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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge Robert E. Blackburn Civil Case No. 04-CV-0781-REB-PAC (Consolidated with Civil Action No. 06-CV-02189) SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN, a Colorado Corporation, Plaintiff, v. QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC., et al., Defendants. ______________________________________________________________________ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION OF ORDER EXTENDING TIME AND SETTING A BRIEFING SCHEDULE ______________________________________________________________________ Defendants Qwest Communications International Inc. and Qwest Capital Funding, Inc. (collectively "Qwest") request that the Court clarify its Order Extending Time and Setting a Briefing Schedule.1 As good grounds therefore, Qwest states as follows: 1. Plaintiff filed its Complaint in Shriners Hospitals for Children v. Arthur
Andersen & Company, et al., No. 06-CV-02189-REB ("Shriners II") on October 31, 2006. Plaintiff served Qwest with the Shriners II Complaint on November 15, 2006.
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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 advised them of this Motion for Order Extending Time and Setting a Briefing Schedule. Counsel for all parties have consented to this motion.
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Thereafter, Qwest sought consolidation of Shriners II with Shriners Hospitals for Children v. Qwest Communications International Inc., No. 04-CV-0781-REB-PAC ("Shriners I"). On December 6, 2006, the Court granted Qwest's Unopposed Motion to Consolidate (Docket No. 108). 2. On December 12, 2006, Qwest and Plaintiff jointly requested that the
Court enter an order requiring that Qwest and any other defendant who was served on or before December 15, 2006 be permitted to file an answer or motion to dismiss on or before January 15, 2007. 3. On the same day, the Court granted Qwest and Plaintiff's unopposed
motion for an extension of time, but ordered that defendants file answers or motions to dismiss "no later than thirty days after being served with a copy of that pleading[.]" Dec. 12, 2006 Minute Order, p. 1 (Docket No. 111). 4. Thirty days following the November 15 service of the Shriners II Complaint
on Qwest falls on December 15, 2006. 5. Qwest requests that the Court clarify its December 12, 2006 Minute Order,
and specify that Qwest's time to answer or move to dismiss be extended until January 15, 2006. Qwest submits that it needs this additional time to prepare its motion to dismiss in light of the efforts it previously spent moving to consolidate Shriners I with Shriners II. 6. Permitting Qwest until January 15, 2007 to file its motion to dismiss would
allow Qwest to coordinate its briefing with the briefing of any other defendant served by December 15, and would conserve resources. Qwest submits that such an extension
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aids the efficient administration of justice and provides good cause to allow an extension of time. WHEREFORE, Qwest respectfully requests that this Court clarify its December 12, 2006 Minute Order and specify that Qwest shall file its motion to dismiss the Shriners II Complaint on or before January 15, 2007.
DATED: December 13, 2006 Respectfully submitted, __/s/ Alfred P. Levitt_______________ Jonathan D. Schiller David R. Boyd Alfred P. Levitt BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP 5301 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.; Suite 800 Washington, DC 20015 Telephone: (202) 237-2727 Facsimile: (202) 237-6131 Terence 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. & Qwest Capital Funding, 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 13th day of December, 2006, a copy of the foregoing UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION OF ORDER EXTENDING TIME AND SETTING A BRIEFING SCHEDULE 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] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Qwest Communications Int. Inc. 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
Marcy M. Heronimus 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: I. Walton Bader Bader & Bader, LLP 50 Main Street; PMB 1029 Suite 1000 White Plains, NY 10606 Counsel for Plaintiff Herbert J. Stern Edward S. Nathan Jeffrey Speiser Joel M. Silverstein Stern & Kilcullen 75 Livingston Avenue Roseland, NJ 07068 Counsel for 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 Szeliga James Miller Clifford Chance US LLP 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10166 Counsel for Woodruff Robert N. Miller Stephanie E. Dunn Perkins Coie, LLP 1899 Wynkoop St., Ste. 700 Denver, CO 80202 Counsel for Smith
James Nesland Paul Schwartz Jeff Smith Cooley Godward Kronish LLP 380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900 Broomfield, CO 80021-8023 Counsel for Tempest Michael J. Hofman Martin D. Litt Holme Roberts & Owen LLP 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4100 Denver, CO 80203 Counsel for Anschutz & Slater
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Scott B. Schreiber John A. Freedman Kwame Clement Elissa Preheim Arnold & Porter 555 Twelfth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004-1206 Counsel for Arthur Andersen LLP Ty Cobb Andrew Shoemaker Daniel F. Shea Charles Mitchell Coates Lear Hogan & Hartson, LLP 1200 17th Street, Suite 1500 Denver, CO 80202 Counsel for Jacobsen & Wilks Walter Garnsey, Jr. Kelly Haglund Garnsey & Kahn LLC 1441 18th Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202-1255 Counsel for Casey Forrest W. Lewis Forrest W. Lewis, P.C. 1600 Broadway; #1525 Denver, CO 80202 Counsel for Noyes
David A. Zisser Isaacson, Rosenbaum P.C. 633 17th Street, Suite 2200 Denver, CO 80202 Counsel for Weisberg
Barbara Moses Ashley Rupp Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. 565 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10017 Counsel for Mohebbi
Richard Jacobson Michael Trager Arnold & Porter LLP 555 Twelfth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004-1206 Counsel for Casey
/s/ Jed Donaldson Jed Donaldson
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