IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Honorable R. Brooke Jackson

Civil Action No. 11-CV-02523-RBJ-CBS

BRITTANY THURMAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

Deputy ARTHUR PETERSON, individually and in his capacity as a paid peace officer and as an 

Employee and/or agent of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson County, and the 

Jefferson County Auto Theft Task Force; 

Sergeant DAVID HOOVER, individually and in his capacity as a paid peace officer and as an 

Employee and/or agent of the Lakewood Police Department, the City of Lakewood and the 

Jefferson County Auto Theft Task Force; 

JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE in its capacity as the Employer of Deputy Arthur 

Peterson, as an agent and/or independent contractor for Jefferson County and/or as an agent, 

independent contractor/or employer of the Jefferson County Auto Theft Task Force; 

JEFFERSON COUNTY in its capacity as the employer of Deputy Arthur Peterson, as a 

governmental entity, and/or as an agent, independent contractor or employer of the Jefferson 

County Auto Theft Task Force; 

LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT, in its capacity as the employer of Sergeant David 

Hoover, and as an agent and/or independent contractor of the City of Lakewood and the 

Jefferson County Auto Theft Task Force; 

CITY OF LAKEWOOD, in its capacity as the employer of Sergeant David Hoover, as a 

governmental entity and as an agent/or employer of the Jefferson County Auto Theft Task Force; 

JEFFERSON COUNTY AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE, in its capacity as a governmental entity 

and as the employer of Arthur Peterson, and David Hoover; 

THE STATE OF COLORADO, in its capacity as a governmental entity and employer of the 

Jefferson County Auto Theft Task Force; 

JOHN DOES 1-10, whose names and identities and culpability in the instant matter are yet 

unknown, individually and in their capacity as governmental officers or employees; peace 

officers; and/or agents of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office; the Lakewood Police 

Department; the City of Lakewood, the Jefferson County Auto Theft Task Force and/or the State 

of Colorado,

Defendants.

ORDER TO SET SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

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This matter comes before the Court sua sponte. The parties are ordered to set an initial 

scheduling conference in this Court (with Judge Jackson) pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and 

D.C.COLO.LCivR 16.1 no later than 45 days after all responsive pleadings are filed. Each 

party’s lead trial counsel shall attend the conference. The conference shall be held in Courtroom 

A-702, Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse, 901 19th Street, Denver, Colorado. The parties are 

directed to jointly contact Mary DeRosa by telephone at (303) 844-4694 or by email at 

Jackson_Chambers@cod.uscourts.gov to obtain a scheduling conference date. 

A meeting for the purposes of attempting to agree on a scheduling order and satisfying 

the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) should be held no later than 21 days before the 

proposed scheduling order is tendered. The proposed scheduling order, which should be 

prepared as described in Appendix F to the local rules, should be tendered no later than five days 

before the scheduling conference. The proposed scheduling order should set forth the parties’

agreement or their respective positions on the matters set forth in Appendix F. A copy of 

instructions for the preparation of a scheduling order and a form scheduling order can be 

downloaded from the Court’s website (http://www.cod.uscourts.gov/Forms.aspx).

DATED this 12th day of October, 2011.

BY THE COURT: 

___________________________________

R. Brooke Jackson

United States District Judge

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