Free Motion for Extension of Time - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge Robert E. Blackburn Civil Case No. 04-CV-0781-REB-KLM (Consolidated with Civil Action 06-CV-02189) SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN, a Colorado Corporation, Plaintiff, v. QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. A Delaware corporation, et al. Defendants.

UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER COMPLAINT Defendant Qwest Communications International Inc ("Qwest") requests that this Court enter the Proposed Order Extending Time To Answer Complaint that is attached to this motion.1 As good grounds therefore, Qwest states as follows: 1. On September 24, 2007, this Court granted in part and denied in part

Qwest and Qwest Capital Funding's Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 141). The Court dismissed all claims against Qwest Capital Funding and dismissed counts three, four, five and six of the Complaint filed by Shriners in Shriners Hospitals for Children v.

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Pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR. 7.1(A), undersigned counsel certify that they have conferred with counsel for all parties and have advised them of this Motion for Order Extending Time To Answer Complaint. Counsel for all parties have consented to this Motion.

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Qwest et al., Case No. 06-cv-002189 ("Shriners II"). (Docket No. 141 at 9). The Court otherwise denied Qwest's Motion to Dismiss. (Id.) 2. Qwest's Answer to the remaining Counts of the Shriners II Complaint

would be due ten days after notice of the Court's decision. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(4)(A). Excluding weekends and holidays, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a), Qwest's Answer would be due on October 9, 2007. 3. Qwest requests that the Court grant Qwest an extension of time to answer

the Shriners II Complaint up to and including December 4, 2007. 4. Qwest submits that no party would be prejudiced by such an extension.

Qwest and Plaintiff Shriners Hospitals for Children ("Shriners") are already parties to Shriners v. Qwest et al., Case No. 04-CV-0781 ("Shriners I"). Qwest has already answered the Shriners I Complaint, and the parties are engaged in discovery. 5. Qwest submits that granting this extension would conserve resources,

would aid the efficient administration of justice, and provides good cause to allow an extension of time.

DATED: October 4, 2007.

Respectfully submitted, s/ Ken Rossman Jonathan D. Schiller David R. Boyd Kenneth Rossman IV BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER 5301 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20015 Telephone: (202) 237-2727 Facsimile: (202) 237-6131

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Terrence C. Gill SHERMAN & HOWARD, L.L.C. 633 Seventeenth Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: (303) 297-2900 Facsimile: (303) 298-0940 Attorneys for Qwest Communications International Inc.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge Robert E. Blackburn CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 4th day of October, 2007, a copy of the foregoing UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER COMPLAINT was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the USDC CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses: Terence C. Gill [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Qwest Communications Int. Inc. Counsel for William L. Eveleth Counsel for Richard L. Weston Counsel for William L. Eveleth Counsel for Plaintiff Counsel for John M. Walker Counsel for Douglas K. Hutchins Counsel for Bryan K. Treadway

Karoline E. Jackson Douglas P. Lobel Larry A. Mackey Charles G. Michaels Stephen C. Peters John M. Richilano M. Robert Thornton

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and, I also certify that I have served same by depositing in the U.S. Mail, first-class postage prepaid, addressed to the following: Herbert J. Stern Edward S. Nathan Jeffrey Speiser Joel M. Silverstein Stern & Kilcullen 75 Livingston Avenue Roseland, NJ 07068 Counsel for Joseph Nacchio Mark T. Drooks Thomas V. Reichert Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, A Professional Corporation 1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067-2561 Counsel for Robin Szeliga James Miller Clifford Chance US LLP 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10166 Counsel for Robert Woodruff Robert N. Miller Stephanie E. Dunn Perkins Coie, LLP 1899 Wynkoop St., Ste. 700 Denver, CO 80202 Counsel for James Smith

James Nesland Paul Schwartz Jeff Smith Cooley Godward Kronish LLP 380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900 Broomfield, CO 80021-8023 Counsel for Drake Tempest Michael J. Hofman Martin D. Litt Holme Roberts & Owen LLP 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4100 Denver, CO 80203 Counsel for Philip Anschutz & Craig Slater David A. Zisser Isaacson, Rosenbaum P.C. 633 17th Street, Suite 2200 Denver, CO 80202 Counsel for Marc Weisberg

Scott B. Schreiber John A. Freedman Elissa Preheim Tim Atkeson Jessica Brody Arnold & Porter 555 Twelfth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004-1206 Counsel for Arthur Andersen LLP

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Ty Cobb Andrew Shoemaker Daniel F. Shea Charles Mitchell Hogan & Hartson, LLP 1200 17th Street, Suite 1500 Denver, CO 80202 Counsel for Stephen Jacobsen & Lewis Wilks Walter Garnsey, Jr. Kelly Garnsey Hubbell & Lass LLC 1441 18th Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202-1255 Counsel for Gregory Casey

Barbara Moses Ashley Rupp Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. 565 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10017 Counsel for Afshin Mohebbi

Richard Jacobson Michael Trager Arnold & Porter LLP 555 Twelfth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004-1206 Counsel for Gregory Casey I. Walton Bader Bader & Bader, LLP 50 Main Street, PMB 1029 Suite 1000 White Plains, NY 10606 Counsel for Plaintiff

Forrest W. Lewis Forrest W. Lewis, P.C. 1600 Broadway, Suite 1525 Denver, CO 80202 Counsel for Frank Noyes

s/ Eileen Gould___ Eileen Gould

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