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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked Colorado from enforcing against a Catholic health clinic the portion of a 2023 law that prevents medical professionals from offering “abortion reversal” treatment to pregnant patients. Bella Health and Wellness initially succeeded in obtaining an injunction against Senate Bill…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded on Monday that a jail employee can violate a detainee’s clear constitutional rights by ignoring an emergency distress signal, even if there is no further information about what kind of emergency exists. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday considered whether to release a man in custody who suffered torture at the hands of government authorities in his home country and who remains detained, even after prevailing on multiple occasions in recent immigration proceedings. Exactly two years ago, the…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a Denver woman’s challenge to Colorado’s 32-year-old law restricting proselytizing at abortion clinics, with the ultimate goal of the litigation being to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule its precedent on the subject. In 1993, Colorado legislators enacted a…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge this week imposed more than $90,000 in attorney fees and sanctions on a conservative podcaster whose unsubstantiated claims of election-rigging prompted a series of defamation lawsuits against him and those who broadcast the allegations. In a pair of orders on Monday and…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver-based federal appeals court became the latest on Monday to side against a collection of mineral rights owners in Montezuma County, in a nearly 16-year dispute over a tax increase that has been twice litigated in state courts. A three-judge panel of the U.S.…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver judge did not satisfy her obligation to ensure a defendant knew he could speak on his own behalf at sentencing, Colorado’s second-highest court determined in ordering a new sentencing hearing on Thursday. Jurors convicted Joe Pinheiro of second-degree murder in 2022 for fatally…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The latest data from the federal judiciary about backlogs in civil cases raised questions about the accuracy of the information, plus a state Court of Appeals judge acknowledged a courtroom…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado-based federal appeals court dismissed a woman’s lawsuit against Denver last month, which attempted to hold the city liable for her trip-and-fall on a floor mat in the security screening area of Denver International Airport. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver-based federal appeals court revived a Westminster woman’s lawsuit against her former employer on Monday, noting a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision lowered the hurdle for proving employment discrimination. Bethany Scheer sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the related Rehabilitation Act, alleging…