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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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Apr 9, 2019

American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

This lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The ACLU seeks records requested 16 months earlier related to the arrest,...

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Feb 11, 2019

Moore v. Innosource, Inc.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado filed a discrimination charge against InnoSource Inc. on behalf of Dashir Moore, a 32-year-old transgender man who was...

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Nov 21, 2018

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, at the request of federal immigraiton officials to release...

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Nov 21, 2018

Cisneros v. Elder (compensation for false imprisonment)

This case seeks monetary compensation for Saul Cisneros, who was illegally kept prisoner in the El Paso County Jail for almost four months after his daughter posted his bond. The jail had refused to...

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Nov 6, 2018

Fort Collins Mennonite Fellowship v. City of Fort Collins

In this case, on behalf of the Fort Collins Mennonite Fellowship, the ACLU asserted that the City of Fort Collins ws unjustifiably invoking zoning and land use regulations in order to thwart the Fellowship'...

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Nov 1, 2018

City of Fort Collins v. Wiemold

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...

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