Arapahoe County District Court judge to resign after using N-word, expressing personal views in court Denver7 and last updated 2021-04-17 00:51:05-04 DENVER â The Colorado Supreme Court has accepted Eighteenth Judicial District Court Judge Natalie Chase's resignation after complaints of her using the N-word, discussing racial justice issues while on the bench and asking court employees to help with personal tasks. According to court documents, in late January or early February 2020, Chase, who is white, drove her former law clerk and a Family Court Facilitator, who is Black, to and from a Safe Baby Program in Pueblo. During the car ride, Chase asked the facilitator why white people can't use the N-word and Black people can and whether it was different to say the N-word with an "er" or an "a" at the end of the word, the document says. Chase said the full racial slur multiple times during the conversation, and the facilitator said she was "uncomfortable because she could not leave the car or leave the conversation," the document says.