Court Cases

The ACLU of Colorado filed three claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) on July 29, 2026 on behalf of Fernando Jaramillo Solano and his two children, ages 15 and 12. The claims are based on ICE’s unlawful arrest of Mr. Jaramillo Solano and his children in Durango, Colorado.

The ACLU of Colorado joined ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project, Civil Rights Corps, Professors Kellen R. Funk and Sandra G. Mayson, and the Korey Wise Innocence Project in support of a petition for rehearing regarding the state constitutional right to bail.

We are suing the Children's Hospital of Colorado for a policy that discontinues medically necessary, gender-affirming care to patients over 18 while continuing to provide the same care to cisgender patients.

The ACLU of Colorado along with our partners filed a FOIA lawsuit against HHS for failing to respond to a FOIA request seeking transparency about the Trump administration’s unprecedented restrictions on federal childcare and family assistance funding.

The ACLU of Colorado is appealing the Silverthorne Municipal Court order that wrongfully sentenced Mr. Tettamanti to three days in jail for contempt.

ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit against ICE to obtain additional records regarding the agency’s ramp-up plans to expand immigration detention across Colorado and Wyoming. The government has since produced heavily redacted documents revealing some new information about ICE's plans.

The ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief with the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition urging the Colorado Court of Appeals to uphold a ruling that fees for body-worn camera footage are not authorized by Colorado’s Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity Act passed in 2020.

The ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief in support of a petition for certiorari asking the Colorado Supreme Court to decide whether the state hospital’s nine-month delay in sending Mr. Vernagallo to restoration services is attributable to the government for the purpose of his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

The ACLU of Colorado filed a class action lawsuit in federal court seeking to declare that ICE and DHS’s new practice of denying release on bond to groups of noncitizens violates federal law.