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Federal judge green-lights another lawsuit for trial over Denver’s response to 2020 protests
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Another federal judge cleared the way last week for a jury to decide whether Denver and one of its officers violated the constitutional rights of 14 protesters during the summer of 2020. U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews concluded the plaintiffs offered sufficient evidence for jurors to find they were exercising their First Amendment…
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Federal judge narrows athlete’s claims against Olympic, Paralympic committee for sex abuse
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A federal judge on Monday dismissed some of the claims lodged against the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee by a swimmer who alleges the organization negligently failed to protect him from a fellow athlete’s sexual assaults. Parker Egbert, who has an intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, competed in the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2021. He…
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Federal judges’ financial disclosures reveal frequent travelers, income sources, minor errors
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A review of judges’ financial disclosures for the federal trial and appeals courts headquartered in Denver reveals a range of income sources, a handful of judges who are frequent travelers to conferences and seminars, plus one judge’s minor — but repeated — errors in reporting. Pursuant to federal law, judges must file annual financial disclosures plus periodic…
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Federal judge dismisses Letecia Stauch’s jail conditions lawsuit
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A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by Letecia Stauch, who challenged the conditions of her confinement in the El Paso County jail prior to being convicted of murder last year in a high-profile criminal trial. In May 2023, jurors found Stauch guilty of murdering her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon. She received a sentence of life in…
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Colorado’s federal judges slash motions backlog, with a little outside help
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Data released last month by the federal judiciary showed that several of Colorado’s federal trial judges successfully reduced or even eliminated the volume of motions pending for six months or longer on their dockets. The Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 requires public reporting of motions awaiting action for more than six months in civil matters assigned to…
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‘There’s a different weight that I feel’: Kato Crews speaks about first 6 months as federal district judge
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When President Joe Biden appointed S. Kato Crews as a federal trial judge in January, Crews was no stranger to Colorado’s U.S. District Court. He had served as a magistrate judge on the same court for more than five years. On Wednesday, Crews told an audience of attorneys at the Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse…
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Federal judge throws out challenge to Colorado Springs’ local election schedule
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A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a voting rights challenge to Colorado Springs’ municipal election schedule, brought by four civic groups seeking to force the city to move its April elections to November to reduce turnout disparities among voters of color. The parties submitted hundreds of pages of evidence disputing whether April elections in…
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Colorado’s federal trial court selects 2 new magistrate judges
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Colorado’s federal trial court announced on Monday that it has named public defender Timothy P. O’Hara and prosecutor Cyrus Y. Chung to be its newest magistrate judges, filling one current and one pending vacancy. Unlike district judges, who the president nominates and the U.S. Senate confirms, magistrate judges serve eight-year terms following an appointment by…
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The ‘first third’: Kato Crews ceremonially sworn in as federal judge
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President Joe Biden’s first four appointments to Colorado’s federal trial court were “firsts” of one kind or another. But S. Kato Crews, Biden’s latest appointee to the U.S. District Court, said on Friday that he proudly thinks of himself as the “first third” — the third consecutive magistrate judge elevated to a lifetime appointment and the third…
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Facing ejection from Colorado case, John Eastman withdraws as attorney
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Attorney John C. Eastman, who faces both professional discipline and criminal charges for his role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, withdrew as an attorney from a Colorado case on Friday before a federal judge could terminate him from the litigation. Under the rules of Colorado’s U.S. District Court, an…