A federal judge has certified the lawsuit against the City of Denver over homeless camp sweeps as class action. In March of last year, city officials were fed up with the personal items filling the street on the corners of Park Avenue West and Lawrence Street, outside the Denver Rescue Mission. City workers wound up clearing out the items after multiple warnings.
Zakaria Hagig filed suit against President Trump over his initial travel ban. DENVER – A full time student at the Community College of Denver, who is from Libya, is claiming victory in the lawsuit he filed over President Trump’s initial travel ban. The travel ban went into effect January 27.
A second lawsuit arguing Colorado’s laws forbidding people from taking pictures with their ballots is unconstitutional has been filed in federal court, and the matter is likely to be resolved before the Nov. 8 General Election. The second suit was filed in U.S. District Court of Colorado Tuesday, and names three people as plaintiffs: Caryn Ann Harlos, who is the Communications Director …
When Jerry Burton’s sleeping bag and tent were removed by city workers from his campsite near a rapidly developing area close to downtown Denver, he was able to start over again with backup gear he keeps hidden for emergencies — whether his or someone else’s. Now he’s one of nine homeless people suing in federal court to try to stop the city’s sweeps of homeless encampments and, as he …
Homelessness may be the most difficult issue these days for municipal government, at least in big cities like Denver. Every conceivable policy is controversial and denounced as inhumane or, alternatively, as an affront to neighborhoods and the safety and image of commercial districts. Denver has tried to thread the needle by offering a broad spectrum of services on which the city says it spends …
Dozens of homeless people have filled out questionnaires in order to be part of a lawsuit against the City of Denver. They also met with an attorney Thursday afternoon to discuss the pending legal action. Denver7 previously reported that attorney Jason Flores-Williams is taking steps to file an injunction in hopes of stopping homeless sweeps.
Ever since the March 8 and 9 sweeps of homeless encampments near the Denver Rescue Mission, the city has engaged in a sustained crackdown on uprooted and displaced individuals throughout the city. These actions have been documented by “camping ban” statistics kept by the Denver Police Department, as well as by anecdotal …
Gary Godden used to specialize in designing condominiums for first-time buyers near Denver, often completing eight to 10 projects a year before the real-estate crash. But while the Denver area has re-emerged as one of the nation’s hottest real-estate markets, Mr. Godden’s architecture firm has all but exited the condo business. The reason: The threat of litigation for potential construction …
The family of a 20-year-old man shot and killed by Denver police is suing the department. The lawsuit claims there was a cover-up in the case of Ryan Ronquillo. It also claims police used “grossly excessive deadly force.”
The sons of a woman shot to death in 2014 have filed what appears to be the country’s first wrongful death lawsuit against the recreational marijuana industry. The lawsuit claims that the company that made the marijuana edible and the store that sold the candy to Richard Kirk recklessly and purposefully failed to warn him about the bite-sized …