Denver, Colorado, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

Mr. Luethje sued Mr. Kyle and Mr. Kelly under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting claims under the Fourth Amendment for (1) unlawful entry and search of his home, (2) unlawful arrest, and (3) unlawful use of excessive force. He also brought a failure to intervene claim ... More...    $0 (03-19-2025 - CO)

Denver, Colorado civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that he was wrongfully arrested on a warrantless arrest for witness retaliation and seizure of his cell phone pursuant to a warrant.

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Over the course of more than ten years, disputes between Mr. Wieber and his
neighbors generated so many calls to the City of Golden Police Department that in
Oc... More...    $0 (02-27-2025 - CO)

Denver, Colorado personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

Joel Hernandez was wounded when a police officer unintentionally shot him while he was hiding under a cover in the back of a pickup. The district court concluded that the officer was entitled to qualified immunity because our cases do not clearly establish that an unintentional s... More...    $0 (01-02-2025 - CO)

Billy F. May, a former federal prisoner, brought this action in federal district
court under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Mr. May
claims he was denied his due process rights as a prisoner when he was quarantined
without a hearing during a scabies infestation at the prison. The magistrate judge
granted Mr. Segovia summary judgment on two issues: first, th... More...    $0 (07-12-2019 - CO)

Denver, Colorado - Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Lawyers

This appeal grew out of Officer Shawn Miller�s handcuffing of Mr.
Kenneth Zartner during an arrest. In the aftermath, Mr. Zartner sued
Officer Miller under 42 U.S.C. � 1983, claiming excessive force by making
the handcuffs too tight.1 Officer Miller moved for summary judgment based
on qualified immunity, and the... More...    $0 (01-09-2019 - CO)

Denver, CO: Personal injury lawyer represented I.B., a minor child, and her mother, Jane Doe (collectively, �Does�), claim that
April Woodard, a caseworker from the El Paso County Department of Human Services
(�DHS�), a state agency, wrongfully searched I.B. at the Head Start preschool program
in Colorado Springs. Without consent or a warrant, Ms. Woodard partially undressedMore...    $0 (01-04-2019 - CO)

Denver, Colorado civil rights lawyer represented the Estate of Joseph C. "Trey" Duke, III
Following Joseph Duke�s untimely death while in the custody of the Gunnison
County Sheriff�s Office (�GCSO�), Duke�s parents and his estate filed suit against
GCSO and several of its employees. We agree with the district court that the
individual defendants are entitled to qualified ... More...    $0 (11-29-2018 - CO)

Ryan Lee sued four Douglas County Sheriff�s Deputies, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
1983, alleging violations of his First and Fourth Amendment rights. The
defendants moved for summary judgment, arguing that Lee�s rights were not
violated, and even if his rights were violated, that they were entitled to qualified
immunity. The district court granted the defendants� motion in part and... More...    $0 (09-28-2018 - CO)

This case presents the question of whether Colorado’s recently enacted
sentencing scheme for juvenile offenders who received unconstitutional mandatory
sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole (“LWOP”) violates the
Special Legislation Clause of the Colorado Constitution. We conclude that it does not.
¶2 Based on acts that Brooks committed when he was fifte... More...    $0 (09-18-2018 - CO)

A jury convicted fourteen-year-old Lawrence Montoya for the New Year’s
Day murder of a teacher from his school. After serving over thirteen years in
prison, Montoya brought post-conviction claims for ineffective assistance of
counsel and actual innocence. The prosecution agreed to a compromise resulting
in Montoya’s release from prison. He then sued several detectives involved in t... More...    $0 (08-10-2018 - CO)

David Rediger drove to the Rocky Mountain Youth Academy (the “Academy”)—
a nonprofit day treatment school that serves students who are not succeeding in public
school—to speak with Stacey Holland, the Academy’s owner and director. Holland and
her husband had accused Rediger of stealing hay from their property, and Rediger
intended to speak with Holland about the theft charges a... More...    $0 (05-02-2018 - CO)

This appeal addresses whether immigration detainees housed in a private contract
detention facility in Aurora, Colorado (the “Aurora Facility”) may bring claims as a class
under (1) 18 U.S.C. § 1589, a provision of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (the
“TVPA”) that prohibits forced labor; and (2) Colorado unjust enrichment law.
The GEO Group, Inc. (“GEO”) owns and operates th... More...    $0 (02-10-2018 - CO)

On this appeal the parties have asked us to determine how, or even whether, an
important—but subtle and often confusing—doctrine limiting federal-court jurisdiction
should apply to a unique Colorado procedure for “nonjudicial” foreclosure of mortgages.

The jurisdictional doctrine is the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, which forbids lower federal
courts from reviewing state-court c... More...    $0 (01-23-2018 - CO)

Proceeding pro se,1 Kent Vu Phan appeals the district court’s dismissal of his claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101–12213. We affirm.
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Phan filed two lawsuits in state court and received unfavorable judgments in
both. He later brought suit in federal district court against the presiding judges andMore...    $0 (11-06-2017 - CO)

In this interlocutory appeal, Defendant Jonathan Campbell, a South Jordan
City, Utah, police officer, challenges the district court’s decision to deny him
qualified immunity from Plaintiff Matthew Gadd’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim. Having
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, see Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 524-30
(1985), we REVERSE because Gadd has failed to show that Officer Ca... More...    $0 (10-26-2017 - CO)

T.D. sued Kelcey Patton under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating his right to
substantive due process. He relies on a “danger-creation theory,� which provides that
“state officials can be liable for the acts of third parties where those officials created the
danger that caused the harm.� Currier v. Doran, 242 F.3d 905, 917 (10th Cir. 2001)
(quotations omitted).1
... More...    $0 (08-30-2017 - CO)

These three appeals arise from two cases that concern the passage,
implementation, and alleged effects of Amendment 64 to the Colorado Constitution,
Colo. Const. art. XVIII, § 16. Amendment 64 repealed many of the State’s criminal and
civil proscriptions on “recreational marijuana,”1 and created a regulatory regime designed
to ensure that marijuana is unadulterated and taxed, and t... More...    $0 (06-07-2017 - CO)

Stephen Thene Sparks, a Colorado inmate, appeals the district court’s grant of
summary judgment to physician assistants Tejinder Singh and Ted Laurence on his
claim that they violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to diagnose and treat
his diabetes. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm the district
court’s judgment.
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I. BACKGROUND
A. D... More...    $0 (05-31-2017 - CO)

¶1 This is the latest chapter in the legal saga of a young girl who was seriously
injured on her elementary school playground in late 2008. Alexa Rae Loveland, then
nine years old, fell while using the playground’s zip line apparatus and severely
fractured her wrist and forearm. Alexa and her parents filed a tort action against the
school district, seeking damages for Alexa’s injur... More...    $0 (05-22-2017 - CO)

After an investigation spearheaded by Detective Brian Koopman, the Loveland
Police Department (the “Department”) accused former police officer Tammy Fisher
of alerting friends to a child pornography investigation—allowing the friends to
delete files from their computer’s hard drive before the police executed a search
warrant. The Department ultimately decided not to pursue any off... More...    $0 (05-23-2017 - CO)

Five police officers, the individual defendants in this case, appeal the district
court’s denial of their motion to dismiss, based on qualified immunity, five of the six
claims asserted against them by Michael Valdez under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, and
1986. We exercise jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and reverse.
I. Background
The following facts are alleged in the amended ... More...    $0 (03-13-2017 - CO)

In this case, we determine whether an avalanche that occurs within the bounds
of a ski resort qualifies as an “inherent danger[] and risk[] of skiing” under the Ski
Safety Act of 1979, §§ 33-44-101 to -114, C.R.S. (2015) (the “SSA” or “Act”). If so, the
statute would preclude skiers from bringing claims against ski area operators for
injuries resulting from these kinds of aval... More...    $0 (06-02-2016 - CO)

In this case, Jesse Lipschuetz challenged the validity of a rooming and boarding
permit that the City and County of Denver (“the City”)1 issued to Open Door Ministries
(“Open Door”). Lipschuetz—who owns a property adjacent to Open Door’s property—
filed claims against the City and Open Door seeking revocation of the permit. Open
Door filed cross-claims against the City, seekin... More...    $0 (05-24-2016 - CO)

Petitioner Fabian Sebastian filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2014) against
respondents Douglas County, Colorado, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Douglas
County Sheriff David A. Weaver, and Sheriff’s Deputy Greg A. Black (“the County”),
alleging that his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizures was
violated when he was attacked by a K–9 police dog... More...    $0 (02-29-2016 - CO)

In this case, we address whether the government waived its immunity for
injuries petitioner Sara Burnett sustained when a tree limb fell on her as she camped
below in a designated campsite in Cherry Creek State Park. The answer turns on
whether the tree was a “natural condition of . . . unimproved property” under section
24-10-106(1)(e), C.R.S. (2014), of the Colorado Governme... More...    $0 (02-02-2016 - CO)

On July 4, 2004, defendant attended an outdoor musical event
at Lowry Park in Aurora. Also attending were defendant’s wife,
defendant’s sister, and defendant’s friend, Sir Mario Owens. As the
event was ending, defendant’s wife and sister attempted to drive
their vehicle out of the parking lot, but pedestrians leaving the
event refused to move and then insulted the women.... More...    $0 (12-11-2015 - CO)

In 2012, appellant Charles D. Leone II resigned his position as a principal
of Madison Street Partners, LLC (“MSP”). Pursuant to the terms of MSP’s
Operating Agreement, fellow principals Steven Owsley and Drew Hayworth
elected to buy Leone’s interest in MSP. The agreement required the purchase
price to be set at fair market value, as determined in good faith by MSP’s
managers, ... More...    $0 (11-25-2015 - CO)

After Adams 12 Five Star Schools terminated Gina Holub’s employment as an
internal auditor for the School District, she brought this action against the School
District and two of its officials, Superintendent Chris Gdowski and Chief Financial
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Officer Shelley Becker. Holub raised First Amendment and state law claims, alleging
the defendants terminated her employment in retalia... More...    $0 (09-24-2015 - CO)

Appellee Jacob Ind has been incarcerated in Colorado state prisons since
1992. At the time he filed this lawsuit on March 13, 2009, he was in
administrative segregation at the Colorado State Penitentiary (“CSP”) subject to
a limit of two personal books imposed by the Colorado Department of Corrections
(“CDOC”). Mr. Ind filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming theMore...    $0 (09-11-2015 - CO)

Former mayoral appointee, Wayne McDonald, filed this action under 42
U.S.C. § 1983 and Colorado state law after he was terminated from his position
with the City of Denver based on the complaint of Officer Leslie Wise that he had
sexually harassed her. He sued the Mayor of Denver, the Mayor’s press
secretary, and the City and County of Denver for due process violations, breachMore...    $0 (10-28-2014 - CO)