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Our legal team is constantly working on critical cases across the state. Below, you can find some of the cases we have been a part of.

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Dec 14, 2020

Weikert et al. v. Bill Elder, Sheriff of El Paso County

Criminal Legal Reform

DENVER – As COVID-19 raged throughout Colorado jails and prisons, and more than 800 detainees at the El Paso County Jail tested positive for the virus, jail staff told incarcerated people begging for help...

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Jun 25, 2020

Epps, et al. v. City and County of Denver

Freedom of Expression & Religion
Status: Victory!

DENVER – The ACLU of Colorado and Arnold & Porter filed a lawsuit today against the City and County of Denver on behalf of nine individual plaintiffs who were injured by police while protesting police...

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May 28, 2020

Winston v. Polis

Criminal Legal Reform

DENVER – ACLU of Colorado filed a class action lawsuit today against Governor Polis and the Department of Corrections...

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May 15, 2020

Barnes v. City of Colorado Springs

Racial Justice

May 15, 2020
DENVER - In a lawsuit filed in federal court today, ACLU of Colorado charged that three Colorado Springs police...

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Apr 8, 2020

Carranza v. Reams

Criminal Legal Reform

The Lawsuit Seeks an Emergency Order to Protect High-risk People in Jail From COVID-19


DENVER – A team of ACLU and civil rights attorneys...

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Apr 3, 2020

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

Criminal Legal Reform

DENVER – The Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and the Office of Alternate Defense Counsel filed two...

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