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Case Name	Winston v. Polis	PC-CO-0036
Docket / Court	D162020CV31823 ( State Court )
State/Territory	Colorado
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Special Collection	COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)
Attorney Organization	ACLU Chapters (any) University of Denver Civil Rights Clinic
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Defendant-type

Corrections

Jurisdiction-wide

General

Bathing and hygiene

Conditions of confinement

Sanitation / living conditions

Totality of conditions

Medical/Mental Health

COVID-19 Mitigation Granted

COVID-19 Mitigation Requested

COVID-19 Release Requested

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

State law

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Executive Director Governor of Colorado
Plaintiff Description	Medically vulnerable people incarcerated in Colorado state prisons.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any) University of Denver Civil Rights Clinic
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Filed	05/28/2020
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources


	Colorado DOC Population Management Plan - COVID-19 Colorado DOC Date: Apr. 21, 2020 By: Colorado DOC [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Gov. and DOC for Failure to Protect Medically Vulnerable People in Prison from COVID-19 ACLU Colorado Date: 2020 By: ACLU Colorado [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents


Court	Docket(s)
	No docket sheet currently in the collection
	General Documents
State Trial Court 05/28/2020	Complaint PC-CO-0036-0001.pdf \| Detail Source: Plaintiffs' counsel
State Trial Court 11/12/2020	Consent Order on Partial Settlement Agreement PC-CO-0036-0003.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Source: ACLU
State Trial Court 11/13/2020	Amended Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief or, in the Alternative, Mandamus Relief PC-CO-0036-0002.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Source: ACLU

People

Plaintiff's Lawyers

Allison, Reid (Colorado) show/hide docs