Tag: Judge Charlotte Sweeney
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Judge reluctantly lets appeal proceed in case of prisoner who missed SCOTUS deadline due to library closure
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Wednesday declined to let a jury trial proceed as scheduled and instead opted to let the Denver-based federal appeals court decide if two prison employees have immunity in an incarcerated man’s…
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‘Partisan or political’: Federal judge orders Elizabeth School District to return 19 banned books
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Wednesday concluded the Elizabeth School District likely violated the First Amendment rights of students and authors by removing 19 books from school libraries because the topics conflicted with the school board’s conservative vision. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney granted…
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Following 10th Circuit reversal, federal judge agrees man may sue Douglas County child caseworker
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After the Denver-based federal appeals court found she improperly dismissed the lawsuit, a federal judge last week agreed that a father’s claims may proceed against a Douglas County child welfare worker who allegedly violated his constitutional rights while investigating suspected child abuse. Originally, U.S. District…
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Federal judge rejects challenge to Colorado’s ‘chosen name’ law, District 27J’s LGBTQ policy
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday rejected an attempt by two parents to block a 2024 Colorado law requiring public schools to use a student’s chosen name, as well as their school district’s corresponding policy intended to support LGBTQ students. “John and Jane Doe” filed suit…
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Federal judge finds no Colorado voter intimidation by ‘election integrity’ organizers
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Thursday concluded three civic organizations failed to provide evidence that the leaders of an “election integrity” effort illegally intimidated Colorado voters through a door-to-door canvassing project to search for election fraud in the wake of the 2020 presidential race. After three…
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Federal judge considers bringing early end to Colorado voter intimidation trial
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After three full days of testimony, a federal judge will decide on Thursday morning whether three civic groups have proven their claims that the organizers of an “election integrity” initiative illegally intimidated voters in the wake of the 2020 presidential race with a door-to-door canvassing…
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Plaintiffs struggle to prove intimidation in second day of Colorado voting rights trial
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The plaintiffs who are trying to prove an “election integrity” effort resulted in the illegal intimidation of Colorado voters ran into multiple stumbling blocks in federal court on Tuesday, including the aggressive questioning of the lone voter who claimed she was intimidated and the judge’s…
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Trial begins in lawsuit alleging voter intimidation in Colorado after 2020 election
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three civic organizations began to make their case in federal court on Monday that the organizers of a Colorado election auditing effort conspired to intimidate voters in violation of longstanding voting rights law following the 2020 presidential race. Testimony veered in various directions, touching on…
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Federal judge dismisses retaliation claim against Jeffco district, allows claim against blogger
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A federal judge has dismissed an attorney’s retaliation claim against her former employer, a special district based in Lakewood, while at the same time permitting the lawyer’s defamation claim against a blogger to proceed. Mary Joanne “Jo” Deziel Timmins sued the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District after it fired her in the summer of 2021.…