Court Cases

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.

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).

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.

In May, 2007, four ACLU clients who live at the Suites, a Longmont public housing complex, endured unconstitutional warrantless searches of their homes. The illegal searches were carried out by Longmont police officers and drug-detecting K-9s, who entered at the invitation of the Longmont Housing Authority.