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Judge approves injunction for Colorado Springs counselor after SCOTUS rules in conversion therapy case
A federal judge last week blocked Colorado from enforcing its restriction on conversion therapy for LGBTQ children against a Colorado Springs counselor, after both sides agreed that the state will not pursue professional disciplinary action while the case proceeds. The formalization of a preliminary injunction came days after one appellate judge argued that the Denver-based…
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10th Circuit rejects ‘potential for violence’ when police arrest vehicle occupant’s romantic partner
The Denver-based federal appeals court rejected the idea on Tuesday that a vehicle occupant poses a danger to police solely because they are romantically involved with another occupant who officers are arresting. By 2-1, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit concluded Denver police lacked reasonable suspicion to conduct…
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Appeals court declines to upend women’s volleyball tournament in lawsuit over trans player
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal appeals court based in Denver declined on Tuesday to order a Colorado Springs-based athletic organization to bar a transgender woman from participating on her college’s volleyball team and alter the record of wins and losses among schools immediately before a tournament is set…
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Appeals court declines to upend women’s volleyball tournament in lawsuit over trans player
The delay in challenging a collegiate policy addressing trans athletes ‘was not reasonable,’ Judge S. Kato Crews wrote on Monday
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4 federal judges in Colorado advocate for Congress to create new judgeships
Four federal judges from Colorado were among the hundreds of signatories this month to a letter urging Congress to pass legislation creating 66 new judgeships in trial courts across multiple presidential administrations — starting next year with President-elect Donald Trump. This summer, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the JUDGES Act, which would increase the size of…
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How a Harris or Trump presidency might shape Colorado’s federal courts
In the past four years, President Joe Biden has made seven appointments to the federal trial and appeals courts headquartered in Colorado, with his appointees now constituting a majority of active judges on the state’s U.S. District Court. The next president will similarly have a chance to make his or her mark on the district…
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10th Circuit allows lawsuit to proceed against federal prison officials who attacked fellow staff
The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Tuesday that multiple prison employees could be held individually liable for taking a hostage-training exercise too far and, as a trial judge found, engaging “in combat” with other staff members. The question before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit was whether the government…
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Colorado Supreme Court rules Amazon must include ‘holiday incentive pay’ in overtime calculations
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Amazon’s incentive payments to employees for work performed on holidays must be part of overtime pay calculations under the state’s wage regulations. The decision is a victory for Dan Hamilton, an Amazon worker who filed a class action lawsuit alleging the company improperly excluded holiday incentive pay…
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Federal judges’ financial disclosures reveal frequent travelers, income sources, minor errors
A review of judges’ financial disclosures for the federal trial and appeals courts headquartered in Denver reveals a range of income sources, a handful of judges who are frequent travelers to conferences and seminars, plus one judge’s minor — but repeated — errors in reporting. Pursuant to federal law, judges must file annual financial disclosures plus periodic…
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Alleged Planned Parenthood shooter can be forcibly medicated after judge’s decision upheld
Judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit upheld the decision made by a federal judge to allow Robert Lewis Dear Jr. to be forcibly medicated, according to an opinion published by the court on Monday. Dear’s court cases stemming from the shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015 that…