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File #: 23-1289    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 9/13/2023 In control: Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee
On agenda: 9/18/2023 Final action: 9/18/2023
Title: A resolution authorizing and approving the expenditure and payment from the appropriation account designated "liability claims," the sum of Eight Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($825,000.00) made payable to Civil Rights Litigation Group, PLLC, in full payment and satisfaction of all claims related to the civil action captioned Juan Valenzuela v. Karl Coleman, et al., which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, Case No. 18-CV-00329-CMA-STV and related appeals Juan Valenzuela v. Coleman, et al., filed in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Appeal Docket Nos.: 22-1105 & 22-1107. Settles a class action lawsuit involving the Denver Police Department. This resolution was approved for filing during City Council briefings finalized on 9-13-2023.
Attachments: 1. 23-1289_Resolution_Valenzuela Liability Claim, 2. 23-1289_Resolution_Valenzuela Liability Claim, 3. 23-1289_signed

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Date Submitted: 9-13-2023

 

Requesting Agency: City Attorney’s Office

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Subject Matter Expert Name: Ashley Kelliher
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Ashley.kelliher@denvergov.org <mailto:Ashley.kelliher@denvergov.org> 
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A resolution authorizing and approving the expenditure and payment from the appropriation account designated “liability claims,” the sum of Eight Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($825,000.00) made payable to Civil Rights Litigation Group, PLLC, in full payment and satisfaction of all claims related to the civil action captioned Juan Valenzuela v. Karl Coleman, et al., which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, Case No. 18-CV-00329-CMA-STV and related appeals Juan Valenzuela v. Coleman, et al., filed in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Appeal Docket Nos.: 22-1105 & 22-1107.

Settles a class action lawsuit involving the Denver Police Department.  This resolution was approved for filing during City Council briefings finalized on 9-13-2023.

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