jeremy fogel
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What’s in a name? 2 federal judges hold ‘hearings’ differently than advertised
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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…
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Lawyer asks federal judge to recuse himself due to pronoun policy in courtroom
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Lawyers challenging a collegiate athletic association’s policy regarding transgender participants have asked a federal judge to recuse himself from handling the case because of his courtroom protocols requiring people to use the appropriate pronouns when referring to others. U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews, an appointee of Joe Biden, has adopted practice standards addressing…
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Federal judges’ financial disclosures reveal frequent travelers, income sources, minor errors
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A review of judges’ financial disclosures for the federal trial and appeals courts headquartered in Denver reveals a range of income sources, a handful of judges who are frequent travelers to conferences and seminars, plus one judge’s minor — but repeated — errors in reporting. Pursuant to federal law, judges must file annual financial disclosures plus periodic…
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6 months or more: Federal judges in Colorado have trouble moving cases forward | COVER STORY
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When Charlotte N. Sweeney took the bench as a federal district judge last summer, she inherited hundreds of pending motions on her first day, some of which had been lingering for years. “You have to dig out of that or you will never, ever, ever catch up,” she warned at a legal event in July. Some…