In the Courts

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

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: “we’re just going to let the virus run its course.”

December 14, 2020

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

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 violence in late May and early June.

June 25, 2020

Winston v. Polis

DENVER – ACLU of Colorado filed a class action lawsuit today against Governor Polis and the Department of Corrections seeking an emergency order to compel the DOC to protect medically vulnerable incarcerated people

May 28, 2020

Barnes v. City of Colorado Springs

May 15, 2020

Carranza v. Reams

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

April 8, 2020

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

DENVER – 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

April 3, 2020