Sanction
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Appeals court overturns $850K+ in sanctions Douglas County judge imposed without explanation
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday reversed a Douglas County judge’s decision to impose more than $850,000 in sanctions on a pair of plaintiffs and their lawyer without explaining why the amount was justified. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel noted there are multiple legal tools available for imposing sanctions for a lawyer or litigant’s conduct.…
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10th Circuit upholds $1,000-a-day sanction on Colorado podcaster in defamation case
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The Denver-based federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a $1,000-per-day sanction against a conservative podcaster who absconded from the courthouse where he was required to sit for a deposition — and instead returned home to record a podcast and insult the judge. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit also…
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‘Take me up to the 10th Circuit’: Federal judge, civil rights attorney defiant as $18,000 sanction on the line
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A federal judge and a prominent civil rights attorney both stood their ground at a hearing on Thursday over an impending $18,000 sanction resulting from a failure to turn over evidence as ordered. Sasha Cronick is pursuing claims of unreasonable search and seizure and false arrest against Colorado Springs officers who handcuffed her minutes after…
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‘Inability to behave’: 2 Colorado lawyers take bickering to federal judge, only to be smacked down
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“Unbelievably exaggerated …. profoundly misguided …. nothing of substance.” A federal judge last week excoriated a pair of Colorado attorneys for creating a sideshow in their clients’ case and asking for her to mediate a petty conflict between the men that she saw as a waste of her time. “Interpersonal squabbles among the parties’ attorneys…
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‘Inability to behave’: 2 Colorado lawyers take bickering to federal judge, only to be smacked down
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“Unbelievably exaggerated …. profoundly misguided …. nothing of substance.” A federal judge last week excoriated a pair of Colorado attorneys for creating a sideshow in their clients’ case and asking for her to mediate a petty conflict between the men that she saw as a waste of her time. “Interpersonal squabbles among the parties’ attorneys…