Tag: Philip Brimmer
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Arapahoe County liability for former child protective staffer’s actions
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to hold the Arapahoe County’s commissioners liable for the actions of a former county child protective staffer who faces criminal charges for allegedly falsely accusing an Aurora councilwoman of sexually abusing her 2-year-old son. Councilwoman…
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Lisa Calderón retaliation lawsuit against Denver and former city officials allowed to proceed
A federal district court judge in Denver has allowed First Amendment retaliation and conspiracy claims against the city of Denver and several former officials to move forward. The lawsuit was brought by Lisa Calderón, a longtime Denver activist and candidate for mayor in 2019 and 2023. Calderón sued the city in 2018, claiming it retaliated…
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Judge denies immunity to Denver officers in right-to-record suit
A man has plausibly claimed Denver police officers arrested him without probable cause of a crime and instead in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment right to record them, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer rejected the city’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit of Kevin Detreville, who was…
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Colorado man’s request to block large-capacity magazine ban declined by judge
A federal judge has declined to block Colorado’s 2013 law prohibiting the possession of large-capacity gun magazines, finding a Colorado Springs man’s decision to incorrectly sue the attorney general likely will doom his lawsuit. Delbert Sgaggio filed suit in July against Attorney General Phil Weiser, claiming the state’s general ban on the sale, transfer or…
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Judge says Adams County deputy not liable for death of unlicensed teens in defective truck
A sheriff’s deputy who directed two unlicensed teenagers to drive a defective commercial truck home cannot be liable for their subsequent deaths at a dangerous intersection in rural Adams County, a federal judge has found. The estate of April Blackmon-Logan alleged Deputy Chad Jenkins created or increased the risk that Blackmon-Logan would be put in…
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10th Circuit rebuffs Rocky Flats-skeptic groups’ challenge to refuge trail system
The federal appeals court based in Denver has agreed the government did not violate the law when it approved a set of trail modifications at the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge in 2018 without a more rigorous environmental review. In reaching its decision, a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th…
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10th Circuit upholds longer sentence for cognitively-impaired man, says there ‘not a right answer’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Even while recognizing the defendant’s only sexual offense happened 25 years ago, that he had served his prison sentence, and that he had the cognitive abilities of a second grader, the federal appeals court based in Denver declined to order a lesser sentence for Kayode…
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Federal judge allows voter intimidation lawsuit to proceed against Colorado group
A federal judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges a Colorado-based group’s door-to-door canvassing amounts to illegal voter intimidation and a conspiracy to prevent people from voting. Earlier this year, three civic groups filed a federal complaint asking that a judge order the U.S. Election Integrity Plan — a group that believes there were illegal…