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Colorado Supreme Court committee solidifies revisions to magistrate rules
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The Colorado Supreme Court’s civil rules committee approved a set of revisions on Friday to the protocols governing magistrates, in response to the justices’ specific concerns about the attempt to streamline rules that court decisions have long called out as confusing. Magistrates are judicial employees who are not judges but who handle aspects of cases in…
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Colorado Supreme Court committee advances election-related change, goes back to work on magistrate rules
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The Colorado Supreme Court’s civil rules committee approved a procedural change on Friday for court challenges to presidential electors, a move that complies with legislation passed this year. The committee also heard from the Supreme Court that it must perform further work on proposed changes to the rules governing magistrates, after the justices heard criticism…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs effort to streamline magistrate rules, aid litigants
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court took comments on Tuesday about proposed changes to the rules governing magistrates, where they heard that the attempt to streamline protocols still presents challenges for litigants and for the trial judges who review magistrate decisions. Magistrates are judicial employees who are not judges but who handle aspects of cases in the trial…
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Appeals court overturns juvenile’s conviction based on Safe2Tell tip
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Colorado’s second-highest court determined last week that a Weld County magistrate improperly relied on an anonymous tip through the state’s Safe2Tell program when she found a juvenile defendant had participated in vandalizing a high school. Surveillance video captured two people spray painting a school building. Administrators subsequently received a tip identifying one of the suspects…
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Appeals court to trial judges: the buck stops with you to make a decision on magistrates’ work
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday reminded trial judges their role in reviewing the decisions of magistrates requires them to take the final action, not to send an issue back to a magistrate for further work. Magistrates are judicial employees who are not judges but who handle aspects of cases in the trial courts. Litigants may consent…
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Colorado leader survives ‘no confidence’ vote, 5 federal judges stand out with delays in deciding motions, Army veteran joins 5th CD race | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Jan. 23, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Colorado Republican Leader Mike Lynch of Wellington survived a vote of “no confidence” on Monday, but the drama that unfolded in the state House might not be over yet. The House GOP caucus held a special meeting to vote on a resolution of…
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Judicial branch acknowledges ‘adjustment’ after confusion over judge’s authority
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The state’s Judicial Department acknowledged making modifications in the wake of confusion from litigants and from the Court of Appeals, owing to one chief judge’s decision to designate a judicial officer in southern Colorado as an “acting district judge.” Third Judicial District Chief Judge Leslie J. Gerbracht began assigning Dawn Mann to act as a…
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COVER STORY | The dream job: A unique coaching program helps steer diverse lawyers to judgeships
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Phelicia Kossie-Tonje stopped a woman in the middle of her story about how the father of her children was smashing windows, breaking doors and slashing her tires. “My biggest concern here,” said Kossie-Tonje, the Adams County magistrate who was considering whether to grant the woman a protection order, “is, why didn’t you include some of…
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Deputy AG named as federal magistrate judge in Colorado
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Maritza Dominguez Braswell, a deputy attorney general for Colorado, will join the state’s federal trial court at the end of January as the newest magistrate judge. Dominguez Braswell will succeed retiring U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya, who is based in Colorado Springs. Currently, she heads the civil litigation and employment law section of the…
