Free Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 01-CV-1451-REB-CBS (Consolidated with Civil Actions Nos. 01-cv-1472-REB-CBS, 01-cv-1527-REB-CBS, 01-cv1616-REB-CBS, 01-cv-1799-REB-CBS, 01-cv-1930-REB-CBS, 01-cv-02083-REB-CBS, 02-cv00333-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00374-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00507-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00658-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00755-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00798-REB-CBS, 04-cv-00238-REB-CBS) In re QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION ______________________________________________________________________________ This filing relates to: Civil Case No. 04-cv-00238-REB-CBS STICHTING PENSIOENFONDS ABP, Plaintiff, v. QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. a Delaware corporation, et al., Defendants, [This document relates to docket item no. 79 in Case No. 04-cv-00238] ______________________________________________________________________________

GREGORY M. CASEY'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANSWER PLAINTIFF'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Defendant Gregory M. Casey respectfully moves this Court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b) and D.C. Colo. L. Civ. R. 6.1(B) for an extension of time in which to answer Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint. In support thereof, Mr. Casey states as follows:

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1.

Plaintiff filed its initial Complaint in this action on February 9, 2004, and filed its First Amended complaint on July 7, 2004. On September 10, 2004, Mr. Casey filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint.

2.

On September 12, 2005, the Court issued an Order Concerning Defendants' Motions to Dismiss re: Complaint of Plaintiff Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP. In that Order, the Court granted in part and denied in part Mr. Casey's Motion to Dismiss.

3.

Mr. Casey now requests an extension of time up to and including November 14, 2005, to answer Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint.

4.

The First Amended Complaint is 308 pages long with over 850 separately numbered paragraphs that contain thousands of allegations concerning alleged conduct over a period of several years. Given the complexity of this matter, the importance of completeness and accuracy, and the time-consuming nature of factchecking, Mr. Casey respectfully requests the additional time to file his Answer.

5.

Pursuant to D.C. Colo. L Civ. R. 7.1(A), Richard L. Jacobson, one of the counsel for Mr. Casey, has conferred with Sharan Nirmul, counsel for Plaintiff, who stated that Plaintiff does not oppose Mr. Casey's request for this extension of time.

6.

Attached to this Motion is a proposed Order granting Mr. Casey's request for an extension of time.

7.

Pursuant to D.C. Colo. L. Civ. R. 6.1(D), a copy of this Motion has been served on all attorneys of record as reflected in the attached Certificate of Service.

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Wherefore, based on the foregoing, Mr. Casey respectfully moves this Court for an extension of time up to and including November 14, 2005, to file his Answer to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint.

Dated: October 18, 2005. Respectfully submitted,

s/ Richard L. Jacobson______________ Michael D. Trager Richard L. Jacobson Arnold & Porter LLP 555 Twelfth Street NW Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: (202) 942-6975 Facsimile: (202) 942-5999 [email protected] [email protected] and Walter W. Garnsey, Jr. David R. Fine KellyHaglundGarnsey + Kahn LLC 1441 Eighteenth Street Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202-1255 303-296-9412 [email protected] [email protected]

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT GREGORY M. CASEY

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on October 18, 2005, I electronically filed the foregoing DEFENDANT GREGORY M. CASEY'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANSWER PLAINTIFF STICHTING PENSIOENFONDS ABP'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses:
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Sharan Nirmul Cindy C. Oliver Neil Peck Elissa J. Preheim Kimberly W. Price Thomas V. Reichert Eric T. Rillorta Kenneth F. Rossman, IV Scott Saham David L. Schwarz Paul H. Schwartz David W. Shapiro Jeffrey A. Smith Holly Stein Sollod Charles A. Stillman Jesus M. Vazquez, Jr. Jennifer H. Weddle David A. Zisser

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and I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing DEFENDANT GREGORY M. CASEY'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANSWER PLAINTIFF STICHTING PENSIOENFONDS ABP'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT was placed in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to: Jonathan D. Schiller, Esq. David R. Boyd, Esq. Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP 5301 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20015 Geoffrey C. Jarvis, Esq. Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A. 1201 North Market Street, Suite 2100 Wilmington, DE 19801 Scott B. Schreiber, Esq. Arnold & Porter 555 Twelfth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004-1206 Ty Cobb, Esq. Hogan & Hartson 1200 17th Street, Suite 1500 Denver, CO 80202 Vincent J. Marella, Esq. Bird, Marella, Boxer & Wolpert, APC 1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067

s/ Richard L. Jacobson________________
Michael D. Trager Richard L. Jacobson Arnold & Porter LLP 555 Twelfth Street NW Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: (202) 942-6975 Facsimile: (202) 942-5999 [email protected] [email protected] ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT GREGORY M. CASEY