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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 declines to dismiss disabled woman’s lawsuit against Elbert County
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A federal judge rejected Elbert County’s attempt to dismiss a disability rights lawsuit against it earlier this month, after a woman alleged she sustained further injuries after being forced to walk home 8.8 miles from the jail overnight. Amy McCraken has a prosthetic limb from a prior leg amputation. She alleged a sheriff’s deputy stopped…
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Federal judge partially allows challenge to proceed against gun ordinances in Boulder County
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A federal judge on Thursday permitted firearm owners and two gun-rights organizations to proceed with their constitutional challenge to certain provisions of gun safety ordinances enacted by Boulder County and three of its municipalities. Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, the National Association for Gun Rights and five individual Coloradans filed suit in 2022 over local firearms…
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Federal judge bars evidence from pat-down, finds Sterling officer had no grounds to search motorist
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A federal judge barred evidence from a pat-down search from being used against a defendant on Monday, concluding a Sterling police officer violated the man’s rights by searching him without a legal basis. Federal prosecutors indicted Jorge Sigala-Baray for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Police discovered the gun on Sigala-Baray after pulling him over for…
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Colorado podcaster who originated 2020 election-rigging claim grilled about details, discrepancies
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Jurors in Denver heard testimony on Thursday from the man whose uncorroborated allegations of 2020 election rigging spawned a series of defamation lawsuits against conservative political figures who publicly repeated that narrative. Podcaster and businessman Joe Oltmann admitted in federal court that he misled a judge about his inability to sit for questioning, declined to…
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Federal judge sends claims of 13 plaintiffs to trial over police response to 2020 demonstrations
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A federal judge last week agreed 13 people injured in the police response to 2020 demonstrations in Denver will have their claims of constitutional violations decided by jury trial. Numerous judges in the past five years have found Denver or its officers may be held liable for excessive force or First Amendment violations in a series…
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Colorado Supreme Court to say whether self-defense in workplace is grounds for termination
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The Colorado Supreme Court will decide whether employers may terminate workers for using self-defense in the workplace. Last week, the justices agreed to answer the question posed by a federal judge who is deciding whether a former convenience store clerk’s wrongful discharge lawsuit should proceed to a jury trial. Although U.S. District Court Judge Nina…
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Federal judge dismisses hunger strike-related claims of US embassy bombing defendant
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A federal judge last month dismissed an incarcerated man’s claims against officials in Colorado’s “Supermax” prison alleging they acted with negligence toward the plaintiff’s 20-day hunger strike. Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, who was convicted of the deadly 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Tanzania, was incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary — Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence.…
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10th Circuit says parents failed to show school policies on gender identity violated their rights
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Two sets of parents failed to show how a Larimer County school district’s policies, which addressed how staff should treat students’ gender identities, were responsible for their “strained” family relationship, the Denver-based federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. At the same time, one judge suggested a policy enabling staff to keep parents “in the dark” about…
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Federal judge allows Denver sheriff employee’s discrimination claim to proceed
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A federal judge agreed on Monday that a Denver sheriff’s sergeant may proceed with his claim that he was subjected to sex-based discrimination when he was passed over for promotion in favor of female employees who allegedly were less qualified. U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang observed a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision may alter…
