Judge Carlos Lucero
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Federal judge says 8 years in solitary confinement not grounds to reduce man’s sentence
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A federal judge concluded earlier this month that a man’s eight years allegedly spent in solitary confinement did not justify granting his request for a sentence reduction. However, U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez signaled his willingness to re-evaluate Randy Platt’s request if Platt details why his experience in prolonged isolation amounts to…
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10th Circuit declines to upend women’s volleyball tournament in lawsuit over trans player
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The federal appeals court based in Denver declined on Tuesday to order a Colorado Springs-based athletic organization to bar a transgender woman from participating on her college’s volleyball team and alter the record of wins and losses among schools immediately before a tournament is set to begin on Wednesday. The decision comes one day after…
