Fourth Judicial District — El Paso and Teller Counties


 

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Referred to locally as the Filthy Fourth because of its abysmal record on civil liberties, especially Second Amendment, and the incredible number of domestic violence cases, more than three times the number in the comparable First Judicial District.
El Paso County Judicial Building

20 East Vermijo

Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903

Information Number: (719) 448-7700

Facsimile: (719) 329-7046 (Colorado Springs)

Teller County Courthouse

101 West Bennett Avenue,

P.O. Box 997,

Cripple Creek, CO 80813

Facsimile (719) 689-3038 (Cripple Creek)

Office of Trust & Estate Administration (Probate Court)

105 East Vermijo, Suite 120

Colorado Springs, CO 80903


 
    Table 17: Fourth Judicial District (El Paso and Teller Counties)

Name of Judge

Telephone

Case Links

Comments

 

District Judges

Douglas E. Anderson

El Paso County

 

Not recommended for retention. Stepped down end of 2003 with full retirement benefits.

Peter W. Booth

El Paso County

 

Stepped down November 2003.

Rebecca S. Bromley

El Paso County

 

Retired July 3, 2007.

Theresa M. Cisneros

El Paso County

(719) 448-7528

 

Reported to be biased and unfair in family issues.

Edward S. Colt

El Paso County

(719) 227-5192448-7524

 

 

Ronald Crowder

 

 

Appointed July 14, 2006. Major general in Colorado National Guard and served as advisor in the Balkans. Former deputy DA and municipal judge in Manitou Springs.

93DR266

(click here for a ruling as incoherent as you are likely to see, dated October 15, 2007)

Ignoring res judicata and stare decisis, as well as Colorado statutes, in 2007 Crowder reopened this divorce case after 14 years and forced husband to provide life insurance with ex-wife, who has remarried, as beneficiary. Crowder also readjudicated ex-husband's military retirement pay to ex-wife's advadvantage 14 years after their divorce. Husband now fears for his life with ex-wife beneficiary of a $400,000 life insurance policy

(click here for transcript of 2007 hearing).

Jann DuBois

El Paso County

(719) 448-7558

 

Appointed August 5, 2005. Formerly a magistrate in 4 th JD.

David A. Gilbert

(719) 448-7524

 

 

Deborah Grohs

 

 

Appointed by Gov. Ritter August 9, 2007. Grohs is a former public defender and worked in private practice from 2004 until her appointment.

Richard V. Hall

El Paso County

 

Retired March 31, 2006.

Thomas K. Kane

El Paso County

(719) 448-7508

 

 

J. Patrick Kelly

El Paso County

(719) 448-7532

 

 

Thomas Kennedy

Teller County

(719) 687-8014

 

Colorado Springs Police Protective Association recommended he not be retained in 2002. Reports are he shouts and screams from the bench, should be taking anger management classes instead of sentencing people to them. In 2002 Judicial Performance Commission recommended two year probation due to numerous credible complaints that he is not of proper judicial temperament. Misapplies the law on a regular basis. Knowingly violates constitutional rights and then advises litigants of their option to appeal.

Robert L. Lowrey

(719) 448-7544

 

 

Gilbert A. Martinez

(719) 448-7536

 

Has been shot at in his home. Reported to be biased and unfair in family issues.

David G. Miller

(719) 329-7048

 

 

Steven T. Pelican

El Paso County

(719) 448-7520

 

 

David S. Prince

(719) 448-7504

 

Appointed by Gov. Bill Owens in February 2006. Experience is with civil litigation in private practice. No prior judicial experience.

Kirk Stewart Samelson

Chief Judge

(719) 227-5193

 

 

Larry E. Schwartz

El Paso County

(719) 448-7632

 

 

David Shakes

(719) 448-7512

 

 

Timothy J. Simmons

El Paso County

(719) 227-5129

 

 

D. Richard Toth

 

Not recommended for retention. "Retired" after calling litigant in case he was hearing an overeducated nigger.

Despite forced retirement he is now working as a "traveling" senior judge for Colorado, filling in for vacationing judges across the state.

Gregory R. Werner

 

 

Appointed July 14, 2006. Formerly an attorney with State Farm Insurance.

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County Judges

Christopher Acker

(719) 448-7604

 

 

Caroline Benham

El Paso County

 

No longer on bench as of February 2007.

Geoffrey H. deWolfe

El Paso County

 

No longer on bench as of February 2007.

Karla J. Hansen

El Paso County

(719) 448-7612

 

 

Barney Iuppa

El Paso County

(719) 448-7624

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Sentenced man to 1 year in jail because he objected to reading redfem hate literature during DV "treatment."

Sylvia Manzanares

El Paso County

(719) 448-7628

Retired May 2007.

Larry Martin

El Paso County

(719) 448-7616

 

 

James S. Patterson

El Paso County

(719) 448-7620

 

 

Jackson L. Peters Jr.

Teller County

(719) 689-2543

 

 

Stephen J. Sletta

El Paso County

(719) 448-7600

 

 

Jonathan Walker

El Paso County

 

 

Appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter in May 2007 to replace Manzanares. Former public defender and member of CO DV offender management board.

Daniel S. Wilson (Atty)

(719) 448-7608

 

 

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Magistrates

Carol Carter

District

(719) 448-7517

No longer on bench as of February 2007.

Robert C. Erler

District

(719) 448-7548

 

Warns defendants in DV cases that they will lose their Constitutional rights if they accept a plea bargain.

M. Flynn Feeney

El Paso County

Probate

(719) 448-7687

 

 

Monica Jo Gomez

District

 

 

Promoted to Douglas County (18 th Judicial District) judge in February 2007.

E. David Griffith

Probate

(719) 448-7554

No longer on bench as of June 2000.

Heard to remark that he could visit Vail and golf at the expense of a ward of the court.

Barbara Hughes

District

(719) 448-7652

 

 

Denise Peacock

District

(719) 448-7517

 

 

Ann Rotola

District

(719) 448-7517

 

 

Jeffrey O. Saufley

El Paso County

(719) 448-7615

 

 

Scott A. Sells

District

(719) 448-7561

 

 

Evelyn Sullivan

District

(719) 448-7567

 

 

William Trujillo

District

(719) 448-7561

 

 

Regina Walter

District

(719) 448-7564

 

 

Daniel M. Winograd

El Paso County

(719) 448-7636

 

 

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