Hatten-Gonzales v. Earnest

Filing 807

ORDER by District Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales denying 806 Plaintiffs' Motion to Reconsider Location of Meeting of the Parties. (tah)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
DEBRA HATTEN-GONZALES, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
vs.

No. CIV 88-0385 KG/CG
Consolidated with
No. CIV-88-0786 KG/CG

BRENT EARNEST, Secretary of the
New Mexico Human Services Department,
Defendant.
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO RECONSIDER
LOCATION OF MEETING OF THE PARTIES (DOC. 806)
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion to Reconsider Location of Meeting
of the Parties (Motion), filed on December 12, 2017. (Doc. 806). The Court is mindful that holding

the Court-ordered meeting in Las Cruces is inconvenient to counsel. See Order Setting In-Person
Meetings on Present Scope of Consent Decree (Doc. 804). Nevertheless, the Court finds that the

inconvenience, while personally significant to counsel, is not so extraordinary as to outweigh the
need to meet and confer in courthouse space and where the Court is readily available to provide
in-person direct guidance and instruction to the parties as necessary. For the above reasons, the
Motion is denied
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE