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‘An American success story’: Cyrus Chung ceremonially sworn in as federal magistrate judge
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Cyrus Y. Chung’s parents immigrated to the U.S. from Korea, and they had a vision about which paths would offer the surest bet for a good life. “Asian immigrant parents, chasing a better life, think themselves very generous because they offer their kids three whole career options: You can be a doctor, you can be…
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Federal judge says he will not recuse from trans athlete case over courtroom pronoun policy
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U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews on Monday denied a request that he recuse himself from a lawsuit about transgender athletes’ participation, rejecting the argument that his courtroom protocols on the use of pronouns meant he had “prejudged” the case. Last week, attorneys challenging a policy of the Colorado Springs-based Mountain West Conference alleged they…
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Lawyer asks federal judge to recuse himself due to pronoun policy in courtroom
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Lawyers challenging a collegiate athletic association’s policy regarding transgender participants have asked a federal judge to recuse himself from handling the case because of his courtroom protocols requiring people to use the appropriate pronouns when referring to others. U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews, an appointee of Joe Biden, has adopted practice standards addressing…
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Federal judges’ backlog holds steady on Colorado’s district court
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As of Sept. 30, Colorado’s federal trial judges collectively had 73 motions in civil cases that had been sitting on their dockets for at least six months without a ruling. The Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 requires public reporting of motions awaiting action in civil matters assigned to each district judge and magistrate judge. Twice a year,…
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Fake evidence, new expectations and morality: Judges talk about AI in the law
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Judge Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov shared with an audience of lawyers on Wednesday a story from last year’s judicial conference about one trial judge who suspected an attorney representing a domestic violence victim submitted a fake photo to the court of their badly beaten client. “The judge asked: Was this AI generated? And the…
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Federal judge finds Miranda violation in interrogation of Denver firearms suspect
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A federal judge concluded on Friday that a Denver police sergeant interrogated a man who was under arrest for a suspected firearms offense while failing to provide a Miranda warning first. U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews acknowledged that defendant Dayvon Vaughns may not have said anything incriminating during the questioning, and his statements…
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Federal judge dismisses man’s claims against Jeffco SWAT officers for home raid
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A federal judge last month dismissed a man’s claims that Jefferson County SWAT team members violated his constitutional rights by forcefully entering his home with little warning, damaging the apartment and removing him half-naked while they executed a search warrant. Lance P. Schendorf is serving a 20-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him in…
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10th Circuit declines to upend women’s volleyball tournament in lawsuit over trans player
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The federal appeals court based in Denver declined on Tuesday to order a Colorado Springs-based athletic organization to bar a transgender woman from participating on her college’s volleyball team and alter the record of wins and losses among schools immediately before a tournament is set to begin on Wednesday. The decision comes one day after…
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Federal judge eases path for athlete’s abuse lawsuit against Olympic, Paralympic committee
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A federal judge agreed last month that a swimmer was an “invitee” of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee at its Colorado Springs training facility when a fellow athlete allegedly sexually assaulted him. Plaintiff Parker Egbert and the committee disputed whether he was an invitee or a “licensee” under Colorado law during his stay at…
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Federal judges clarify behind-the-scenes interactions, warn about incentives of motions backlog data
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Two members of Colorado’s federal bench spoke on Thursday about the ways in which district judges and magistrate judges interact without compromising each other’s independence, plus they delivered a warning about how the public disclosure of docket data can create problematic incentives to deciding cases. Most civil cases in Colorado’s federal trial court are assigned…