*1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Senior Judge Zita L. Weinshienk Civil Action No. 07-cv-01917-ZLW-KLM
THE CIT GROUP/CONSUMER FINANCE, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
RICK L. ZIMMERMAN and
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ARIZONA,
Defendants. ORDER
The matter before the Court is Defendant Rick L. Zimmerman’s Motion To Alter Or Amend The Court’s Order Of December 11, 2007 Pursuant To Rule 59(e). The Court has reviewed carefully the moving and responding papers and the relevant legal authority. As the Court previously stated, a cross-claim cannot serve as the basis for removal jurisdiction. [1] Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that Defendant Rick L. Zimmerman’s Motion To Alter Or Amend The Court’s Order Of December 11, 2007 Pursuant To Rule 59(e) (Doc. No. 35) is denied. It is
*2 FURTHER ORDERED that all pending motions are denied as moot.
DATED at Denver, Colorado, this 16 day of January, 2008.
BY THE COURT: ________________________________ ZITA L. WEINSHIENK, Senior Judge United States District Court 2
[1] See The Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc., 535 U.S. 826, 830-32 (2002); see also White v. Hughes, 409 F. Supp. 1005, 1007-08 (W.D. Tenn. 1975). 1