u.s. district court
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Judge denies Hill’s bid to intervene in Lamborn’s lawsuit over ouster from primary
A federal judge ruled over the weekend that state Sen. Owen Hill and a group of fellow Republicans won’t be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in the six-term GOP incumbent’s bid to get back on the primary ballot after the Colorado Supreme Court removed him. It’s the latest…
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Dan Domenico gets White House nod for seat on federal bench
…So, now, the prominent Denver attorney and former Colorado solicitor general just has to win confirmation from the U.S. Senate. Republican junior U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner will have his back. Here’s Gardner’s statement, issued the same day as the White House announcement nominating Domenico for a slot on the U.S. District Court in Denver: “Dan…
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Rural Colorado girl at the center of a lawsuit on federal restrictions on medical marijuana
A new lawsuit has cast an epileptic 11-year-old girl living in rural Colorado into the heart of a nationwide dispute over medical marijuana. The lawsuit filed by the attorney of Alexis Bortell seeks to force the federal government to change its Schedule One classification of marijuana. “What we hope to accomplish from the lawsuit is…
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Colorado attorney general supports Bureau of Land Management leases
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is throwing her support behind the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as it defends itself in court against environmentalists opposed to oil and gas development projects. The environmentalists are pursuing a federal lawsuit to halt Bureau of Land Management oil and gas leases in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. The oil…
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Perl: Can new judicial emergency in Colorado spur action on stalled nomination process?
Last week, after just a single day of court operations with six active judges and an empty judgeship, Colorado’s federal trial court caseload rose to a staggering 631 cases per judgeship. This prompted the nonpartisan Administrative Office of the United States Courts to declare the vacant seat on the U.S. District Court for Colorado a…