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Federal judge blocks USDA ‘pilot project’ affecting Colorado food assistance
A federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday from proceeding further with a “pilot project” that would require five Colorado counties to rapidly recertify more than 100,000 households for food assistance. In a brief ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson found Colorado would face imminent and…
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Federal judge finds immigration judge denied bond using faulty reasoning, dubious evidence
A federal judge concluded last week that an immigration judge employed the incorrect procedure when denying bond to a detainee and relied on dubious evidence to find he was a flight risk. Under federal rules governing immigration cases, the filings and underlying details of Hugo Cervantes Arredondo’s case are restricted from public disclosure. However, on Oct.…
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Federal judge orders immigration agents to follow law on warrantless arrests, imposes requirements on ICE
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the government to follow the legal requirements for warrantless immigration arrests, finding a practice of agents in Colorado taking noncitizens into custody without evaluating the likelihood they are a flight risk. In a Nov. 25 order, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson acknowledged federal employees are authorized…
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Federal judge: ‘Clear evidence’ shows ICE violates law on warrantless arrests
A federal judge repeatedly observed on Friday that the evidence from a two-day hearing strongly suggested immigration agents have been arresting people without warrants in Colorado in violation of federal law. “There’s a policy. These guys just don’t follow it. They might not even know what it is,” U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke…
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Federal judge hears testimony, arguments over whether to order ICE to follow warrantless arrest law
A federal judge heard testimony on Thursday from multiple noncitizens who were arrested by immigration officers in Colorado this year, and arguments from their attorneys that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is violating the legal standard for conducting warrantless arrests. The ACLU of Colorado and other law firms have asked U.S. District Court Senior Judge…
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Federal judge awards $10,000 to Supermax prisoner for guard’s use of force
A federal judge took the rare step last week of concluding an incarcerated, self-represented plaintiff should be compensated $10,000 by the U.S. government for a prison guard’s unwarranted use of force. After a five-day bench trial in which Khalfan Khamis Mohamed represented himself against the government’s attorneys, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson…
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Federal judge ‘dumbfounded’ at government’s rejection of enforceable order holding ICE to its own policy
A federal judge on Friday grilled the government over its position that an internal policy defining the ability of immigration agents to make warrantless arrests should not be enforceable through a court order. “As a citizen of Colorado and of the United States, I am dumbfounded that the government won’t agree to a court order…
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Federal judge to challengers of Colorado’s aid-in-dying law: Is key plaintiff’s death problematic to case?
A federal judge on Friday asked those challenging a provision of Colorado’s aid-in-dying law to reconsider whether they want to continue litigating, after a key plaintiff died earlier this month. This year, three people alleged Colorado’s assisted suicide law, which voters enacted in 2016, violated multiple constitutional provisions with its requirement that beneficiaries be residents…
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10th Circuit hears Denver, officer’s request to overturn $14M jury verdict after 2020 protests
Members of the Colorado-based federal appeals court considered on Wednesday whether a judge committed errors in the 2022 civil trial where jurors found Denver liable for $14 million for violating the constitutional rights of protesters. In the first lawsuit of many to culminate in a jury trial, 12 plaintiffs largely succeeded in arguing Denver’s own…
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Colorado’s federal judges recused 200+ times in 4 years for variety of reasons
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…