We are very happy to announce that Lauren Fontana is joining CREEC as a staff attorney. Lauren spent the last two years teaching in the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Civil Rights Clinic, representing incarcerated individuals. Prior to joining the Clinic,…
New Case: Student Files Complaint Against College for Discrimination
Today, CREEC filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division on behalf of a student at IntelliTec College. The complaint alleges discrimination by a place of public accommodation based on sexual orientation and religion. In June 2015, Crystal Rea,…
Update: Service Animals Case Settles!
In March, CREEC filed a case alleging that a Colorado apartment complex (and its owners and property manager) discriminated against Valerie Gonzales and Traci Eaton, two individuals with disabilities, by denying them the reasonable accommodation of service animals. We’re happy to report…
Amicus Success in the Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit decided yesterday that that you cannot moot a Title III case by keeping the challenged policy and making an exception only for the plaintiff. In Butler v. WinCo Foods, LLC, — Fed. App’x —, 2015 WL 3377837…
CREEC Files Amicus Brief in Support of Voting Rights
Last Wednesday, CREEC teamed up with a huge and amazing group of civil rights and disability rights advocates to file an amicus brief in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to help uphold the rights of people with disabilities to vote…
“Outdoor” “Exercise” at the Colorado State Penitentiary
Read this piece at ThoughtSnax.
CREEC in Court: Deaf Dad Sues Pueblo’s Parkview Medical Center Over Failure to Provide Interpreter
George Baca filed a lawsuit today against Parkview Medical Center of Pueblo, CO in the U.S. District Court in Colorado. The lawsuit asserts that Parkview denied Mr. Baca, who is deaf and communicates using American Sign Language, a sign language…
CREEC’s Anderson case in Prison Legal News
Anderson v. Colorado, a case CREEC is litigating with the Civil Rights Clinic at the University of Denver law school, was featured in a recent issue of Prison Legal News. The headline — Federal Court Orders Colorado to Provide Outdoor…
Wheelchair Users Sue Major Hotel Companies for Inaccessible Transportation
The Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC), along with three individuals who use wheelchairs for mobility, today filed federal class action lawsuits against three major hotel owner/operators, RLJ Lodging Trust, Hospitality Properties Trust, and Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. Each…
CREEC Receives Grant in Honor of Eleanor Crow, Colorado Civil Rights Advocate
Late last year, CREEC was honored to have received a grant allocated by the heirs of Eleanor Elizabeth Gish Crow. Based on Eleanor’s lifelong commitment to civil rights in general and fair housing specifically, her family and heirs decided that…