HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018CV2867 - Fort Collins Mennonite Fellowship And Steve Ramer V. City Of Fort Collins, Et Al - 050 - All Parties Consent To MagistrateIN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-02867-NYW
FORT COLLINS MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, and
STEVE RAMER,
Plaintiffs,
v.
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, a home rule municipality,
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL, and
LAURIE DAVIS,
ROBERT DAVIS,
MARY RAY,
H. STUART MACMILLAN,
HOLLY JOHNSON,
LAURA PETRICK,
DAVE PETRICK,
KATHERINE ACOTT,
WALTER HICKMAN,
PATRICIA DIEHL,
LISA EATON,
FERAH AZIZ,
TARA MCCORMAC,
JENNIFER PETRIK,
PAMELA REFREM,
NICK MATTHEWS,
DENNIS BOOKSTABER,
BELL GOULD LINDER & SCOTT, P.C.
TOM HALL, and
STEVE ACKERMAN, in their individual capacities.
Defendants.
ELECTION CONCERNING CONSENT/NON-CONSENT TO UNITED STATES
MAGISTRATE JUDGE JURISDICTION
Under 28 U.S.C. § 636 (c) and
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(1) D.C.COLO.LCivR 40.1(c) (Assignment of Cases/Direct Assignment to Magistrate
Judges);
or
(2) Fed.R.Civ.P. 73 and D.C.COLO.LCivR 72.2 (Consent Jurisdiction of a Magistrate
Judge);
or
(3) D.C.COLO.LAPR 72.2 (Consent Jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge).
CHECK ONE
_________ all parties in this civil action CONSENT to have a United States magistrate
judge conduct all proceedings in this civil action, including trial, and to order the entry of a final
judgment;
OR
_____ X _____ at least one party in this civil action DOES NOT CONSENT to have a
United States magistrate judge conduct all proceedings in this civil action, including trial, and to
order the entry of a final judgment.
Dated this 5
th
day of February, 2019.
/s/ David A. Brewster____________________
Thomas Macdonald
Brian J. Connolly
David A. Brewster
Andrew L.W. Peters
Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti,
P.C.
950 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1600
Denver, CO 80202
mac@ottenjohnson.com
bconnolly@ottenjohnson.com
dbrewster@ottenjohnson.com
apeters@ottenjohnson.com
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
/s/Andrew D. Ringel____________________
Andrew D. Ringel
Hall & Evans, L.L.C.
1001 Seventeenth Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
ringela@hallevans.com
Attorney for Defendants The City of Fort
Collins and The City of Fort Collins City
Council
No other Defendant has filed a responsive
pleading or otherwise entered an appearance in
this case, therefore, counsel for Plaintiffs, and
counsel for Defendants The City of Fort
Collins and The City of Fort Collins City
Council, have not had the ability to confer with
any other Defendant regarding this motion.
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NOTE: You are directed to confer with all parties in this action and execute and file with
the Court this Election Concerning Consent/Non-Consent to United States
Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction, indicating either the unanimous consent of the
parties or that at least one party has declined to consent, at the earlier of (1) no later
than seven days before the scheduling conference, if any; or (2) 45 days after the
filing of the first response, other than an answer, to the operative complaint. All
parties must either consent to the exercise of magistrate judge jurisdiction, or any
party may decline to consent. In either event, filing of the Election Concerning
Consent/Non-Consent to United States Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction is
mandatory, indicating either the unanimous consent of the parties or that at least
one party has declined to consent.
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