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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO 

Civil Action No. 11-CV-02285-NYW 

CENTER FOR LEGAL ADVOCACY, d/b/a 

DISABILITY LAW COLORADO, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

JERENE PETERSEN, 

In her official capacity as Acting Executive Director 

of the Colorado Department of Human Services, and 

JILL MARSHALL, 

In her official capacity as Superintendent 

of the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo 

 Defendants. 

JOINT MOTION REQUESTING REFERRAL TO A U.S. MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE FOR SETTLEMENT PURPOSES 

Pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 16.6(a) and 72.1(c)(1), the parties in the abovereferenced case respectfully request the Court refer this matter to a U.S. Magistrate 

Judge to conduct a settlement conference and related proceedings. 

As grounds for this joint request, the parties state that they have determined 

they would like the opportunity to explore the settlement options with the 

assistance of a Magistrate Judge. The Plaintiff and Defendants have exchanged 

communications regarding a preliminary list of terms, and counsel for both parties 

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have met once to discuss the potential utility of mediation. Based on these 

conversations, the parties would like the opportunity to explore the settlement 

options they have discussed with the assistance of a Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, 

the parties believe that good cause exists for the requested referral. The parties are 

available to participate in mediation on weekends or holidays, in order to continue 

to move this case forward expeditiously. 

Respectfully submitted on this 31st day of January, 2019. 

s/Ellie Lockwood 

Ellie Lockwood 

Timothy P. Scalo 

SNELL AND WILMER LLP 

1200 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1900 

Denver, CO 80202 

Telephone: 303-634-2000 

Facsimile: 303-634-2020 

Email: elockwood@swlaw.com

 tscalo@swlaw.com 

Caleb Durling 

FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP 

1225 17th Street 

Suite 2200 

Denver, CO, 80202 

Telephone: 303-945-7415 

Facsimile: 303-974-7468 

Email: cdurling@foxrothschild.com 

Iris Eytan 

EYTAN NIELSEN LLC 

3200 Cherry Creek South Drive 

Denver, CO 80209 

Telephone: 720.440.8155 

s/Tanya E. Wheeler 

Tanya E. Wheeler 

Libbie McCarthy 

Sarah Richelson 

Ann Pogue 

Colorado Department of Law 

State Services Section 

Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center 

1300 Broadway, 6th Floor 

Denver, CO 80203 

Ph: 720-508-6151 

Fax: 720-508-6041 

tanja.wheeler@coag.gov 

libbie.mccarthy@coag.gov 

sarah.richelson@coag.gov 

ann.pogue@coag.gov 

Counsel for Defendants 

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Facsimile: 720.440.8156 

Email: iris@eytan-nielsen.com 

Mark J. Ivandick 

Jennifer Purrington 

DISABILITY LAW COLORADO

455 Sherman St., Ste. 130 

Denver, CO 80203 

Telephone: 303.722.0300 

Facsimile: 303.722.0720 

Email: mivandick@disabilitylawco.org 

Counsel for Plaintiff Disability Law 

Colorado

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that on January 31, 2019, I electronically filed the foregoing JOINT 

MOTION REQUESTING REFERRAL TO A U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE FOR 

SETTLEMENT PURPOSES using the CM/ECF system maintained by the Court 

which will send notifications of such filing to all counsel of record. 

Caleb Durling 

FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP 

1225 17th Street 

Suite 2200 

Denver, CO 80202 

Telephone: 303-945-7415 

Facsimile: 303-974-7468 

Email: 

cdurling@foxrothschild.com

 

Iris Eytan 

EYTAN NIELSEN LLC 

3200 Cherry Creek South Drive 

Denver, CO 80209 

Telephone: 720-440-8155 

Facsimile: 720-440-8156 

Email: iris@eytan-nielsen.com

Ellie Lockwood 

Timothy P. Scalo 

SNELL AND WILMER LLP 

1200 Seventeenth Street, Suite 

1900 

Denver, CO 80202 

Telephone: 303-634-2000 

Facsimile: 303-634-2020 

Email: elockwood@swlaw.com 

Mark J. Ivandick 

Jennifer Purrington 

DISABILITY LAW COLORADO 

455 Sherman St., Ste. 130 

Denver, CO 80203 

Telephone: 303-722-0300 

Facsimile: 303-722-0720 

Email:mivandick@disabilitylawco.org

 

/s/ Julia Wiggins 

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