Opinion
Civil Action No. 01-cv-00748-WYD-KLM
02-23-2012
ROBERT C. BARR, BARBARA S. BARR, and LAMMCO PROPERTIES, LTD., for themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation, QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, QWEST TRANSMISSION INC., a Delaware corporation, QWEST USLD COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, QWEST NETWORK CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, a Delaware corporation, Defendants.
MINUTE ORDER
ENTERED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE KRISTEN L. MIX
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs' Notice of Motion and Motion to Amend Second Amended Statewide Class Action Complaint [Docket No. 112; Filed February 22, 2012] (the "Motion to Amend"). On January 24, 2005, this matter was administratively closed. Order [#99]. On December 14, 2011, Plaintiffs filed an unopposed motion requesting that the Court reopen this matter for the purpose of settlement. Motion to Reopen Case [#109]. Plaintiffs notified the Court at that time that they also intended to seek leave to amend their Second Amended Statewide Class Action Complaint [#37]. The Court granted the Motion to Reopen on December 21, 2011. Order [#110]. With this Motion to Amend, Plaintiffs seek to add several additional Plaintiffs, several additional Defendants, and a second basis for the Court's subject-matter jurisdiction. Motion to Amend [#112] at 2-3. Plaintiffs aver that permitting this amendment will facilitate the parties' settlement. See id. at 2; see also Motion to Reopen Case [#109] at 4. Defendants agree and are unopposed to the proposed amendments. See Pl.'s Ex. B [#112-2] at 1. Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion to Amend [#112] is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall accept Plaintiffs' Third Amended Statewide Class Action Complaint [#112-1] for filing as of the date of this Order.