habeas corpus
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Colorado judge explores sanctions against DOJ, ICE for rearresting man 4 days after release on bond
A federal judge in Colorado is considering sanctions against the government after immigration agents rearrested a man four days after an immigration judge found him suitable for release on bond. On July 28, U.S. Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter ordered the release of Feliciano Paulino Soares after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him in…
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Federal judges find Colorado immigration judge violated several orders
Multiple federal judges in Colorado have freed people from immigration custody after determining that one immigration judge violated their directives for properly conducting bond hearings. For nearly a year, Colorado’s U.S. District Court has faced a flood of habeas corpus petitions from those in immigration detention. The most common allegation is that the government is improperly…
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Colorado Supreme Court end-of-term stats, federal judges’ backlogs increase | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court’s term revealed increased division among the justices in their opinions, plus Colorado’s federal judges have started to accumulate more overdue motions in civil cases. Colorado Supreme Court 2025-2026 term • Like its federal counterpart, the state…
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State Supreme Court’s final decisions of term, Trump’s judicial nominee appears before Senate | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court has released its final opinions before its summer recess, plus the president’s nominee for the Denver-based federal appeals court fielded questions from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Colorado Supreme Court news • The Supreme Court decided…
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Trump’s judicial nominee orders bond in wave of cases after 10th Circuit rejects government’s position
Within 24 hours of the Denver-based federal appeals court rejecting the government’s expansive view of its immigration detention authority, the lone judge in Colorado to embrace that view ordered bond hearings for detainees in at least 20 cases. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Daniel D. Domenico issued a wave of identical orders on Wednesday instructing…
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10th Circuit rebuffs government, rules against shift to mandatory immigration detention
The Denver-based federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday against the government’s broad assertion of authority to keep people in immigration custody without the opportunity to demonstrate their suitability for release on bond. Although the regional appeals courts have reached different conclusions on the subject, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit decided the…
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U.S. government declines to oppose multiple challenges to immigration detention in Colorado
Multiple federal judges in Colorado granted petitions from people challenging the lawfulness of their immigration detention this week after the government took the unusual step of declining to submit arguments in opposition. Colorado’s federal trial court is facing a flood of “habeas corpus” petitions from those in immigration custody. The most common allegation is that the…
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Trump’s 10th Circuit nominee recuses from cases against federal government without explanation
President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the Denver-based federal appeals court recused himself without a clear explanation from nine cases against the executive branch while he was undergoing vetting by the White House this spring. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Daniel D. Domenico disclosed the recusals in his responses to the U.S.…
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10th Circuit dismisses Tina Peters’ challenge to confinement as moot
The Denver-based federal appeals court granted the state’s unopposed request on Wednesday to dismiss former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’ challenge to her confinement as moot. Although Peters received a commutation of her prison sentence last month from Gov. Jared Polis and has since left prison, her federal proceedings addressed whether Peters could be freed…
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Colorado Supreme Court reverses 2 Chaffee County judges for imposing fee on habeas petitioner
The Colorado Supreme Court rejected two separate appeals earlier this month from an incarcerated defendant seeking immediate release from prison, but concluded that two Chaffee County judges incorrectly required him to prepay filing fees for his cases. David J. Gottorff is serving a prison sentence following his 2023 convictions in Ouray County. Although his challenge…