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Federal judge declines to dismiss disabled woman’s lawsuit against Elbert County
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A federal judge rejected Elbert County’s attempt to dismiss a disability rights lawsuit against it earlier this month, after a woman alleged she sustained further injuries after being forced to walk home 8.8 miles from the jail overnight. Amy McCraken has a prosthetic limb from a prior leg amputation. She alleged a sheriff’s deputy stopped…
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Federal judge rules Pueblo sheriff’s officials will face jury trial for killing man at school
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Multiple Pueblo County sheriff’s employees will face a civil jury trial after one deputy shot and killed a man outside a middle school and other deputies placed his mother under arrest for hours without justification, a federal judge ruled earlier this month. Kristy Ward Stamp, mother of the late Richard Ward, alleged Deputy Charles McWhorter,…
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Colorado Supreme Court rules police-guided text messages from victim’s father did not coerce defendant
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a text message exchange between the father of an alleged child sex assault victim and the defendant was not coercive, even though a sheriff’s investigator was guiding the accusatory texts. Patrick Nkongolo stands accused of five counts of sexual assault on a child. His alleged victim told…
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Kiowa County deputy may be sued over fatal vehicle collision, federal judge rules
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A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a Kiowa County deputy and the sheriff’s office may be sued for a fatal vehicle collision because of alleged violations of state law, although the parties dispute whose actions caused the accident. The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act generally shields government entities and public employees from being sued for their actions, but…
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Federal judge allows excessive force claims to proceed against Moffat County, Craig officers
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A federal judge last week permitted a man’s excessive force claims to proceed against law enforcement officers from Craig and Moffat County, who allegedly rammed him with a car as he was walking away with his hands in the air. Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak noted that plaintiff Tanner Sholes, as alleged, was…
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Federal judge rejects Jeffco sheriff’s attempt to immediately appeal ruling on detainee’s death
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A federal judge has refused to endorse the Jefferson County sheriff’s request to immediately appeal a claim brought against her for a detainee’s death, allegedly caused by the constitutional violations of the jail’s private medical provider. Earlier this year, U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney permitted a lawsuit to proceed against contractor Wellpath. She…
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Appeals court agrees DA can sue Huerfano County sheriff over chronic mishandling of evidence
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that an elected district attorney was justified in suing the Huerfano County sheriff over persistent problems in evidence handling that compromised numerous prosecutions. Last year, Third Judicial District Attorney Henry Solano obtained a permanent injunction against longtime Sheriff Bruce Newman, in which a trial judge ordered Newman to hand…
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit of Highlands Ranch man attacked by police dog
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A federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against two Douglas County sheriff’s deputies whose dog bit the sleeping resident of a Highlands Ranch home as the result of an alleged misunderstanding about a burglary. Tyler Luethje sued Deputies Travis Kyle and Scott Kelly for excessive force, wrongful arrest and unlawful entry after…
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10th Circuit: Archuleta sheriff’s officials committed constitutional violation by seizing home for 8 hours
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An Archuleta County sheriff’s detective who barred a man and his family from entering their home for nearly eight hours without a warrant committed a constitutional violation that required the eventual evidence of a firearm offense to be thrown out, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday. Although Corban Josiah Elmore cooperated…
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Federal judge tosses excessive force case against Adams County deputies
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Even though a man re-injured his shoulder after Adams County deputies placed him in handcuffs, a federal judge last month decided no constitutional violation took place during the “lawful, normal arrest.” During a late-night domestic dispute with his wife in June 2021, Gabriel Armijo destroyed his home garden and drove into a fence. Other people…
