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Report: Colorado’s federal trial court saw drop in criminal trials, explosion in insurance verdicts
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The number of criminal jury trials dropped significantly in Colorado’s federal trial court, insurance cases made up half of all civil jury trials and self-represented litigants only filed one-quarter of all lawsuits last year. Those were the trends highlighted in an annual report of the U.S. District Court’s workload presented last week by Chief U.S.…
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Lawyer’s failure to cite facts prompts 10th Circuit to toss excessive force case
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The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last week that police officers from Littleton, Englewood and Denver cannot be held liable for killing one person and partially paralyzing another because the plaintiffs’ lawyer failed to cite any facts of the case while appealing a trial judge’s decision. During a late-night vehicle chase across multiple…
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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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Colorado’s federal magistrate judges unveil standardized courtroom procedures for first time
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Colorado’s federal magistrate judges presented their proposal for a first-ever set of joint courtroom procedures to an audience of lawyers last week, and emphasized litigants will get a speedier resolution to their case if they agree to let a magistrate judge handle it. Several months after a group of life-tenured district judges on Colorado’s federal…
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Colorado’s federal magistrate judges unveil standardized courtroom procedures for first time
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Colorado’s federal magistrate judges presented their proposal for a first-ever set of joint courtroom procedures to an audience of lawyers last week, and emphasized litigants will get a speedier resolution to their case if they agree to let a magistrate judge handle it. Several months after a group of life-tenured district judges on Colorado’s federal…
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10th Circuit agrees marketplace app not liable for Aurora couple’s murder
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Thursday that the company behind an online marketplace app that connected an Aurora couple to the man who murdered them cannot be held liable for its own alleged role in placing them in harm’s way. Joseph and Jossline Roland met up with Kyree Brown to purchase…
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‘A matter of survival’: Charlotte Sweeney explains judges’ attempts to stay ahead of workload at federal court
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U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney told an audience of lawyers on Wednesday about the reasons judicial decisions may take a long time, what she is doing to fix that, and how Colorado’s federal trial court may respond in the future to bad behavior among some practitioners. Sweeney also disclosed that further personnel changes…
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Data show persistent delays among handful of Colorado’s federal judges
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Five members of Colorado’s federal trial court have experienced far higher delays in deciding motions than their colleagues, according to recent data released by the federal judiciary. The Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 requires public reporting of motions pending longer than six months in civil cases assigned to each district judge and magistrate judge. For the reporting…
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Colorado’s federal trial court rolls out ‘chief magistrate judge’ position
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Colorado’s federal trial court recently inaugurated a new leadership position, “chief magistrate judge,” in response to a request from the entire magistrate judge bench. Michael E. Hegarty, the most senior magistrate judge who joined the court in 2006, will be the first to hold the title of chief. “Judge Michael Hegarty is one of the…
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Federal judge agrees colleague need not recuse in case due to prior employment
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A federal judge agreed last week that her colleague, a new appointee to Colorado’s U.S. District Court after a career representing the federal government, does not need to recuse from a recent civil case brought against the government. U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Prose joined the federal trial court earlier this year, appointed by the life-tenured…
