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10th Circuit judge creates vacancy, district court gets new chief judge | COURT CRAWL
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Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. A longtime member of the Denver-based federal appeals court will give the president a vacancy to fill, plus Colorado’s federal trial court will see a change in its leadership this week. Colorado Supreme Court update • At some point today, the…
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Federal judge allows some claims to proceed over denial of cancer meds in El Paso County jail
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A federal judge allowed claims to proceed last week against some medical and sheriff’s office employees at the El Paso County jail over their alleged failure to ensure a detainee received his cancer medication during four months of incarceration. Stuart Patrick McLaney was in the county jail between March-July 2023. He has chronic myeloid leukemia,…
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Federal judge warns DOJ against raising repeatedly rejected arguments in immigration detention cases
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A federal judge in Colorado warned the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday against raising arguments that she and other judges have repeatedly rejected in cases challenging the lawfulness of immigration detentions. In a Jan. 26 order finding the government is wrongfully detaining a Cuban national without a bond hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte…
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‘Lawyers haven’t gotten the message’: Colorado justices hear debate about proposed AI rule
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The Colorado Supreme Court heard comments from members of the legal profession last week about a proposed rule change intended to remind attorneys that misuse of new artificial intelligence tools can violate longstanding professional obligations. Court of Appeals Judge Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov, who chairs the Rules of Professional Conduct Standing Committee, told the…
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Federal judge fines lawyer $3,000 for ‘reckless’ filings with incorrect info
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Judge suspects use of generative artificial intelligence; attorney denies using AI A federal judge took the unusual step last week of fining an attorney $3,000 for submitting flawed case citations, being evasive when her opposing counsel raised concerns and relying on cases that did not support her argument. U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang…
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Federal judge demands answers from lawyer on faulty citations
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A federal judge aggressively interrogated a lawyer on Monday for her use of flawed citations in a legal filing and her response after it was brought to her attention. “Do you agree with me now that those citations are not proper?” asked U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang. Yes, responded attorney Sara A. Green,…
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10th Circuit rejects assortment of legal theories challenging workplace vaccine mandates
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The Denver-based federal appeals court rejected an array of legal theories on Tuesday that challenged employers’ ability to impose COVID-19 vaccination requirements under the U.S. Constitution, laws governing emergency drug authorizations and the rules for human experimentation. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit followed in the footsteps of…
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Colorado Supreme Court considers right to self-defense in workplace
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court seemed open on Tuesday to recognizing a right for employees to use smeelf-defense in the workplace without facing termination. “It may be shoplifting, but if it’s a self-defense situation and you’re reasonably in danger of serious injury or death, why should the employer make that choice for the employee…
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Federal judge green-lights trial for ex-Rio Grande County sheriff employee’s hostile work environment claims
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A federal judge on Monday found a former Rio Grande County sheriff’s dispatcher had not shown she was subjected to disability discrimination or was retaliated against, but that a jury would need to decide whether she experienced a hostile work environment based on her sex and ancestry. Then-Sheriff Don McDonald fired Lauren N. Trujillo in…
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10th Circuit orders resentencing after government concedes man’s serious probation violation cannot stand
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The Denver-based federal appeals court granted an unusual joint request between the prosecution and the defense on Wednesday, directing a judge to resentence a man who was incorrectly found guilty of a severe probation violation. There are multiple classifications of federal probation violations, with Grade C being the least serious and Grade A being the…
