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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Anonymous Lawsuit Against Colorado Judicial Branch
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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Anonymous Lawsuit Against Colorado Judicial Branch

By: Michael Karlik | Colorado Politics The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded last month that a former attorney cannot mask her identity while suing the Colorado Judicial Department for alleged improprieties in her disability and disbarment proceedings. “Jane Roe,” representing herself, sued the Judicial Department and attorney regulators in 2024. She accused the defendants of discrimination, defamation, and violations of her constitutional rights in the proceedings that culminated in her disbarment. Because Roe did not have an attorney, Colorado’s federal trial court routed her complaint through its screening process for self-represented litigants. U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard T. Gurley advised Roe that there need to be “exceptional” circumstances for plain...
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Three Judges Taught at CU While Ruling on University Cases
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Three Judges Taught at CU While Ruling on University Cases

By Michael Karlik | Colorado Politics A national report identified other judges who did not recuse from cases where one of the parties was the university where they taught on the side. Three of Colorado's sitting federal judges taught part-time at the University of Colorado's law school while they handled civil cases involving the university or associated entities. On July 30, the advocacy group Fix the Court released a report naming 24 federal judges throughout the country who did not recuse themselves from cases in which one of the parties was the university where they also taught as adjunct professors. The report identified U.S. Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter as someone who did not recuse from multiple cases involving CU. However, Colorado Politics' independent docket re...
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