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Federal judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Jeffco jail contractor for detainee’s death
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A federal judge earlier this month refused to dismiss a constitutional rights lawsuit filed against the Jefferson County jail’s medical contractor, involving multiple personnel who allegedly failed to provide adequate care to a detainee before she died of an infection. Abby Angelo entered the Jeffco jail on June 19, 2021 following her arrest. Nine days…
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Jury to hear ex-La Plata County jail nurse’s retaliation case under new Colorado whistleblower law
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A jury will decide whether a former nurse in the La Plata County jail experienced retaliation and discrimination under a Colorado law enacted early in the COVID-19 pandemic to protect whistleblowers who raise public health concerns in the workplace. Last month, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Lewis T. Babcock acknowledged no other courts had yet…
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Larimer County deputy not liable for jail assault, federal judge rules
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A former Larimer County sheriff’s deputy is not liable for a man’s assault at the hands of another jail detainee, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Dustin Napier suffered a broken jaw and other wounds after his cellmate attacked him in the county jail. On two prior occasions, Napier had asked Deputy Luke Albrook to…
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Federal judge orders Logan County sheriff to explain why he should not be held in contempt
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A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Logan County sheriff and two of his subordinates to explain why she should not hold them in contempt for violating a court order to transport a suicidal detainee to the hospital. U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang gave the sheriff’s officials until April 18 to provide evidence…
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Supreme Court orders Archuleta sheriff to turn over video surveillance of attorney-client meetings to defendant
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The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office to turn over the videos it recorded of a defendant’s jailhouse meetings with his attorneys – revelations that already led to one mistrial and could result in sanctions or the removal of the district attorney’s office from the murder case going forward. In an…
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Federal judge green-lights jail suicide lawsuit against Saguache County for trial
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A jury will decide whether Saguache County Sheriff Dan Warwick, one of his deputies and the board of county commissioners are liable for the 2019 suicide death of Jackson Maes in the jurisdiction’s jail. In a Feb. 3 order, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang dismissed a number of constitutional rights claims against the…
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Garfield County deputy who injured detainee’s testicle
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A federal judge has found a Garfield County sheriff’s deputy did not violate the constitutional rights of a sleeping detainee by allegedly tossing a pack of playing cards at him and injuring his testicle. According to Juan A. Carrazco’s lawsuit, he had asked Deputy Amber Morrison to wake him in the morning so he could…
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Appeals court sides with sheriffs, counties in tossing detainee death lawsuit
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The state’s Court of Appeals has sided with Colorado’s counties and multiple sheriffs in finding Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader cannot be sued for the suicide death of a jail detainee. Unlike other wrongful death lawsuits and claims against government officials, which have a two-year filing window, state law carves out an exception for sheriffs.…
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For Saguache County jail death, judge declines to toss request for billion-dollar compensation
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With the Saguache County sheriff, board of county commissioners and various employees of the sheriff’s office facing a request for up to $1.68 billion in damages for the death of a suicidal detainee in the jail, the defendants asked a federal judge to rule that the vast majority of the dollar figure was a nonstarter…
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Deaf woman allowed to sue Adams County sheriff for disability discrimination in jail
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A federal judge declined to dismiss a deaf woman’s disability discrimination claim against Adams County Sheriff Richard Reigenborn over allegations she was held for 16 hours in the jail without access to a sign language interpreter and unable to communicate her needs effectively. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney agreed last week that Cynthia…
