Tag: Nina Wang
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El Paso County settles developer’s wrongful prosecution lawsuit for $3 million
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County has reached a $3 million settlement with the developer Ray Marshall to resolve his federal lawsuit alleging a former investigator for the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office fabricated evidence and withheld evidence from his criminal defense lawyers. The lawsuit, which sought damages…
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Biden nominates Kato Crews for federal judgeship
The Biden administration has chosen U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Kato Crews to fill an upcoming vacancy on Colorado’s federal trial court, the president’s fifth nominee to the court in just two years. Crews has been a magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court since 2018. Although magistrate judges tend to focus on preliminary and administrative…
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Federal judge declines to toss wrongful prosecution lawsuit filed by developer Ray Marshall; $402 million in damages sought
A federal judge declined to toss out a developer’s wrongful prosecution lawsuit claiming a former investigator for the district attorney’s office in El Paso County fabricated evidence and withheld evidence from his defense lawyers. In a Nov. 14 ruling, U.S. District Judge Nina Wang ruled that Ray Marshall’s lawsuit can proceed against Linda Dix, the…
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Feds properly denied Colorado woman’s citizenship request for marijuana use, judge says
Immigration authorities properly denied a Boulder woman’s application for naturalized citizenship because her marijuana use did not amount to “good moral character,” a federal judge has ruled. Because marijuana is still outlawed federally, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang agreed the government was required to deny the application of Swiss native Leina Giger, notwithstanding Colorado’s…
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‘The door is now open’: Charlotte Sweeney officially sworn in to history-making judgeship
Charlotte N. Sweeney paid tribute Friday to every woman who preceded her as a trial judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, observing they all made history for being a “first” in one way or another. “For me it’s important to name the firsts. It’s only when you celebrate the first…
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Promotional text messages not covered under federal robocall law, judge says
A California man may not sue Greenwood Village-based Red Robin under the federal law governing telemarketing and robocalls after he received promotional text messages from the restaurant chain, a federal judge has determined. Although the Telephone Consumer Protection Act places restrictions on the use of random number generators that “store or produce telephone numbers to be…
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Amid whirlwind of judicial nominations, Colorado senators’ screening committee pulls back curtain
As part of the U.S. Senate’s obligation to advise and consent on federal judicial appointments, senators are often involved in recommending nominees for vacancies in their home states. Since President Joe Biden took office last year, Colorado’s senators were particularly quick to screen candidates, forward names to the White House and win confirmation of four…
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Colorado’s federal court narrowly misses having 3 female judges simultaneously — for now
When the U.S. Senate confirmed Charlotte N. Sweeney in late May to be a judge on Colorado’s federal trial court, it marked the first time three women would serve simultaneously as active judges since the court’s establishment at statehood. Or, at least, it was supposed to. Due to the “administrative hurdles” of a judicial confirmation,…
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Biden judicial nominee for Colorado clears U.S. Senate panel in bipartisan vote
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary advanced the nomination of Nina Y. Wang on Thursday morning by a 14-8 vote, setting her up for confirmation before the full Senate to an upcoming vacancy on Colorado’s seven-member federal trial court. President Joe Biden nominated Wang…