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POLICING
Abay v. Denver

1:20-cv-01616 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 4, 2020

Case Ongoing

This class-action suit was brought in Colorado state court on June 4, 2020. That same day, the case was removed by the defendants to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint was filed in response to police tactics used against protesters in Denver following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. Plaintiffs were individuals who participated in, observed, or wanted to participate in or observe the protests; they were represented by private counsel. The c…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
King v. City of Colorado Springs

1:19-cv-00829 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: March 20, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 2019

In February 2016, two individuals with mobility disabilities notified the City of Colorado Springs that the City’s policy regarding pedestrian right-of-ways discriminated against people with disabilities by denying them access to the right-of-ways and other public programs and services accessible through the right-of-ways. On August 4, 2016, the plaintiffs and the City entered into a structured negotiations agreement that tolled the statute of limitations on the plaintiffs’ claims. The parties …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Freyer v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.

1:19-cv-03468 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2019

Case Ongoing

On December 10, 2019, the ACLU of Colorado, the ACLU Women's Rights Project, and a private law firm, filed this lawsuit in the District of Colorado on behalf of four pilots employed by Frontier Airlines. The plaintiffs sued under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Colorado state law, alleging that Frontier failed to provide accommodations related to pregnancy and breastfeeding. The Complaint challenged Frontier's allegedly discriminatory policies and practices of forcing pilots onto unp…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Hodgkins v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.

1:19-cv-03469 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2019

Closed Date: April 14, 2022

On December 10, 2019, the ACLU, the ACLU of Colorado, Towards Justice, and a private law firm filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The four individual plaintiffs were female flight attendants who were pregnant and breastfed their children during their employment with Frontier Airlines. The complaint challenged Frontier’s alleged discriminatory policies and practices of penalizing pregnancy-related absences, refusing to provid…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

1:16-cv-02372 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2016

Case Ongoing

On September 20, 2016, the owner of 303 Creative, LLC—a company that specializes in graphic and web design—filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Colorado Attorney General, the director of the Colorado Civil Rights Division, and members of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The plaintiff argued that her Christian beliefs prevented her from designing wedding websites that promote same-sex couples, which would violate two provisions of the Colorado …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Center for Legal Advocacy v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:21-cv-07792 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: March 18, 2021

Case Ongoing

On March 18, 2021, the Center for Legal Advocacy, d/b/a Disability Law Colorado (“DLC”), a federally mandated protection and advocacy (“P&A”) organization for the State of Colorado, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. DLC sued the Colorado Department of Corrections (“CDOC”) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, seeking injunctive relief. DLC brought suit in its representative capacity on behalf of and…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Out of Court Settlement between the United States and Ready to Work, LLC

No Court

On March 17, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice signed an out of court settlement agreement with Ready to Work, LLC, a Colorado homeless services provider, to resolve allegations that Ready to Work had discriminated against a program participant who took medication to manage her opioid use disorder. The Department’s Civil Rights Division opened this investigation after receiving a complaint that in 2019 Ready to Work had refused its services to a potential participant because she used suboxon…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Lawrence v. City of Englewood, Colorado

1:12-cv-01423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 31, 2012

Closed Date: March 8, 2016

On August 13, 2011, a deaf individual who communicated primarily through American Sign Language (ASL) was arrested by officers in the Englewood Police Department (EPD) who deprived him of access to critical medication for diabetes and auxiliary aids or services for effective communication. Throughout the process of the individual’s arrest, booking, and intake, his hearing disability was readily apparent and documented. The EPD failed to provide interpretive services or access to the individual’…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Rabinkov v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:18-cv-02926 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2018

Closed Date: May 3, 2022

On November 14, 2018, a group of deaf prisoners in custody at the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) filed a putative class action against the CDOC alleging violations of the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that CDOC had failed to provide deaf inmates with functioning TTYs, videophones, or other communication assistance technology. On November 20, 2018, plaintiffs moved to consolidate from the plaintiffs in Rogers v. Colorado Department of Corrections, an…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Montoya v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:20-cv-03345 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

On November 9, 2020, a blind woman incarcerated in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) filed this pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiff sued CDOC, its Executive Director, and thirteen other staff members. She alleged that defendants violated the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, CRIPA, CDOC Administrative Regulations as well as her constitutional rights to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment and against cruel and unusual…