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Federal judge declines to ask 10th Circuit to review pronoun policy, tells lawyers they are free to deviate

May 6, 2025

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Michael Karlik

A federal judge rejected for the second time last week a complaint from a pair of lawyers about his courtroom policy on the use of pronouns, reiterating that the attorneys are — and have been — free to refer to transgender people as they wish. “They’ve done so from the start. They’ve done so without sanction or…
Federal judge says he will not recuse from trans athlete case over courtroom pronoun policy

Feb 24, 2025

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Michael Karlik

U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews on Monday denied a request that he recuse himself from a lawsuit about transgender athletes’ participation, rejecting the argument that his courtroom protocols on the use of pronouns meant he had “prejudged” the case. Last week, attorneys challenging a policy of the Colorado Springs-based Mountain West Conference alleged they…
Colorado’s federal trial court contemplates letting judges set own rules for attorney misconduct

Oct 31, 2024

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Michael Karlik

Colorado’s federal trial court is contemplating multiple changes to its rules governing attorney misconduct, including by allowing individual judges to set their own courtroom-by-courtroom standards that could serve as grounds for discipline. Like its counterparts nationwide, Colorado’s U.S. District Court sets forth a lengthy list of local rules governing topics as diverse as case assignments,…
Colorado’s federal magistrate judges unveil standardized courtroom procedures for first time

Mar 18, 2024

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Michael Karlik

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…
Colorado’s federal magistrate judges unveil standardized courtroom procedures for first time

Mar 18, 2024

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Michael Karlik

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…

practice standards

Federal judge declines to ask 10th Circuit to review pronoun policy, tells lawyers they are free to deviate

Federal judge says he will not recuse from trans athlete case over courtroom pronoun policy

Colorado’s federal trial court contemplates letting judges set own rules for attorney misconduct

Colorado’s federal magistrate judges unveil standardized courtroom procedures for first time

Colorado’s federal magistrate judges unveil standardized courtroom procedures for first time