Estate of Rice v. City County of Denver, Colorado

Full title: ESTATE OF EMILY RICE, by SUSAN GARBER and ROY RICE as co-personal…

Court: United States District Court, D. Colorado

Date published: Aug 22, 2008

Civil Action No. 07-cv-01571-MSK-BNB (D. Colo. Aug. 22, 2008)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 07-cv-01571-MSK-BNB.

August 22, 2008

ORDER

BOYD BOLAND, Magistrate Judge

This matter is before me on the following:

(1) Plaintiffs' Limited Motion to Modify Scheduling Order With Respect to Expert Witness Disclosure Deadlines Only [Doc. # 366, filed 7/31/200] (the "Plaintiffs' Motion to Extend Deadlines");

(2) Law Enforcement Defendants' Motion for Expedited Hearing or Determination In Re: Plaintiffs' Limited Motion to Modify Scheduling Order With Respect to Expert Witness Disclosure Deadline Only [Doc. # 374, filed 8/15/2008] (the "Defendants' Motion for Expedited Determination"); and

(3) Law Enforcement Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time for Defendants' Expert Witness Disclosure Deadline [Doc. # 375, filed 8/15/2008] (the "Defendants' Motion to Extend Deadlines").

I find that the extraordinary and extended discovery disputes which arose in this case give rise to good cause sufficient to justify limited extensions of certain pretrial deadlines. Consequently, I will modify the case schedule to the following extent:

Discovery Cut-Off: January 8, 2009

(All discovery must be completed by the discovery cut-off. All written discovery must be served so that responses are due on or before the discovery cut-off.)

Dispositive Motions Deadline: January 8, 2009

Expert Disclosures:

(a) The plaintiffs shall designate all experts and provide opposing counsel with all information specified in Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) on or before September 15, 2008

(b) The defendants shall designate all experts and rebuttal experts and provide opposing counsel with all information specified in Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) on or before October 20, 2008

(c) The plaintiffs shall designate all rebuttal experts and provide opposing counsel with all information specified in Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) on or before November 14, 2008.

The Plaintiffs' Motion to Extend Deadlines is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, consistent with the modified schedule.

The Defendants' Motion for Expedited Determination is GRANTED.

The Defendants' Motion to Extend Deadlines is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, consistent with the modified schedule.

SO ORDERED.