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Colorado’s federal judges slash motions backlog, with a little outside help
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Data released last month by the federal judiciary showed that several of Colorado’s federal trial judges successfully reduced or even eliminated the volume of motions pending for six months or longer on their dockets. The Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 requires public reporting of motions awaiting action for more than six months in civil matters assigned to…
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10th Circuit finds trial judge erred in sentencing duo who fraudulently sold body parts
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A trial judge incorrectly calculated the sentences of a mother and daughter who pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining and selling body parts as part of an eight-year scheme, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday. Megan Hess operated Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors in Montrose, catering to customers seeking cremation as well as medical-research…
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Divided 10th Circuit keeps ‘zombie’ claims alive against federal prison officials
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The federal appeals court based in Denver rejected the appeal of prison officials accused of using excessive force against an incarcerated man, reasoning earlier this month that even if the U.S. Supreme Court’s precedent means the claims will ultimately fail, an immediate appeal was not the answer. The appeal from the Federal Bureau of Prisons…
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10th Circuit agrees no immunity for Colorado Springs officers in illegal arrest lawsuit
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed with a trial judge on Tuesday that a jury must decide whether two Colorado Springs police officers unlawfully arrested and searched a woman who, moments prior, helped resuscitate a man who had stopped breathing from a drug overdose. Officers Christopher Pryor and Robert McCafferty argued U.S. District…
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10th Circuit agrees no immunity for Colorado Springs officers in illegal arrest lawsuit
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed with a trial judge on Tuesday that a jury must decide whether two Colorado Springs police officers unlawfully arrested and searched a woman who, moments prior, helped resuscitate a man who had stopped breathing from a drug overdose. Officers Christopher Pryor and Robert McCafferty argued U.S. District…
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‘Inability to behave’: 2 Colorado lawyers take bickering to federal judge, only to be smacked down
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“Unbelievably exaggerated …. profoundly misguided …. nothing of substance.” A federal judge last week excoriated a pair of Colorado attorneys for creating a sideshow in their clients’ case and asking for her to mediate a petty conflict between the men that she saw as a waste of her time. “Interpersonal squabbles among the parties’ attorneys…
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‘Inability to behave’: 2 Colorado lawyers take bickering to federal judge, only to be smacked down
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“Unbelievably exaggerated …. profoundly misguided …. nothing of substance.” A federal judge last week excoriated a pair of Colorado attorneys for creating a sideshow in their clients’ case and asking for her to mediate a petty conflict between the men that she saw as a waste of her time. “Interpersonal squabbles among the parties’ attorneys…
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10th Circuit removes obstacle to long-planned resort project in Rio Grande National Forest
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The federal appeals court based in Denver cleared a key obstacle on Friday to the construction of a resort village in the Rio Grande National Forest that has been planned for nearly four decades but has run into a steady stream of legal and logistical hurdles. Conservation groups have repeatedly challenged the proposed Village at…
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10th Circuit removes obstacle to long-planned resort project in Rio Grande National Forest
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The federal appeals court based in Denver cleared a key obstacle on Friday to the construction of a resort village in the Rio Grande National Forest that has been planned for nearly four decades but has run into a steady stream of legal and logistical hurdles. Conservation groups have repeatedly challenged the proposed Village at…
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‘Very vibes-based’: Colorado justices grapple with compensation owed to injured workers
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With multiple judges reaching different conclusions and hazarding guesses about what the Colorado Supreme Court might say, the state’s justices on Tuesday attempted to answer a question at the center of several recent lawsuits: When an employee is driving on the job and another motorist injures them, can they pursue both workers’ compensation and an…