Magistrate Marianne Tims
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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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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…