Free Order on Motion for Reconsideration - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

Case 1:04-cv-01873-REB-OES

Document 73

Filed 10/19/2005

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Robert E. Blackburn, Judge Civil Action No. 04-cv-1873-REB-OES LEONARD A. TRUJILLO, Plaintiff, v. GARY M. HISE, UNKNOWN JOHN DOE SUPERVISORS I-IV of the Denver Police Department; UNKNOWN JOHN DOE TRAINING PERSONNEL I-IV of the Denver Police Department; GERALD WHITMAN, Chief of Police of the City and County of Denver, Colorado; and the CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO, Defendants.

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS'MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION Blackburn, J. The matter before me is Defendant' [sic] Motion to Reconsider Court' Decision s s Granting Plaintiff' Motion for Brief Extension of Time to Respond to Defendant' [sic] s s Motion for Summary Judgment [#72], filed October 19, 2005. I deny the motion. Although I do not intend to condone the practice of affixing opposing counsel' s signature to electronically filed documents when authorization to do so has not been obtained,1 I did not grant plaintiff' motion for an extension of time on the basis that I s believed it to have been unopposed. Rather, I granted the motion because plaintiff' s

Counsel for plaintiff is strongly admonished that any further unauthorized filings of this nature, even if unintentional, will not be tolerated, and counsel will be ordered to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed against him personally.

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Case 1:04-cv-01873-REB-OES

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brief as filed exceeded the page limits established by my Civil Practice Standards,2 and he presented no valid reason requiring additional pages. When a party files a brief that exceeds the page limitations, it is my custom and practice to grant the party a brief extension of time in which to refile. Because plaintiff' requested extension was even s briefer than I permit typically, I granted the motion. THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Defendant' [sic] Motion to Reconsider s Court' Decision Granting Plaintiff' Motion for Brief Extension of Time to Respond to s s Defendant' [sic] Motion for Summary Judgment [#72], filed October 19, 2005, is s DENIED. Dated October 19, 2005, at Denver, Colorado. BY THE COURT:

s/ Robert E. Blackburn Robert E. Blackburn United States District Judge

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See REB Civ. Practice Standard V.A.1.