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A three-judge panel from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a federal court order requiring the City of Denver to provide at least 48 hours' notice before conducting homeless encampment sweeps, even when there are public health or safety concerns. The March 1 ruling comes a month after Judge William J. Martinez of the U.S. District Court of Colorado issued his decision on a motion for a preliminary injunction in the class-action suit filed last October by ten homeless individuals and Denver Homeless Out Loud regarding homeless sweeps during the pandemic. While Martinez d...

On February 4, a Colorado District Court judge ruled that the charges against Adam Wiemold for violating the Fort Collins camping ban must be dismissed, referencing the fact that "shelter was unavailable" the night when the Fort Collins man was cited. “It’s great to know that I won’t have to have this on my record based on what I was going through in my life at that time,” says Wiemold. “I’m happy that this case could potentially help other people who are experiencing homelessness.” In September 2018, Wiemold was sleeping in his car when Fort Collins police cited him for violati...

In a January 25 ruling placing restrictions on the City of Denver's actions related to homeless encampments, Judge William J. Martinez of the U.S. District Court of Colorado used the words "sweep" and "sweeps" 42 times. The City of Denver doesn't like the word "sweep," and it didn't like judge's take on the case. On January 26, it filed an emergency motion in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals asking to block Martinez's ruling, saying that the requirements of his order placed unnecessarily onerous restrictions on city officials. And in a footnote to that motion, lawyers with the Denver City A...

A day after a federal judge placed restrictions on Denver's sweeps of homeless encampments, attorneys representing the city filed an emergency motion in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to block the order. “If Denver is prohibited from making decisions related to encampments when significant public health, environmental, and/or safety risks are found — especially during the COVID-19 pandemic — all Denver’s residents, including people experiencing homelessness, could be placed at grave risk of significant and irreparable harm," Geoffrey Klingsporn, a senior assistant city attorney for...

A federal judge has ruled that the City of Denver must provide advance notice when sweeping homeless encampments, even when a "public health or safety risk exists," he says. "The Court will issue the narrowest injunction possible so that Plaintiffs’ procedural due process rights are protected, and the Denver Defendants are not unduly restrained in their ability to maintain the public health and safety," Judge William J. Martinez of the U.S. District Court of Colorado determined in a ruling released today, January 25. He issued his order in response to a motion for preliminary injunction fi...