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Federal judge blocks Colorado law requiring social media platforms to provide warnings to children
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A federal judge on Thursday blocked Colorado from implementing a requirement that social media companies notify users younger than 18 of the effects to their mental and physical health from using the platforms. Lawmakers enacted House Bill 1136 by wide margins in 2024, with a goal of providing “research-based education and interventions” about minors’ use…
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Federal judge slams government’s ‘bad faith conduct’ in immigration case
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A federal judge criticized the government’s actions in an immigration-related case on Tuesday, after learning a hearing was scheduled for a man’s possible deportation just one day after he challenged his detention in court. “This type of bad faith conduct is inimical to our system of justice, and is conduct this Court will generally not…
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Federal judge dismisses claims that Boulder prosecutor ’emboldened’ false testimony
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A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a man’s claims that a former Boulder County prosecutor “emboldened” an alleged sexual assault victim to alter her story after the original charge was dismissed for lack of probable cause. The district attorney’s office twice attempted to prosecute Pierce Spinelli for felony sexual assault, his lawsuit alleged. But both…
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Federal judge rejects conservative podcaster’s attempt to ‘blame his spam folder’ for missing deadline
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A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the claims from a conservative podcaster about why he missed his deadline to respond, instead ordering Joe Oltmann once again to pay for the costs of litigating his own contempt proceedings. Earlier this summer, U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez directed Oltmann to pay $37,000 for fleeing the…
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Federal judge overturns order to keep bank robbery defendant detained pretrial
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A federal judge on Tuesday reversed an order to keep a man accused of bank robbery detained pending trial, while acknowledging it was a “close question” whether to release the defendant on home detention with GPS monitoring. In a Sept. 16 order, U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez concluded the government failed to…
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Federal judge finds Vail Health did not engage in monopolistic practices
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A federal judge concluded last week that Vail Health did not engage in unlawful anticompetitive practices involving a monopoly on the physical therapy market in the Vail Valley. Sports Rehab Consulting LLC and its founder, Lindsay Winninger, alleged the health system employed tactics to monopolize or attempt to monopolize the provision of physical therapy in…
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10th Circuit upholds convictions of Larry Rudolph for killing wife in Africa
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The Denver-based federal appeals court upheld the 2022 convictions of Lawrence “Larry” Rudolph on Monday, who jurors found guilty of killing his wife on an African hunting trip years earlier. Rudolph raised multiple contentions on appeal, including that he should have been tried separately from his co-defendant and mistress, Lori Milliron; that the trial judge…
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‘Fundamentally unjust’: Colorado federal judge’s commentaries on fairness stand out
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‘This is a judge who has seen a lot and heard a lot and is doing his best to kind of share what he has learned on the job,’ said Prof. Leah Litman
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‘Fundamentally unjust’: Colorado federal judge’s commentaries on fairness stand out
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Two years ago, a federal judge in Colorado dismissed a lawsuit from a man who alleged federal prison guards enlisted another inmate to assault him. His assailant even submitted a statement saying as much. Yet, the plaintiff, who would have had “very strong claims” were he in a state facility, could not sue because of…
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Federal judge orders release hearing for torture victim in ‘abhorrent’ immigration custody
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A federal judge on Friday found a “real risk” that the government would try to unlawfully deport a man who was tortured in his home country, and ordered a hearing to determine if he should be released from immigration custody while his case proceeds. Two years ago, the Denver-based federal appeals court concluded an immigration…
