Free Motion for Leave - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

Case 1:00-cv-01864-REB-BNB

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 00-cv-1864-REB-BNB (Consolidated with 00-cv-1908-REB-BNB, 00-cv1910-REB-BNB, 00-cv-1919-REB-BNB, 00-cv-1945-REB-BNB, 00-cv-1954-REB-BNB, 00-cv-1957-REB-BNB, 00-cv-1963-REB-BNB, 00-cv-1996-REB-BNB, 00-cv-2040-REBBNB, 00-cv-2074-REB-BNB, 00-cv-2149-REB-BNB, 00-cv-2243-REB-BNB, and 00-cv2316-REB-BNB) In re ICG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION ______________________________________________________________________ DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO SUBMIT A REPLY IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. RULE 37(A) ______________________________________________________________________ Defendants J. Shelby Bryan and William S. Beans, Jr. ("Defendants"), by and through their attorneys, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, seek permission to submit the attached reply in further support of their motion to compel discovery pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a). 1. On August 10, 2005, Defendants moved for an order compelling Plaintiffs

to provide certain discovery. 2. motion. 3. 4. The Court set the hearing on Defendants' motion for September 6, 2005. Plaintiffs' Opposition mischaracterizes Defendants' position on a number On August 30, Plaintiffs submitted a response opposing Defendants'

of the disputed requests as well as the applicable authorities. Defendants seek to submit a brief reply in order to correct the record in advance of the hearing, thereby crystallizing the areas of actual dispute. Accordingly, there is good cause to grant Defendants' motion to submit a reply.

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Pursuant to D.C.Colo.L.R. 7.1(A), Defendants contacted Lead Plaintiffs'

counsel regarding the within motion via email today at 1:19 p.m. EDT. Mr. Bryan Wood called at 4:00 p.m. EDT and stated that Lead Plaintiffs oppose the within motion. Dated: September 2, 2005 Denver, Colorado O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP Bradley J. Butwin Jonathan Rosenberg William J. Sushon 7 Times Square New York, New York 10036 (212) 326-2000 Respectfully submitted, s/ Peter J. Korneffel Peter J. Korneffel Jr. Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, P.C. 410 17th Street, 22nd Floor Denver, CO 80202-4437 T:(303) 223-1100 F:(303) 223-1111 [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 2nd day of September, 2005, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Defendants' Motion to Submit a Reply in Further Support of their Motion to Compel Discovery Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 37(a) was filed electronically with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses: [email protected] [email protected]

and I hereby certify that I have served the document to the following non CM/ECF participants as indicated below: Via FedEx and facsmilie Daniel L. Berger Mark Lebovitch Eric T. Kanefsky Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Norman Berman Bryan A. Wood Joseph C. Merschman Berman DeValerio Pease Tobacco Burt & Pucillo One Liberty Square Boston, MA 02109

s/ Peter J. Korneffel Peter J. Korneffel, Jr. Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, P.C. 410 17th Street, 22nd Floor Denver, CO 80202-4437 T:(303) 223-1100 F:(303) 223-1111 [email protected] Attorney for Defendants