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D. B. v. Colorado, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Colorado, No. 21CA0163 · judgment June 30, 2022


Certiorari denied · March 20, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Colorado law permits courts to join certain non-parents as parties in child welfare cases as “special respondents,” even without their consent, which requires their participation in such cases and compliance with court orders. The question presented is: Can the Colorado appellate courts constitutionally deny such special respondents the right to appeal adverse judgments?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joel Michael Pratt
Law Office of Dailey and Pratt

For respondent
Lindsey Parlin
Parlin Law PC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
22M59

Proceedings

  1. Mar 20 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 22 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
  3. Feb 03 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent The State of Colorado through the Teller County Department of Human Services to respond filed.
  4. Jan 31 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent B.B. to respond filed.
  5. Jan 09 2023
    Motion (22M59) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorar with the supplemental appendix under seal Granted.
  6. Dec 21 2022
    MOTION (22M59) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
  7. Dec 15 2022
    Motion (22M59) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the supplemental appendix under seal filed.
  8. Dec 15 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 8, 2023)