Tag: judge christine arguello
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10th Circuit agrees no immunity for Colorado Springs officers in illegal arrest lawsuit
The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed with a trial judge on Tuesday that a jury must decide whether two Colorado Springs police officers unlawfully arrested and searched a woman who, moments prior, helped resuscitate a man who had stopped breathing from a drug overdose. Officers Christopher Pryor and Robert McCafferty argued U.S. District…
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‘Inability to behave’: 2 Colorado lawyers take bickering to federal judge, only to be smacked down
“Unbelievably exaggerated …. profoundly misguided …. nothing of substance.” A federal judge last week excoriated a pair of Colorado attorneys for creating a sideshow in their clients’ case and asking for her to mediate a petty conflict between the men that she saw as a waste of her time. “Interpersonal squabbles among the parties’ attorneys…
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10th Circuit removes obstacle to long-planned resort project in Rio Grande National Forest
The federal appeals court based in Denver cleared a key obstacle on Friday to the construction of a resort village in the Rio Grande National Forest that has been planned for nearly four decades but has run into a steady stream of legal and logistical hurdles. Conservation groups have repeatedly challenged the proposed Village at…
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‘Very vibes-based’: Colorado justices grapple with compensation owed to injured workers
With multiple judges reaching different conclusions and hazarding guesses about what the Colorado Supreme Court might say, the state’s justices on Tuesday attempted to answer a question at the center of several recent lawsuits: When an employee is driving on the job and another motorist injures them, can they pursue both workers’ compensation and an…
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Another federal judge calls on Congress to roll back SCOTUS limitation on suing federal officials
Two federal judges in Colorado have now taken the rare step of calling for Congress to roll back the U.S. Supreme Court’s broad limitations on suing federal officials for money when they violate plaintiffs’ constitutional rights. U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello, in dismissing the claims of an incarcerated man who alleged federal prison…
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Federal judge green-lights trial over Jeffco middle school awash in sexual harassment
A federal judge last month agreed Jefferson County School District and two administrators will face a civil jury trial for allegedly failing to address the pervasive sexual harassment and assaults that occurred against female students at Everitt Middle School. In a Feb. 21 order, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello determined a female…
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Judge sanctions woman suing Colorado Springs police, finds she withheld evidence
A federal judge last week authorized financial sanctions against a woman and her lawyers who are suing Colorado Springs police for a constitutional violation, finding she disobeyed court orders and failed to hand over evidence to the defense. Sasha Cronick is pursuing claims of unreasonable search and seizure and false arrest against the officers who…
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10th Circuit agrees ex-DPS employee failed to prove retaliatory firing
The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last month that a former Denver Public Schools employee failed to show how her termination was connected to her act of speaking out against racial discrimination. Barbara Lindsay worked at Emily Griffith Technical College and participated in the 2019 hiring process for a new school director. She…