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Sep 3, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Cisneros v. Elder

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.
Court Case
Aug 20, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Millard v. Sloan

In a groundbreaking ruling issued in 2017, federal district judge Richard Matsch declared that the Colorado statute requiring lifetime sex offender registry imposed cruel and unusual punishment on three convicted sex offenders whose cases the court heard in a bench trial. The civil rights case was litigated in the trial court by attorney Colorado attorney Alison Ruttenberg.
Court Case
May 28, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Winston v. Polis

ACLU of Colorado filed a class action lawsuit against Governor Polis and the Department of Corrections seeking an emergency order to compel the DOC to protect medically vulnerable incarcerated people from COVID-19.
Court Case
Apr 8, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Carranza v. Reams

The ACLU of Colorado sought an emergency order to protect high-risk people in jail from contracting COVID-19.
Court Case
Apr 3, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Office of the State Public Defender v. County and District Courts for the First Through Twenty-Second Judicial Districts

The Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and the Office of Alternate Defense Counsel filed two emergency petitions today asking the Colorado Supreme Court to take immediate action to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Colorado jails by issuing a directive that lower courts are to do their part to safely reduce the number of people who are incarcerated during this crisis.
Court Case
Oct 16, 2019
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +2 Issues

Marceleno et al v. City of Greeley, Colorado

This lawsuit challenges a Greeley ordinance that bans all pedestrian presence in all medians throughout the city.
Court Case
Dec 20, 2018
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Howard v. Denver

This lawsuit challenged two Denver policies that keep people in jail simply because of their poverty.
Court Case
Aug 28, 2018
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  • Unhoused Peoples' Rights|
  • +2 Issues

ACLU Demands 31 Colorado Cities Repeal Unconstitutional Anti-Panhandling Laws

The ACLU of Colorado sent individualized letters to 31 municipalities with varied bans on panhandling, all of which were facially unconstitutional in light of recent court decisions.
Court Case
Aug 19, 2018
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  • Immigrant Justice|
  • +1 Issue

Canseco v. Mikesell

The ACLU of Colorado sued Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell in July 2018, alleging that he is violating Colorado law by continuing to jail an individual who is eligible for release at the request of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).