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Trump-supporting attorney Lin Wood disbarred in Colorado’s federal trial court
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Colorado’s federal trial court on Thursday disbarred an attorney who spoke favorably about the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, called for former Vice President Mike Pence to be subjected to firing squads and claimed he had evidence of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The penalty imposed on L. Lin Wood was based…
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10th Circuit tosses ‘frivolous’ claims against Dominion Voting brought by Michigan residents
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Wednesday that a handful of Michigan residents lacked standing to sue Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. solely because they each received a letter asking them to stop making defamatory statements about the election technology supplier. Dominion, which is headquartered in Colorado, became the subject of election-rigging conspiracies…
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Jury to decide ex-Weld County schools superintendent’s retaliation claim
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A jury will decide whether Weld County School District RE-5J unlawfully retaliated against its former superintendent because she stood up against multiple incidents of racism, sexism and homophobia involving one of the district’s principals. U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang denied the district’s request to resolve the case in its favor without a trial, writing in…
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Federal judge allows ex-Florence employee’s retaliation claim to proceed against city
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A federal judge last month refused to dismiss a retaliation claim against the city of Florence, filed by a former employee who alleged she was pushed out for reporting malfeasance and discrimination at the water treatment plant. Sarah Glenn worked for the city for 1.5 years and was the only female employee at the plant.…
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Federal judge allows fired Weld County principal’s Christian discrimination claim to proceed
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A former Weld County high school principal will be able to pursue his claim of religious-based retaliation against the superintendent who sought to fire him, a federal judge ruled last month. Brian Littlefield was a longtime school administrator who became the leader of Roosevelt High School in 2019. He alleged his 2021 termination was the…
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303 Creative returns to trial court in wake of SCOTUS ruling on LGBTQ discrimination
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After the U.S. Supreme Court decided in June that certain businesses may refuse service to customers notwithstanding states’ anti-discrimination laws, the case that prompted the ruling quietly returned to Colorado’s federal trial court on Tuesday, more than seven years after it began. In 303 Creative v. Elenis, plaintiff Lorie Smith originally feared she would run afoul…
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6 months or more: Federal judges in Colorado have trouble moving cases forward | COVER STORY
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When Charlotte N. Sweeney took the bench as a federal district judge last summer, she inherited hundreds of pending motions on her first day, some of which had been lingering for years. “You have to dig out of that or you will never, ever, ever catch up,” she warned at a legal event in July. Some…
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Federal judge sends unlawful arrest, excessive force claims against Denver officers to jury
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A jury will decide whether two Denver police officers are liable for unlawful arrest, excessive force and malicious prosecution after a federal judge last month found it possible the defendants arrested a man for an assault that never happened. Aaron Hernandez was sitting in a vehicle with his son in a church parking lot when…
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10th Circuit upholds constitutionality of home search, Lakewood man’s gun conviction
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed last week that law enforcement had reasonable suspicion to search a Lakewood man’s home and, upon discovering a gun, there was sufficient evidence to convict him of illegally possessing it. Charles Ramon III is serving a sentence of nearly 20 years after a jury convicted him of…
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Kathryn Starnella, who ‘never does anything halfway,’ ceremonially sworn in as federal judge
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Before Kathryn A. Starnella moved to Colorado more than a decade ago to clerk for a federal judge, she prepared for the job by volunteering at the federal court in Chicago. Then when Colorado’s U.S. District Court announced last year that she would be joining the bench as a magistrate judge, Starnella spent her free…
