasis added). The duty to confer does not attach to
motions brought under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12, see D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1(b), but this motion
raises a request for a stay – which is not a motion brought under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12.
Thus, the duty to confer attaches. Counsel’s failure to confer as to stay of proceedings
is particularly inauspicious considering that the scheduling conference in this case was
held literally yesterday.
Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion to Stay or, in the Alternative, to Dismiss
(Docket No. 28) is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Before re-filing, Defendants
should take care to note this Court’s guidance on the duty to confer. See, e.g.,
Intelligent Designs 2000 Corp. v. CCM Assembly & Mfg., Inc., 2015 WL 8267827 (D.
Colo. Dec. 7, 2015); Geiger v. Z-Ultimate Self Def. Studios, LLC, 2015 WL 3396154 (D.
Colo. May 26, 2015); Hoelzel v. First Select Corp., 214 F.R.D. 634 (D. Colo. 2003).
Date: December 18, 2015