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Judge says Denver may be held liable for failing to train officer who punched man in wheelchair
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A federal judge last week declined to dismiss the City and County of Denver from an excessive force lawsuit, finding the plaintiff credibly alleged the government’s failure to train its deputies was the cause of his injuries. Video footage from 2019 captured sheriff’s Deputy Jason Gentempo punching Serafin Finn multiple times and shoving Finn, who was…
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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 Elbert County sheriff for employee’s alleged misconduct
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A federal judge on Thursday decided Elbert County Sheriff Tim Norton cannot be held liable for an employee’s alleged excessive force and wrongful arrest of a Parker woman, in violation of departmental policy. Tori Plentyhoops filed suit in October against Norton and Sgt. Jonathan Rolff, stemming from a 2021 encounter that resulted in Plentyhoops’ arrest.…
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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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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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Joe Roybal leads El Paso County sheriff election results
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After a campaign clouded with controversy, Republican and El Paso County Undersheriff Joe Roybal pulled ahead in a midterm race for the new El Paso County Sheriff. Preliminary results showed Roybal with 59.11% of the vote in the county, outpacing Democrat John Foley comfortably, with Foley garnering 40.89% of the total vote. “I am feeling very excited,”…
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Judge orders sanctions against lawyer for continued ‘frivolous’ litigation against Commerce City
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A federal judge has ordered new monetary sanctions against a lawyer with a history of professional disciplinary infractions, finding she pursued a meritless lawsuit against Commerce City for over two years in an alleged police misconduct case. Jean Pirzadeh, a lawyer at the Colorado Christian Defense Counsel, first filed suit in Adams County in August 2020,…
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Judge again dismisses lawsuit against Mesa County deputies for $50,000 in home damage
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A federal judge has once again dismissed the claims of a woman who sued several Mesa County sheriff’s deputies involved in a SWAT operation that reportedly caused over $50,000 in damage to her home. Last year, U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martínez granted qualified immunity to the officers in response to Patricia Cuervo’s allegations of…
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Allegations of racist comment, retaliation against Colorado sheriff tossed
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An American Indian man formerly employed with the Logan County Sheriff’s Office has not plausibly shown he was the victim of discrimination and retaliation, a federal judge has ruled, even though the defendants did not deny the elected sheriff had repeatedly made racist comments to employees. Shadowhawk A. Tiger, who worked as a detention deputy…
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Appeals panel rules against El Paso sheriff following Supreme Court decision
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Six months after the Colorado Supreme Court decided El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder could be sued for intentionally detaining a man for nearly four months after he posted bond, the state’s Court of Appeals also sided against Elder on an outstanding minor issue in the lawsuit. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals…
