Phillip Alfonso Espinoza v. Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender

This is a federal civil rights action brought by plaintiff Espinoza against the defendants in their capacities as attorneys for the Colorado Public Defender’s Office. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983; 28 U.S.C. § 1343. Espinoza claims that he was denied due process and equal protection of the law because the defendants grossly mishandled and neglected legal matters which he had requested that they prosecute.

Specifically, Espinoza alleges numerous instances of the different defendants passing his legal work off to each other without taking any action. Further, he alleges that despite his numerous…