Executive Director v. District Court for Boulder County

In this original proceeding filed pursuant to C.A.R. 21,1 we issued a rule to show cause why Boulder County District Court should not grant the petitioners’ motion for a change of venue. We hold that the district court erroneously denied the petitioners’ motion for change of venue under C.R.C.P. 98(b)(2). We thus make the rule to show cause absolute.

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Plaintiffs Gilbert Jones (Jones) and Edward Flys Away (Flys Away) are two inmates at the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility (CTCF) in Fremont County. Plaintiffs Bill Hugenberg (Hugenberg) and Marlon Sherman (Sherman) were two former law…