Author: Colorado Politics

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Denver County Court to let a tenant use his rental assistance checks to pay for the appeal of his eviction. In an unsigned order, the justices noted a trial judge incorrectly denied Justin Soliz’s motion to halt…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Douglas County prosecutors had no basis to pursue charges of identity theft and unauthorized use of a financial device against a woman in New York whose conduct occurred entirely outside of Colorado, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday. Erin Brennan and her children lived…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver-based federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a jury’s verdict finding a technology vendor made false representations to Fort Collins when attempting to secure a contract, for which the company must pay nearly $20 million. After Fort Collins voters approved the creation of municipal…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge stated on Monday he was “troubled” by allegations that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was planning to transfer a man in custody outside of Colorado to an unknown location. Two years ago, Dennis Arostegui-Maldonado won a favorable ruling in his immigration case from…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court overturned a man’s assault conviction and seven-year prison sentence last week, concluding an Adams County judge admitted improper testimony from a nurse who documented the victim’s account. After the alleged assault, the victim went to a hospital by ambulance. She spoke to…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two judges spoke to members of Colorado’s legal community last week about the ways their disabilities have affected how they operate in the courtroom, and urged lawyers to be mindful of the duty to make accommodations in the justice system. “I had a juror recently,…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will decide whether a judge’s reduction in the amount of time a parent spends with their child amounts to the kind of “restriction” that requires a heightened justification. The justices also will address how much authority…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s federal trial judges collectively had 71 motions in civil cases that had been sitting on their dockets for at least six months without a ruling as of March 31, according to recently released data from the judiciary. However, the reported information contains discrepancies, and…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A three-member disciplinary panel issued a public censure on Friday of a former trial judge from northeastern Colorado, the first such punishment handed down after voters amended the state constitution last year to reform judicial discipline. The July 18 order was notable not for the sanction…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Monday directed the government to respond to a claim that it moved a man in immigration detention outside of Colorado, despite a temporary restraining order forbidding such a transfer. Because of the federal rules governing immigration cases, the vast majority of Hossein Batooie’s…