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10th Circuit tosses GOP challenge to Colorado’s campaign spending limits
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The federal appeals court based in Denver on Monday rejected an attempt by a trio of Republicans to temporarily block enforcement of the voluntary campaign spending limits Colorado voters enacted two decades ago as an anti-corruption measure. Although the plaintiffs brought their lawsuit and request for an injunction in early 2022, prior to the midterm…
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Judge’s financial conflict does not require reopening case, 10th Circuit finds
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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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Judge green-lights forced-labor lawsuit against operator of Aurora detention center
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A federal judge last week refused to throw out a long-running lawsuit against private prison operator The GEO Group, and is instead permitting a jury to decide whether the company violated federal human trafficking law and unjustly enriched itself off of detainee labor in Aurora. In unusually strong terms, U.S. District Court Senior Judge John…
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10th Circuit says Clear Creek deputy who slammed detainee’s head is entitled to immunity
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has agreed an ex-Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy did not violate a detainee’s constitutional rights by slamming his head into a metal doorframe, leading to an apparent seizure and profuse bleeding. Deputy Michael Hansen was in the process of fingerprinting Eric Magne during the early morning hours of…
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10th Circuit denies immunity to Denver detectives who coerced teenager’s false murder confession
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Four Denver law enforcement officers may be sued for the coerced confession of a cognitively-impaired 14-year-old boy, resulting in false information that led to his wrongful conviction for murder, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled on Friday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld a strongly-worded…
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10th Circuit rules Mesa County workers cannot be sued for infant’s foster care death
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Three child welfare workers in Mesa County did not commit a constitutional violation when they helped place an infant in the care of a foster mother who ultimately killed her, the federal appeals court based in Denver has ruled. After studying its options, the Mesa County Department of Human Services recommended Angel Place be moved…
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Federal judge finds no improper influence on case from colleague’s financial conflict
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A federal judge has found his colleague’s undisclosed financial conflict of interest had no influence over the ruling in a debt collection lawsuit against Wells Fargo. U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane, without prompting from any party to the lawsuit, issued a decision on Friday following his independent review of Dennis Obduskey’s 2015…
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Federal judge dismisses Republicans’ lawsuit to block unaffiliated voters from primary
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A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a request for a preliminary injunction seeking to block unaffiliated voters from participating in the June 28 state primary. Judge John Kane on Friday evening granted the state’s motion to dismiss the injunction request and dismissed the five claims filed by five Republicans, who are members of the…
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Federal court to determine unaffiliated voters’ eligibility to participate in primaries
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A hearing Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Colorado will decide whether Republicans can obtain a preliminary injunction against the state to block unaffiliated voters from participating in the June 28 primary. A decision from Judge John Kane could come as soon as Friday, according to the Department of Law. The state GOP central committee…
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Colorado’s limits on campaign contributions in federal judge’s hands
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Litigants gave their final pitches on Thursday morning about whether a federal judge should immediately block Colorado’s constitutional limits on campaign contributions because they are so low as to violate the First Amendment. The plaintiffs, who are three current or former Republican candidates for office, contend that the current caps on how much individuals may…
