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10th Circuit agrees ex-Cherry Creek schools teacher failed to prove discrimination
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed last month that the Cherry Creek School District ended the contract of a veteran elementary school teacher because of her performance, not because she expressed discomfort with racial equity trainings. Leslie Shannon, who is Black and Native American, came to Highline Community Elementary School in 2016 after many…
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Kato Crews advances out of Senate Judiciary Committee along party lines
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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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School’s equity training did not amount to hostile work environment, federal judge finds
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The Cherry Creek School District said it fired experienced teacher Leslie Shannon after she continued to underperform, was unlikely to improve, and had taken extensive absences that created major burdens for her colleagues. Shannon, however, alleged the only thing that changed in her third and final year with the district was her decision to complain…
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Senators send familiar set of names to Biden for upcoming judicial vacancy
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Following the announcement last month that U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore will step down from active service on Colorado’s federal trial court, the state’s two senators have sent their recommended candidates to the White House — all of whom are familiar to the Biden administration. In an Aug. 2 letter, U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet…
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Judge tosses discrimination lawsuit of ex-state judicial employee
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A Black woman who was terminated from her job with the Colorado Judicial Department in Arapahoe County failed to show that she was retaliated against, faced a hostile work environment or experienced discriminatory treatment based on her race, a federal judge ruled. Shontella Young worked for the probation department of the 18th Judicial District for…
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Judge agrees security guards could block woman from entering courthouse for failing to answer question
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Security guards acted within their authority by requiring a woman to disclose which courtroom she was going to as a condition of entering the federal courthouse in Denver, a judge has ruled. Tiffany Grays missed a court hearing in her civil case last fall because two court security officers, identified as CSOs Lee and Garcia,…
