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Colorado counties cannot challenge state law restricting immigration contracts, appeals court says
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that counties lack standing to challenge a 2023 state law that restricts their ability to contract with the federal government or private entities for immigration detention. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel agreed with a trial judge that the Colorado Constitution provides the legislature with broad power to enact…
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Federal judge finds woman’s 14-month detention in Aurora immigration facility violates Constitution
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While the U.S. Supreme Court has deemed it acceptable for authorities to detain immigrants facing deportation for a “brief period,” a federal judge ruled on Monday that a woman’s 14-month detention in Aurora without a bond hearing violated her constitutional right to due process. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer directed the government…
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Judge green-lights forced-labor lawsuit against operator of Aurora detention center
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A federal judge last week refused to throw out a long-running lawsuit against private prison operator The GEO Group, and is instead permitting a jury to decide whether the company violated federal human trafficking law and unjustly enriched itself off of detainee labor in Aurora. In unusually strong terms, U.S. District Court Senior Judge John…
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Judge finds no constitutional violation for man detained at Aurora mall, grants immunity to officers
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Aurora police officers did not violate a man’s constitutional rights by detaining him for 16 minutes to issue him a no-trespassing order, a federal judge ruled after finding no similar cases had proclaimed such conduct clearly unconstitutional. William Montgomery sued four police officers for allegedly violating the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures.…
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Court recommends dismissing claims against top Mesa County judge for prolonged detention
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A federal magistrate judge recommended dismissing the claims against Mesa County’s top judge over his alleged role in a woman’s two-week detention without bail, a right guaranteed in Colorado’s constitution. At the same time, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang on Jan. 27 recommended against dismissing one of Michelle Reynolds’ constitutional claims against the sheriffs of…
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‘First real floor fight’ of session erupts over ‘sanctuary’ Ralph Carr bill
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A bill that would protect state officials from participating in any unconstitutional federal programs aimed at monitoring or confining Coloradans sparked what the House Democratic caucus communications office called the “first real floor fight” of the legislative session. The Ralph Carr Freedom Defense Act, sponsored by Rep. Joe Salazar, a Thornton Democrat, was drafted in…