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A new ruling by a federal judge in California could create a road map for plaintiffs suing the City of Denver over the past summer's homeless sweeps. "It’s pretty much the exact ruling we’re looking for from our judge, and the exact same case," says Andy McNulty, the Killmer, Lane & Newman attorney who filed a lawsuit against Denver and the State of Colorado on behalf of ten homeless individuals and Denver Homeless Out Loud in October. The suit asks the U.S. District Court of Colorado to put a pause on the sweeps of homeless encampments during the COVID-19 pandemic; Judge William Marti...

The lawsuit, filed by Denver Homeless Out Loud and ten homeless individuals in October 2020, charges that by performing sweeps during a pandemic, the City and County of Denver and various officials are violating Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. The CDC currently advises municipalities not to sweep encampments during the pandemic, to avoid the possible spread of COVID-19. The suit further claims that the City and County of Denver has been violating aspects of a September 2019 federal court settlement stipulating certain requirements regarding sweeps, including advance no...

Homeless people in a park in downtown Denver. (Courthouse News photo / Chris Marshall) (CN) — Denver health officials explained in federal court on Wednesday why they shirked Covid-19 guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and cleared homeless encampments without notice — a move a class of Denverites experiencing homelessness say violates a settlement agreement. According to the lawsuit filed Oct. 5, Denver cleared at least 11 homeless camps between April and August, displacing more than 1,000 unhoused citizens. Covid-19 guidelines from the CDC advise against clear...

During two days in federal court this week, Denver officials and a group of homeless individuals who've sued the city painted vastly different pictures of homeless encampment sweeps during the COVID-19 pandemic. "I think the presence of encampments is a complex and very difficult issue. I don’t think there’s a clear right and wrong answer in how we handle this complex problem," Bill Burman, director of Denver Public Health, testified. The evidentiary hearing stemmed from a lawsuit filed in October by Andy McNulty of Killmer, Lane & Newman LLC on behalf of Denver Homeless Out Loud and ten...

Homeless people in a park in downtown Denver. (Courthouse News photo / Chris Marshall) (CN) — A class of homeless Denverites asked a federal judge on Tuesday to bar the city from clearing encampments without notice, which they say violates a settlement agreement. According to the lawsuit filed Oct. 5, Denver cleared at least 11 homeless camps between April and August, displacing more than 1,000 unhoused citizens. Covid-19 guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise against clearing encampments unless adequate housing is available. “We’ve seen how the Cov...