Tag: Retaliation
-
Judge reluctantly lets appeal proceed in case of prisoner who missed SCOTUS deadline due to library closure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Wednesday declined to let a jury trial proceed as scheduled and instead opted to let the Denver-based federal appeals court decide if two prison employees have immunity in an incarcerated man’s…
-
Federal judge sides with CU in former student’s retaliation lawsuit
A federal judge concluded last month that a former University of Colorado medical student failed to establish the school unlawfully retaliated against her, as the evidence instead showed faculty raised numerous concerns about her conduct over the years. Mindy Szeto was enrolled in CU’s School of Medicine between 2014 and 2020, through a program combining…
-
Denver police sergeant to face civil trial over alleged First Amendment retaliation, judge rules
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge ruled last month that a jury will evaluate whether a Denver police officer violated a man’s First Amendment rights by knocking his cell phone onto the ground in retaliation for video recording. Brian Loma was recording the city’s operation to dismantle a…
-
Federal judge green-lights First Amendment claim of fired Douglas County school employee
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A jury will decide whether a Douglas County charter school fired an employee because of her protected online speech about vaccinations, a federal judge ruled last month. At the same time, U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak determined Jennifer Webb’s repeated reports of alleged financial…
-
Judge allows ex-Aurora VA doc to proceed with employment discrimination case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge last month permitted a former anesthesiologist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Colorado to proceed with some of her employment discrimination claims, even though a different judge previously found the VA was justified in removing her. Elizabeth Schacht worked for the Rocky…
-
Federal judge dismisses retaliation claim against Jeffco district, allows claim against blogger
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge has dismissed an attorney’s retaliation claim against her former employer, a special district based in Lakewood, while at the same time permitting the lawyer’s defamation claim against a blogger to proceed. Mary Joanne “Jo” Deziel Timmins sued the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation…
-
Judge allows inmate’s lawsuit to proceed against prison officials for failure to protect, retaliation
A federal judge has allowed an inmate to pursue his lawsuit against Colorado prison officials based on allegations they failed to protect him, instructed other prisoners to fight him and retaliated against him for filing grievances. Although the defendants attempted to characterize Terance DeJuan Wilson as a “frequent filer” who regularly pursues scattershot claims in…
-
‘All judges should die’: Colorado man gets 12 years for retaliating against judges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After pleading guilty to three felony counts of retaliating against a judge, 49-year-old Eric Brandt was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison, the Denver District Attorney’s Office said. Brandt faced a maximum sentence of…