Opinion
Civil Action No. 11-cv-02953-WYD-MEH
06-18-2012
JAMES NELSON and ELIZABETH VARNEY, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant.
MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Michael E. Hegarty, United States Magistrate Judge, on June 18, 2012.
The United States of America's Unopposed Motion to Amend Scheduling Order [filed June 14, 2012; docket #20] is granted in part and denied in part. Although the United States has not presented sufficient justification for the 60-day extension it requests, the Court finds good cause to amend the Scheduling Order as follows:
Expert disclosure deadline: July 16, 2012
Rebuttal expert disclosure deadline: August 16, 2012
Discovery cutoff: September 5, 2012
Dispositive motion deadline: October 5, 2012
In light of these modifications, the Final Pretrial Conference scheduled in this case for November 15, 2012, is hereby vacated and rescheduled for December 7, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom A501 on the fifth floor of the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse, 901 19th Street, Denver, Colorado.
The parties shall submit their proposed pretrial order, pursuant to District of Colorado Electronic Case Filing ("ECF") Procedures V.L. no later than five (5) business days prior to the pretrial conference. The proposed pretrial order to be submitted to the Magistrate Judge under the ECF Procedures must be submitted in a useable format (i.e., WordPerfect or Word only) and shall be emailed to the Magistrate Judge at Hegarty_Chambers@cod.uscourts.gov .
Attorneys and/or pro se parties not participating in ECF shall submit their proposed pretrial order on paper to the Clerk's Office. However, if any party in this case is participating in ECF, it is the responsibility of that party to submit the proposed pretrial order pursuant to the District of Colorado ECF Procedures. All out-of-state counsel shall comply with D.C. Colo. LCivR 83.3C prior to the pretrial conference.
The parties shall prepare the proposed pretrial order in accordance with the form which may be downloaded from the forms section of the court's website at http://www.cod.uscourts.gov/Forms.aspx . Instructions for downloading are posted in the forms section of the website.
The parties are further advised that they shall not assume that the court will grant the relief requested in any motion. Failure to appear at a court-ordered conference or to comply with a court-ordered deadline which has not be vacated by court order may result in the imposition of sanctions.
Please remember that anyone seeking entry into the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse will be required to show a valid photo identification. See D.C. Colo. LCivR 83.2B.