HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-cv-2336 - O’Ryan v. City of Fort Collins - 005 - Minute OrderIN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 24-cv-02336-MEH
LAURELEI O’RYAN,
Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF FORT COLLINS,
Defendant.
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MINUTE ORDER
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Entered by Michael E. Hegarty, Chief United States Magistrate Judge, on August 28, 2024.
The above captioned case has been directly assigned to Chief Magistrate Judge Michael E.
Hegarty pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 40.1. The Parties shall complete and file the Magistrate
Judge Consent Form [ECF 4] on or before October 17, 2024.
The Court will hold the Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) Scheduling Conference on October 24, 2024,
at 10:15 a.m. in Courtroom A-501, on the fifth floor of the Alfred A. Arraj United States
Courthouse located at 901 19th Street, Denver, Colorado.
It is ORDERED that Plaintiff shall notify all Parties who have not entered an appearance
of the date and time of the Scheduling Conference.
If this date is not convenient, the Parties shall confer and contact my Chambers by email
to obtain an alternate date. All Parties must be copied on the email if they agree to change the
conference date; otherwise, any Party seeking to change the conference date must file a motion. If
not all Parties have entered an appearance, any request to reset the Scheduling Conference must
be made by filing the appropriate motion. Absent exceptional circumstances, no request for
rescheduling will be entertained unless made five business days prior to the date of the
Conference.
Litigants and counsel whose offices are located outside of the Denver metropolitan area or
who cannot reasonably make a personal appearance may request to appear at Scheduling
Conferences by telephone. Please call Chambers at (303) 844-4507 at least two business days
prior to the Scheduling Conference to request appearance by telephone.
It is further ORDERED that counsel for the Parties and any unrepresented non-prisoner
Parties in this case are to hold a meeting in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) on or before
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October 10, 2024 and jointly prepare a proposed Scheduling Order. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.
26(d), only requests pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 34 may be submitted before the Rule 26(f) meeting,
unless otherwise ordered or directed by the Court. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(b)(2)(A),
responses to such discovery requests must be submitted no later than thirty days after the Rule
26(f) meeting, unless the Parties stipulate or the Court orders otherwise.
The Parties shall prepare the proposed Scheduling Order in accordance with the form that
may be downloaded from the Forms section of the Court’s website, www.cod.uscourts.gov.
No later than five business days prior to the Scheduling Conference, the Parties shall (1)
file the proposed Scheduling Order with the Clerk’s Office, and in accordance with District of
Colorado Electronic Case Filing (“ECF”) Procedures and (2) submit the proposed Scheduling
Order in Word format by joint email, copying all Parties, to Chief Magistrate Judge Hegarty
at hegarty_chambers@cod.uscourts.gov.
Parties not participating in ECF shall file their proposed Scheduling Order on paper with
the clerk’s office. However, if any Party in this case is participating in ECF, it is the responsibility
of that Party to file the proposed Scheduling Order pursuant to the District of Colorado ECF
Procedures.
The Parties or counsel attending the Scheduling Conference should be prepared to
informally discuss the case to determine whether early alternative dispute resolution is appropriate.
There is no requirement to submit confidential position statements/letters to the Court at the
Scheduling Conference nor to have the Parties present.
Any out-of-state counsel shall comply with D.C.COLO.LAttyR 3 prior to the Scheduling
Conference.
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 been vacated by the Court may result in the imposition of sanctions.
In addition, before filing a motion relating to a discovery dispute, the movant must
request a conference with the Court by submitting an email, copied to all Parties, to
hegarty_chambers@cod.uscourts.gov. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16, cmt. 2015 Amendment;
D.C.COLO.MJ VI. The Court will determine at the conference whether to grant the movant leave
to file the motion. D.C.COLO.MJ VI.
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 83.2(b).
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