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Colorado’s federal judges recused 200+ times in 4 years for variety of reasons
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Colorado’s federal judges issued orders recusing themselves from cases at least 203 times in four years, with reasons ranging from unspecified appearances of partiality to potential conflicts created by their prior employment and family connections. One judge also noted in recusing himself that if he ruled against an attorney who was his personal friend, “it…
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Federal judge sides with CU in former student’s retaliation lawsuit
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A federal judge concluded last month that a former University of Colorado medical student failed to establish the school unlawfully retaliated against her, as the evidence instead showed faculty raised numerous concerns about her conduct over the years. Mindy Szeto was enrolled in CU’s School of Medicine between 2014 and 2020, through a program combining…
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Federal judges’ backlog holds steady on Colorado’s district court
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As of Sept. 30, Colorado’s federal trial judges collectively had 73 motions in civil cases that had been sitting on their dockets for at least six months without a ruling. The Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 requires public reporting of motions awaiting action in civil matters assigned to each district judge and magistrate judge. Twice a year,…
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10th Circuit upholds dismissal of man’s lawsuit for threatening federal judge, El Paso deputy
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Friday that a federal judge was within his rights to dismiss an incarcerated man’s lawsuit because he repeatedly made death threats against a magistrate judge and an El Paso County jail deputy. When he filed suit last year, Conrad J. Czajkowski resided at the county jail,…
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Jury to hear ex-La Plata County jail nurse’s retaliation case under new Colorado whistleblower law
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A jury will decide whether a former nurse in the La Plata County jail experienced retaliation and discrimination under a Colorado law enacted early in the COVID-19 pandemic to protect whistleblowers who raise public health concerns in the workplace. Last month, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Lewis T. Babcock acknowledged no other courts had yet…
