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San Miguel County judge suspended, discipline commission harbors ‘serious concerns’ about conduct
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A San Miguel County judge who failed to respond for months to disciplinary authorities’ requests to explain himself is now facing allegations that his misconduct infected two dozen cases and forced some litigants to wait years for decisions. Documents filed in the matter of County Court Judge Sean K. Murphy also alleged several bizarre incidents,…
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Montezuma County judge says ‘imperfect decisions’ do not justify disciplinary authorities’ ‘overreach’
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A Montezuma County judge responded on Monday to the allegations of misconduct against him, arguing any poor decisions he may have made did not justify his removal from office and further insisting he did not lie to disciplinary officials. In early September, the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline accused County Court Judge Ian J. MacLaren…
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Northeast Colorado judge resigns, admits to misconduct
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A judge from northeastern Colorado resigned at the end of Wednesday, and, in doing so, admitted to allegations that he used his position to aid a friend in her court case and did not disclose his personal connection in other cases involving that friend. District Court Judge Justin B. Haenlein presided in the 13th Judicial…
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Colorado judicial disciplinary officials describe what changed, remained constant with 2024 amendment
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Top state officials for attorney and judicial discipline spoke on Wednesday about the ways in which a 2024 constitutional amendment changed the process for disciplining state judges, the factors that stayed constant and the question marks that remain around specific rules. In November, voters overwhelmingly enacted Amendment H, which lawmakers referred to the ballot after a…
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Northeast Colorado judge inappropriately aided friend in multiple cases, discipline officials say
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A judge from northeastern Colorado used his position to aid a friend across multiple cases, and ordered the pretrial release of her boyfriend who was accused of felonies, disciplinary officials alleged in a filing on Tuesday. District Court Judge Justin B. Haenlein, who presides in the 13th Judicial District of Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma…
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Northeast Colorado judge intends to resign to resolve misconduct complaint, parties reveal in unique hearing
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A trial judge in northeastern Colorado intends to resign his seat if a disciplinary panel accepts the agreed-upon narrative of the misconduct allegations against him, the parties said during a first-of-its-kind proceeding on Friday. The state Supreme Court suspended District Court Judge Justin B. Haenlein in November due to an ongoing investigation by the Colorado…
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Colorado panel to hold likely first-ever livestream of judicial discipline proceeding
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A three-member panel assigned to adjudicate the misconduct allegations against a northeastern Colorado judge will livestream a status conference on Friday, for apparently the first time in the state’s history. On Nov. 25, the Colorado Supreme Court suspended District Court Judge Justin B. Haenlein, who presides in the 13th Judicial District of Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips,…
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Colorado’s judicial discipline panel works on emergency rules in wake of voter-approved amendment
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The body charged with crafting new protocols for judicial discipline in Colorado discussed at length the need for emergency rules last week, following through on a constitutional amendment voters enacted in November to revamp the process of disciplining state judges. Kristen L. Mix, the chair of the Judicial Discipline Rule-Making Committee, said the bulk of the…
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Colorado Supreme Court censures ex-Denver juvenile Judge Brett Woods for alcohol use, retaliation
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The Colorado Supreme Court censured former Denver Juvenile Court Presiding Judge D. Brett Woods on Monday for being intoxicated on the job and for firing an employee who first reported his problematic alcohol use five years ago. Woods was a judge on Denver’s freestanding juvenile court for 17 years before stepping down in February. His…
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Q&A with Anne Mangiardi | New judicial discipline director shares plans for change
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In July, Anne Mangiardi took over as the new executive director of the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline. Mangiardi, who previously worked in the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, succeeds Christopher Gregory, who the commission placed on leave early this year. The commission features a mixture of judges, lawyers and non-attorneys whose role includes investigating allegations…
