Court Cases

In this case, the ACLU of Colorado provided criminal defense for Adam Wiemold, a homeless man who was charged with illegal “camping” by Fort Collins police for sleeping in his vehicle at a designated rest area where truck drivers regularly sleep in their vehicles undisturbed by police.

In this class action lawsuit, the ACLU of Colorado contends that El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder violates Colorado law by refusing to release prisoners who have posted bond, completed their sentence, or otherwise resolved their criminal case at the request of federal immigration officials.

This lawsuit challenges a Greeley ordinance that bans all pedestrian presence in all medians throughout the city.

This lawsuit challenged two Denver policies that keep people in jail simply because of their poverty.

In this case, the ACLU successfully defended Anthony Nocella, whom the City of Durango charged with parading without a permit and obstructing the streets during a protest held on the day of Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017.

This class action lawsuit, filed in 2017, challenges the Colorado Department of Corrections’ systematic denial of life-saving treatment to more than 2,200 prisoners suffering from chronic Hepatitis C.

This lawsuit challenges a policy of the El Paso County Jail that unjustly and unconstitutionally requires pretrial detainees who are granted release on personal recognizance to be held in jail if they are unable to pay a county-imposed fee of $55.