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Family files lawsuit over 2023 Jeffco inmate death
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The family of 27-year-old Ashley Jo Raisbeck filed a lawsuit against the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office nearly two years after the woman died in custody. Jaime Raisbeck, Ashley’s mother, stood outside of the Alfred A. Arraj Courthouse Wednesday morning, a line of family holding memoriam signs behind her. “I don’t want another parent in my…
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ICE officer impersonator in Colorado Springs will undergo second competency evaluation
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The Colorado Springs man arrested for allegedly impersonating an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer before engaging in an hours-long standoff with police will see a second competency evaluator. Antonio Mellon, 22, was reportedly found competent to continue with legal proceedings by one evaluator, but the defense objected to the finding and is now in…
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Judicial recusals on Colorado’s federal trial court, state Supreme Court examines family law system | COURT CRAWL
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Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. Colorado’s federal judges recused themselves from cases more than 200 times in four years, plus one of the state’s justices indicated the Colorado Supreme Court is looking at ways to improve the family law system. Heard on appeal • The Colorado…
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Second federal judge in Colorado adopts plain English summaries in decisions
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A second federal judge in Colorado appears to have adopted the practice of summarizing her decisions in plain English for people who represent themselves before the court. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney, a 2022 appointee of President Joe Biden, recently issued multiple written orders in cases where the plaintiffs are “pro se,” meaning…
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Report: Chief Justice did not approve quid-pro-quo deal to silence threatened lawsuit
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A multi-million dollar Judicial Department contract awarded to a high-ranking employee facing firing was not the result of her threatened tell-all sex-discrimination lawsuit but rather a desire to simply keep her employed, according to an eight-month investigation into the deal released Wednesday. The $2.5 million judicial training contract awarded to Mindy Masias in early 2019…
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House passes bill banning courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance
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State House members approved a bill on Monday to ban courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance companies. House Bill 1373 seeks to prohibit courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance companies, though it still allows the courts to mandate juveniles pay restitution to victims. From 2016 to 2020, 234 juveniles in…
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Federal judge tosses Safeway employee’s religious discrimination claim against company
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A federal judge has determined a Weld County woman failed to show that her employer, Safeway, discriminated and retaliated against her on the basis of her religion. Brenda Medina, a Safeway worker for more than two decades, claimed the Fort Collins store where she worked had forced her to take unpaid leave during the winter…
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Report sounds alarm for lawmakers, judges to fix gaps in state’s civil justice system
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Court forms are bewildering, people who speak limited English lose their cases by default, a lack of broadband thwarts the effectiveness of virtual court hearings, there is a shortage of legal aid, and the state judicial system’s chosen online platform is ill-suited to the needs of the disabled and non-English speakers. Those were the conclusions…
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Judge declines to reconsider dismissal of lawsuit over Frontier flight refunds
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A federal judge will not reopen a lawsuit against Frontier Airlines after he previously found the company was not liable for refunding the ticket purchases of plaintiffs when the COVID-19 pandemic forced flight cancelations in early 2020. Several Frontier customers, individually and then as a consolidated case, sued the airline for breach of contract. They…
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Tina Peters surrenders on felony warrant, vows to keep campaigning for secretary of state
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Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and her deputy, Belinda Knisley, turned themselves in to authorities Wednesday afternoon at the county sheriff’s department hours after prosecutors released a 13-count grand jury indictment alleging the pair took part in a “deceptive scheme” to breach secure voting equipment, officials said. Peters, a Republican candidate for Colorado secretary of…
