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10th Circuit sides with Golden officers in constitutional lawsuit over arrest, cell phone search
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Members of the Golden Police Department did not violate a man’s clearly established rights when they arrested him on suspicion of retaliating against a witness and used a defective warrant to search his phone, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled last week. Wayne Dean Wieber was involved in a long-running neighborhood dispute, to…
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10th Circuit grants immunity to Grand Junction, Mesa County officers who fatally shot man 16 times
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The federal appeals court based in Denver ruled last week that Grand Junction and Mesa County law enforcement officers could not be held liable for shooting and killing an allegedly mentally ill man in his driveway. The widow of Steve Alire sued multiple officers, plus the city and county themselves, for excessive force. The defendants…
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10th Circuit’s chief judge dismisses misconduct complaint against judge for presentations to political group
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The chief judge of the federal appeals court based in Denver has dismissed a misconduct complaint against an unidentified judge who admitted to committing an ethics violation by speaking to a “politically affiliated club.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit hears appeals in federal cases arising from Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah, Kansas, New…
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4 federal judges in Colorado advocate for Congress to create new judgeships
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Four federal judges from Colorado were among the hundreds of signatories this month to a letter urging Congress to pass legislation creating 66 new judgeships in trial courts across multiple presidential administrations — starting next year with President-elect Donald Trump. This summer, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the JUDGES Act, which would increase the size of…
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10th Circuit rejects appeal of Aurora immigrant detention facility operator in class-action suit
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The federal appeals court based in Denver declined last week to decide the appeal of the private company that operates an immigrant detention center in Aurora, concluding it had no ability to weigh in on the class-action lawsuit before trial. The plaintiffs are detainees who originally filed suit in 2014. They claimed GEO Group, which…
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How a Harris or Trump presidency might shape Colorado’s federal courts
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In the past four years, President Joe Biden has made seven appointments to the federal trial and appeals courts headquartered in Colorado, with his appointees now constituting a majority of active judges on the state’s U.S. District Court. The next president will similarly have a chance to make his or her mark on the district…
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AI, criminal sentencing, SCOTUS ‘messaging’: 10th Circuit conference addresses hot-button issues
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The use of artificial intelligence, various aspects of criminal law and the work of the U.S. Supreme Court were among the topics discussed in Colorado Springs at least week’s biennial gathering of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. The 10th Circuit, which hears appeals in federal cases arising from Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah,…
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Divided 10th Circuit orders further evaluation of legality for $6.4 million judgment in cannabis case
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The federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Monday that a Maryland man may be required to pay $6.4 million after all for breaching a contract with his intended partner in a cannabis company, so long as it does not require the manufacture or sale of marijuana. By 2-1, a three-judge panel of the…
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Lawyer’s failure to cite facts prompts 10th Circuit to toss excessive force case
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The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last week that police officers from Littleton, Englewood and Denver cannot be held liable for killing one person and partially paralyzing another because the plaintiffs’ lawyer failed to cite any facts of the case while appealing a trial judge’s decision. During a late-night vehicle chase across multiple…