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Federal judge declines to dismiss disabled woman’s lawsuit against Elbert County
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A federal judge rejected Elbert County’s attempt to dismiss a disability rights lawsuit against it earlier this month, after a woman alleged she sustained further injuries after being forced to walk home 8.8 miles from the jail overnight. Amy McCraken has a prosthetic limb from a prior leg amputation. She alleged a sheriff’s deputy stopped…
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‘Partisan or political’: Federal judge orders Elizabeth School District to return 19 banned books
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A federal judge on Wednesday concluded the Elizabeth School District likely violated the First Amendment rights of students and authors by removing 19 books from school libraries because the topics conflicted with the school board’s conservative vision. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney granted a preliminary injunction ordering the district to return the books…
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10th Circuit grants immunity to Elbert County sergeant for shooting unarmed man
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The federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Thursday that an Elbert County sheriff’s employee cannot be held liable for shooting an unarmed man who startled him. Joel Hernandez sued Sgt. Mike Skalisky for excessive force for shooting him at the Kiowa Industrial Park in March 2021. In response, Skalisky invoked qualified immunity, which…
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Appeals court finds no connection to local government necessary to enforce open meetings law
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For the first time, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that every person in the state may challenge governmental compliance with the open meetings law, regardless of whether they have a connection to the government body at issue. In 2014, state legislators amended the open meetings law to allow “any person” whose rights were denied…
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Federal judge finds no evidence Arapahoe County deputy suffered gender discrimination
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An Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputy, who was suspended without pay for 19 months while she resolved the criminal and internal affairs charges against her, failed to show she was treated worse than male employees under similar circumstances, a federal judge ruled last month. Lindsey Traxler had worked in the sheriff’s office for eight years when,…
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Elbert County sheriff for employee’s alleged misconduct
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A federal judge on Thursday decided Elbert County Sheriff Tim Norton cannot be held liable for an employee’s alleged excessive force and wrongful arrest of a Parker woman, in violation of departmental policy. Tori Plentyhoops filed suit in October against Norton and Sgt. Jonathan Rolff, stemming from a 2021 encounter that resulted in Plentyhoops’ arrest.…
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Griswold appoints election supervisor for Elbert County after clerk copied election hard drives
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Secretary of State Jena Griswold appointed a supervisor to oversee the upcoming election in Elbert County following breaches of security protocol by the county’s clerk and recorder last year. In January, Republican Clerk Dallas Schroeder admitted that he made copies of two hard drives of the county’s Dominion Voting Systems equipment, received instructions from two…
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Citing errors, Griswold appoints election supervisor for Pueblo County
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Secretary of State Jena Griswold has appointed Teak Simonton to supervise the general election in Pueblo County, citing numerous errors by the county’s Democratic clerk, Gilbert “Bo” Ortiz. Simonton is a professional election administrator, according to a news release from the Griswold’s office. He begins his duties Monday. Simonton is the former clerk and recorder…
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Elbert County commissioners blast Griswold for ‘partisan political action’ in appointing election supervisor
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Elbert County’s commissioners this week blasted Secretary of State Jena Griswold for pursuing what they described as a blatant “partisan political action” when she appointed a supervisor tasked with ensuring an accurate primary election in the county. The commissioners said they have “full and complete confidence” in Elbert County, where Clerk Dallas Schroeder, who copied the hard…
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COVER STORY | Elbert County joins a club no one should: Death of public servants from COVID
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Elbert County has become a microcosm of rural parts of Colorado that have resisted calls for vaccinations and are getting hammered by COVID-19 cases. As COVID-19 raged in Elbert County, Deputy Clay Livingston responded to an emergency call last month. The call would be among his last. Several days later, Livingston died of COVID-19, the virus…
