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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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Sep 3, 2010

ACLU of Colorado Questions Nine-Month Delay for Immigrant's Colorado Driver's License Renewal

When a legal permanent resident could not get her driver’s license renewal application approved for over nine months,...

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Sep 3, 2010

ACLU of Colorado Defends Right of Public Employee to Wear Button to Work

The ACLU of Colorado defended the right of a public employee to wear a three and one-half inch button that said “U.S. Out of Iraq.” The employee’s supervisor forced him to remove the button, stating that it...

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Sep 3, 2010

Legal Access for Prisoners at Yuma County Jail Improves

The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office improved legal access for prisoners at the Yuma County Jail after ACLU of Colorado Staff Attorney Taylor Pendergrass raised concerns about the jail’s policy.

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Sep 3, 2010

ACLU of Colorado Supports Parole for Two Non-U.S. Citizens Held In Detention by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency

The ACLU of Colorado wrote a letter in support of parole for two non-U.S. citizens recently detained by the...

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Sep 3, 2010

Seventh Day Adventist Prisoner Receives Proper Religious Diet

A Seventh-Day Adventist imprisoned in the Colorado Department of Corrections finally received a religious diet after the ACLU of Colorado communicated with prison authorities on the prisoner’s behalf. The...

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Sep 3, 2010

ACLU Protects Religious Rights Of Prisoners At Teller County Jail

When the Teller County Jail told inmates that they would not be allowed to have “certain religious articles or diets,” the ACLU of Colorado stepped in to defend the rights of prisoners to observe their...

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