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6 months or more: Federal judges in Colorado have trouble moving cases forward | COVER STORY
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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Mesa County judge chosen to be part-time federal judge
Mesa County District Court Judge Richard T. Gurley will be Colorado’s next federal judge, taking office as the U.S. District Court’s part-time magistrate judge stationed in Grand Junction. Gov. Bill Owens appointed Gurley in 2006, eight years after the latter moved to Colorado from Florida. Prior to joining the judiciary, Gurley practiced criminal defense and…
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Federal judge dismisses religious discrimination lawsuit of ex-Douglas County schools administrator
A former Douglas County high school administrator did not credibly allege he was discriminated or retaliated against because of his status as a Christian, a federal judge decided this week in dismissing the lawsuit. Corey McNellis worked at Ponderosa High School for 14 years and was the athletic director and assistant principal at the time…
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Federal judge allows retaliation lawsuit to proceed against prison dentist
A federal judge has declined to dismiss an incarcerated man’s claim that a prison dentist retaliated against him for filing a complaint about his allegedly substandard dental care – to the point of making threats and acting aggressively toward him during an appointment. LaRon Antonio Donald, who resides at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility, sued multiple…
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10th Circuit upholds immunity for Lafayette officers who used dog to bite unarmed man
Lafayette police officers who deployed a dog to bite an unarmed, allegedly unconscious man for 15-20 seconds cannot be held liable for excessive force, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled last week. Adrian Martinez was lying in the fetal position in a locked storage closet when police broke the door and immediately told…
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10th Circuit grants immunity to Douglas County deputies who entered home over man’s objection, used force
Douglas County sheriff’s deputies cannot be held liable for entering a man’s home without a warrant, over his objection, and forcibly arresting him on suspicion of domestic violence, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled last month. Bryce Watkins sued three deputies for violating his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures by…
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Federal judge declines to intervene as anti-vax CU doctor’s contract expires
A federal judge has declined to block the University of Colorado’s medical campus from terminating a faculty member after she refused for nearly two years to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. “Dr. Jane Doe 3,” a rheumatologist at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, filed a motion on May 30 alleging she was two days away from…
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‘Walking a little bit taller’: Veronica Rossman, a historic appointee, ceremonially sworn in to 10th Circuit
When Veronica S. Rossman’s daughter, Sofia, was in second grade, she approached her mother one night while Rossman was working at home. Sofia wanted to know what she was doing. “I’m writing a 10th Circuit brief,” said Rossman, at the time a public defender who handled cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
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Kato Crews advances out of Senate Judiciary Committee along party lines
President Joe Biden’s latest nominee to be a federal trial judge in Colorado, S. Kato Crews, advanced out of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday with a party-line vote of 11-10. The committee acted on Crews’ nomination only after U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., returned to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday following an extended absence.…
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Amid Feinstein absence, Colorado judicial nominee in limbo
For the second week in a row, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday postponed a vote on one of President Joe Biden’s nominees to Colorado’s federal trial court, as the absence of a senior Democratic senator has left the committee evenly divided. U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Kato Crews appeared on the committee’s agenda for…