HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021CV30426 - City Of Fort Collins V. Aaron Million, Jordan Fox-Million; Million Agricultural Investments, Ltd., Arlo Richardson Aka Arlo Lee Richardson; The Pleasant Valley And Lake Canal Ditch Company - 022 - Motion Extension Respond Counterclaims1
District Court, Larimer County, Colorado
201 Laporte Avenue, Suite 100
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
(970) 494-3500
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Plaintiff: CITY OF FORT COLLINS, a Colorado
home rule municipality,
v.
Defendants: AARON MILLION a/k/a AARON P.
MILLION; JORDAN FOX-MILLION;
MILLION AGRICULTURAL
INVESTMENTS, LTD., a Colorado
limited partnership; ARLO
RICHARDSON a/k/a ARLO LEE
RICHARDSON; THE PLEASANT
VALLEY AND LAKE CANAL DITCH
COMPANY; and ALL UNKNOWN
PERSONS WHO CLAIM AN
INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT
MATTER OF THIS ACTION.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Peter J. Dauster (#37139)
Daniel M. St. John II (#46653)
Johnson Muffly & Dauster, PC
323 South College Avenue, Suite 1
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Telephone: 970-482-4846; FAX: 970-482-3038
pdauster@nocolawgroup.com * dstjohn@nocolawgroup.com
Case No. 2021CV30426
Courtroom: 5B
PLAINTIFF CITY OF FORT COLLINS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION
OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSE TO ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM OF
DEFENDANTS AARON MILLION, JORDAN FOX-MILLION, MILLION
AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS, LTD., AND ARLO RICHARDSON
Plaintiff City of Fort Collins (“Plaintiff”), by and through its attorneys, Johnson Muffly &
Dauster, PC and the Fort Collins City Attorney’s Office, hereby submits its Unopposed Motion for
Extension of Time to File Response to Answer and Counterclaim of Defendants Aaron Million,
Jordan Fox-Million, Million Agricultural Investments, Ltd., and Arlo Richardson and as grounds for
this request states the following:
DATE FILED: October 21, 2021 10:45 AM
FILING ID: 2720D21031823
CASE NUMBER: 2021CV30426
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C.R.C.P. 121, § 1-15 CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to C.R.C.P. 121, § 1-15, the undersigned states that he has conferred with
Defendants’ counsel, who represents the Defendants have no objection to the relief requested
herein.
A. On September 30, 2021, Defendants filed their Answer and Counterclaim.
B. Pursuant to the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff’s reply or other
responsive pleading to Defendants’ Counterclaim is due on or before October 21, 2021.
C. The parties are currently discussing Plaintiff’s claim of immunity to Defendants’
counterclaim under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, C.R.S. § 24-10-101 et seq.
Additional time is required to complete those discussions and prepare the necessary pleadings, as
may be required.
D. No party will be prejudiced by the requested extension, as indicated by the
Defendants’ lack of objection to the requested relief.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff City of Fort Collins respectfully requests this Court enter an Order
allowing Plaintiff a 3-week extension of time, up to and including November 11, 2021, within which
to file its Response to Defendants’ Answer and Counterclaim. A proposed Order is attached.
DATED this 21st day of October 2021.
JOHNSON MUFFLY & DAUSTER, PC
_/s/Daniel M. St. John II*
Peter J. Dauster (#37139)
Daniel M. St. John II (#46653)
Attorneys for City of Fort Collins
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that on this 21st day of October 2021, a true and correct copy of
the above and foregoing PLAINTIFF CITY OF FORT COLLINS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION
FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSE TO ANSWER AND
COUNTERCLAIM OF DEFENDANTS AARON MILLION, JORDAN FOX-MILLION,
MILLION AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS, LTD., AND ARLO RICHARDSON was
served electronically via CCE to the following:
Ingrid Decker
City Attorney’s Office
300 LaPorte Avenue
Fort Collins, Colorado 80522
Co-Counsel for Plaintiff
Crystal J. McDonough
Scott Slawson
McDonough Law LLC
1635 Foxtail Drive
Loveland, Colorado 80538
Counsel for Million Defendants and Defendant
Richardson
Alden V. Hill
Hill and Hill, LLC
160 W. Mountain Ave.
Fort Collins, Colorado 80522
Counsel for Defendant Pleasant Valley and Lake
Canal Company
/s/ Mariana Walters*
For Johnson Muffly & Dauster, PC
*ELECTRONICALLY FILED: Original signatures maintained pursuant to C.R.C.P. 121 Sec. 1-26 at the offices of Johnson Muffly & Dauster
PC and available for inspection by the Court and other parties upon request.