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Biden nominates Kato Crews for federal judgeship
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The Biden administration has chosen U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Kato Crews to fill an upcoming vacancy on Colorado’s federal trial court, the president’s fifth nominee to the court in just two years. Crews has been a magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court since 2018. Although magistrate judges tend to focus on preliminary and administrative…
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Federal judge green-lights jail suicide lawsuit against Saguache County for trial
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A jury will decide whether Saguache County Sheriff Dan Warwick, one of his deputies and the board of county commissioners are liable for the 2019 suicide death of Jackson Maes in the jurisdiction’s jail. In a Feb. 3 order, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang dismissed a number of constitutional rights claims against the…
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Garfield County deputy who injured detainee’s testicle
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A federal judge has found a Garfield County sheriff’s deputy did not violate the constitutional rights of a sleeping detainee by allegedly tossing a pack of playing cards at him and injuring his testicle. According to Juan A. Carrazco’s lawsuit, he had asked Deputy Amber Morrison to wake him in the morning so he could…
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Judge green-lights lawsuit of Black former Kaiser employee for trial
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A jury will now decide whether a former Colorado employee of Kaiser Permanente experienced a hostile work environment, after a federal judge concluded the evidence could show Moureene Taylor and her only other Black colleague were effectively ignored in their workplace. Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang determined a series of incidents…
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2 new federal judges named for Colorado
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Susan Prose and Kathryn Starnella, two attorneys with the top federal and state prosecutors’ offices in Colorado, will be the next judges to serve on the federal trial court based in Denver. The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on Monday announced that the two women have been appointed as magistrate judges. A…
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‘An American success story’: Nina Wang formally sworn in as history-making federal judge
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Colorado’s newest federal judge, Nina Y. Wang, has a quote taped on her courtroom bench from the memoir of American lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson. “I’ve come to believe that the true measure of our commitment to justice, the character of our society, our commitment to the rule of law, fairness, and equality cannot…
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For Saguache County jail death, judge declines to toss request for billion-dollar compensation
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With the Saguache County sheriff, board of county commissioners and various employees of the sheriff’s office facing a request for up to $1.68 billion in damages for the death of a suicidal detainee in the jail, the defendants asked a federal judge to rule that the vast majority of the dollar figure was a nonstarter…
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Deaf woman allowed to sue Adams County sheriff for disability discrimination in jail
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A federal judge declined to dismiss a deaf woman’s disability discrimination claim against Adams County Sheriff Richard Reigenborn over allegations she was held for 16 hours in the jail without access to a sign language interpreter and unable to communicate her needs effectively. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney agreed last week that Cynthia…
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Judge sides with CU in cancer researcher’s discrimination lawsuit
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A federal judge agreed with the University of Colorado that a longtime cancer researcher failed to show he was subjected to a hostile work environment based on his race, religion or national origin, or was otherwise threatened with termination. Priya N. Werahera, an associate professor focused on prostate cancer research at the University of Colorado’s…
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Federal judge dismisses excessive force claim against Sterling for police killing of man
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The city of Sterling cannot be held liable for the fatal shooting of a suspect by one of its officers, a federal judge has ruled. Officer Austin Molcyk shot and killed Tyler Kracht on May 3, 2020, after a short chase in which Molcyk rammed Kracht’s car and disabled it. Kracht’s mother filed suit against…
