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Case 1:04-cv-01006-RPM

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 04-cv-01006-RPM

SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUN III, L.P.; SPECIAL SITUATIONS CAYMAN FUN, L.P.;
SPECIAL SITUATIONS TECHNOLOGY FUN NEW, L.P.; and
SPECIAL SITUATIONS TECHNOLOGY FUN II, L.P., on behalf of

themselves and others

similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.

QUOV ADX, INC.,

Defendant.

QUOV ADX, INC.'S RESPONSE TO LEAD PLAINTIFFS' LETTER BRIEF

On August 29,2006, Defendant Quovadx, Inc. ("Quovadx") submitted, pursuant to
Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure 56(c) and 56(e) and D.COLO.LCivR 7.l.E, the Affdavit of
Quovadx's Opposition to Lead Plaintiffs'

Jeffrey M. Krauss ("Krauss Affdavit") in support of

Motion for Partial Summary Judgment ("Opposition"). Quovadx submitted the Krauss Affdavit

to further establish Quovadx's ability to introduce admissible evidence at trial-in addition to
the same evidence that Lead Plaintiffs themselves rely upon in their motion for partial summary
judgment-regarding Quovadx's business relationship with the Infotech Network Group and

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Plaintiffs' mischaracterizations of

Quovadx's Audit Committee's findings. (See Krauss Aff)l

In response, on September 21, 2006, Lead Plaintiffs sent this Court an unauthorized letter brief2

in further support of their motion for partial summary judgment and asked the Court to strike the
Krauss Affdavit as "woefully out of

time" and "mocks the very concept of a briefing schedule."

(Letter from Rolnick to the Court, Sept. 21, 2006, at 1; zd at 2.)
Neither the Court's Amended Scheduling Order nor the text of

Rule 56 supports Lead
Rule 56.

Plaintiffs' argument that the Amended Scheduling Order trumps the plain language of

The Amended Scheduling Order contains a single reference to dispositive motions: "All

dispositive motions will be fied no later than July 31, 2006." (Am. Sch. Order ii IVD.) By
contrast, Rule 56(c) provides that "(t)he adverse party prior to the day of hearing may serve
opposing affdavits" in response to a motion for summary judgment.3 Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)
(emphasis added). In short, Lead Plaintiffs invite the Court to render Rule 56( c) null and find
that the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure no longer apply in any case in which the Court has

entered a Rule 16 scheduling order.

1 Mr. Krauss is a member of the Audit Committee of is qualified to testify based on his personal knowledge of Quovadx's Board of

Directors and, as such,

the Audit Committee's findings concerning Quovadx's relationship with Infotech. (Krauss Aff ii 1.) To obtain partial summary judgment in this matter, Lead Plaintiffs attempt to rely on mischaracterizations of the Audit Committee's findings. (See generally Quovadx's Opp'n to Mot. for S.L)
2 Lead Plaintiffs lack any authority under the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure or the Local Civil

Rules for the fiing of their letter brief
the matter is set for hearing, supplemental authority must be fied at least five days before the hearing." Likewise, Rule 16 provides no support for Lead Plaintiffs' letter brief See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b).
3 Local Civil Rule 7.I.E further undermines Lead Plaintiffs' argument: "If

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For the foregoing reasons, Quovadx respectfully requests that the Court reject Lead

Plaintiffs' September 21,2006, letter brief and that the Court consider the timely and properly
submitted Krauss Affdavit.

Dated: October 4,2006

Respectfully submitted,

sf John M. Vaught John M. Vaught Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP 1801 California Street, Suite 3600 Denver, CO 80202
Telephone: (303) 244-1800 Facsimile: (303) 244-1879

Attorney for Defendant Quovadx, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (CM/ECF)
I hereby certify that on October 4,2006, I electronically fied the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/CF system which will send notification of such fiing to the following e-mail addresses:
. Frederick J. Baumann

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. Solomon Benjamin Cera

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. Hugh Gottschalk

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. Marcela A. Kirberger

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. Marc Bradley Kramer

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. Evan S. Lipstein
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. Lawrence M. Rolnick

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. Gavin J. Rooney

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. John Peter Stigi, III

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. Craig Richard Wellng

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John M. Vaught John M. Vaught Attorney for Defendant Quovadx, Inc. Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP 1801 California Street, Suite 3600 Denver, Colorado 80202
sf

Telephone: (303) 244-1800 Facsimile: (303) 244-1879

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