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3 federal judges in Colorado taught at CU part-time while handling cases involving university

Aug 5, 2025

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Michael Karlik

Three of Colorado’s sitting federal judges taught part-time at the University of Colorado’s law school while they handled civil cases involving the university or associated entities. On July 30, the advocacy group Fix the Court released a report naming 24 federal judges throughout the country who did not recuse themselves from cases in which one…
What’s in a name? 2 federal judges hold ‘hearings’ differently than advertised

Jul 2, 2025

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Michael Karlik

Soon after her appointment to Colorado’s U.S. District Court in 2021, Judge Regina M. Rodriguez implemented a new procedure for handling motions for summary judgment — meaning one party in a civil lawsuit is asking to end the case in their favor without a trial. She began requiring lawyers to identify, in chart format, all of…
Judge’s financial conflict does not require reopening case, 10th Circuit finds

Feb 10, 2023

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Michael Karlik

A federal judge did violate the law when he failed to recuse himself from a case, but there is no need to reopen the lawsuit or overturn his rulings, the federal appeals court based in Denver decided on Thursday. In what appears to be the first ruling of its kind from the U.S. Court of…

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