Free Supplement/Amendment - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

Case 1:02-cv-00651-RPM

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 02-cv-0651-RPM-MJW MARK SHOOK and DENNIS JONES, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, and JAMES VAUGHAN, SHIRLEN MOSBY, THOMAS REINIG, and LOTTIE ELLIOTT, Intervenor Plaintiffs, v. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF EL PASO and TERRY MAKETA, in his official capacity as Sheriff of El Paso County, Defendants. SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

Plaintiffs and Intervenor Plaintiffs respectfully submit the following supplemental authority in support of their Motion for Class Certification, filed June 17, 2005: In re Williams Companies ERISA Litigation, ____ F.R.D. ____, 2005 WL 2439185 (N.D. Okla., Aug. 22, 2005), at *3-5, *9-10 (citing Shook v. El Paso County, 386 F.3d 963 (10th Cir. 2004); certifying, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(2), plaintiff class of over 15,000 pension plan beneficiaries; rejecting defendants' argument that class certification was inappropriate because each plaintiff's claim will require "an independent analysis" and "individualized proof").

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Dated: October 19, 2005 David C. Fathi Senior Staff Counsel The National Prison Project of the ACLU Foundation, Inc. 915 15th Street NW, 7th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone: (202) 393-4930 E-mail: [email protected] Mark Silverstein Legal Director American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado 400 Corona Street Denver, Colorado 80218 Telephone: (303) 777-5482 E-mail: [email protected]

s/ Thomas S. Nichols Thomas S. Nichols DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS LLP In cooperation with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado 1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite 500 Denver, Colorado 80202 DC BOX 03 Telephone: (303) 892-9400 FAX: (303) 893-1379 E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Intervenor Plaintiffs

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 19th day of October, 2005, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses: Gordon L. Vaughan [email protected] Jay Allen Lauer [email protected] David C. Fathi [email protected] Mark Silverstein [email protected]

s/ Thomas S. Nichols Thomas S. Nichols Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Intervenor Plaintiffs DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS LLP In cooperation with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado 1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite 500 Denver, Colorado 80202 DC BOX 03 Telephone: (303) 892-9400 FAX: (303) 893-1379 E-mail: [email protected]