Opinion
Civil Action No. 11-cv-02121-REB
08-16-2011
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
SCHEDULING ORDER
Blackburn, J.
The matter before me is Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Other Emergency Relief [#2] filed August, 15, 2011. A scheduling order should be entered to arrange, schedule, and coordinate the briefing and hearing, if any, necessary to resolve the pending motion. THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
"[#2]" is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a specific paper by the court's case management and electronic case filing system (CM/ECF). I use this convention throughout this order.
1. That on or before Friday, August 19, 2011, defendants SHALL FILE a response to Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Other Emergency Relief [#2] filed August, 15, 2011;
Any response is subject to REB Civ. Practice Standard V.B.1., which limits the number of pages to 15.
2. That on or before 12:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time, Tuesday, August 23, 2011, plaintiff SHALL FILE a reply to the response; and
The reply is subject to REB Civ. Practice Standard V.B.1., which limits the number of pages to 10.
3. That, if necessary, on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, commencing at 9:00 a.m., Mountain Daylight Time, the court SHALL HEAR Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Other Emergency Relief [#2] filed August, 15, 2011, reserving two hours, if necessary.
The hearing shall be conducted in courtroom A1001 on the tenth floor of the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse Annex, located at 901 19th Street, Denver, CO 80294. If not sooner specified, the court will allocate the available time between the parties at the outset of the hearing.
The court has taken into consideration the arguments advanced in Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission's Response to Entry of Appearance and Request for Setting [Docket # 9] and Request for Immediate Setting of Hearing on Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Other Emergency Relief [Docket # 2] [#10] filed August, 16, 2011, but does not have time on its own calendar to hear the motion for temporary restraining order sooner.
Dated August 16, 2011, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:
Robert E. Blackburn
United States District Judge