Legal Docket

ACLU Urges Roaring Fork School Board to Stop School Resource Officers from Collaborating with ICE
The ACLU urged the Roaring Fork School Board to end the current practice of School Resource Officers collaborating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
Department of Justice Investigation of Denver Law Enforcement Request
The ACLU formally asked the Dept. of Justice to investigate a pattern and practice of brutality and racial profiling in Denver law enforcement agencies.
Moffat County School District Ban of "I ♥ Boobies!” Breast Cancer Awareness Bracelets"
The ACLU of Colorado has written a letter to the Moffat County School District, demanding that it end a ban of I ♥ Boobies!” Breast Cancer Awareness Bracelets.
Duarte v. Gypsum Post Office
The ACLU demands that the Gypsum Post Office stop refusing PO boxes to Latino residents of the town who have presented clearly valid ID” on the grounds that the IDs are not “local” or are not “from here.”
Burgbacher v. Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen
The ACLU of Colorado and the national ACLU Women’s Right Project took the first steps towards filing a lawsuit against a Jefferson County public charter school that illegally fired teacher Heather Burgbacher for asserting her right to pump breast milk for her infant child while at work.
Ending The Use Of Punitive Restraints in Colorado Prisons
After months of collaboration and negotiation with ACLU lawyers, the Colorado Dept of Corrections agreed to end the use of punitive restraints on non-violent, compliant inmates.
La Rue v. Colorado Board of Education
The ACLU and others filed suit against the Douglas County School District's voucher program, which violates state law by funneling tax dollars allocated for public education to private religious schools.
ACLU Letter Prompts School To Permit Student To Create Gay-Straight Alliance Club
Thanks to a letter from the ACLU, Greeley high school student Steve Marcantonio will be permitted to start a Gay-Straight Alliance at his school, despite officials’ initial reluctance.
ACLU Demands Colorado Springs Area High School Rescind its Prohibition against Apparel Promoting LGBT Equality
In a letter to school administrators sent yesterday, the ACLU demanded that Falcon High School rescind its prohibition against a student wearing a t-shirt that reads: “marriage is so gay.”
Kemp v. Lawyer
ACLU lawyers filed suit against the Colorado State Patrol in the wrongful death of an unarmed Grand Junction man who was shot at point-blank range and killed in the summer of 2010 when he refused to allow officers to enter his home without a warrant.