Gov. Polis loses again in case about his attempted compliance with ICE subpoena

A Denver judge ruled Monday the case against the governor can continue

"A lawsuit filed against Gov. Jared Polis after he attempted to comply with a subpoena from federal immigration officials will continue despite the governor’s efforts to get the case dismissed, a Denver judge ruled Monday.

In his ruling, Denver District Judge A. Bruce Jones said Polis’ request to end the case was “untethered to any rule of procedure supporting the relief requested” and cited an “absence of any legal authority.”

The ruling marks another loss for the governor in the case first brought last June by Scott Moss, the former director of the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics at Colorado’s Department of Labor. Moss alleged Polis directed him to comply with a subpoena from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting the personal information of 35 people, but Colorado law prohibits state agencies from providing personal information to federal immigration officials unless it is related to a criminal investigation.

Polis argued that the subpoena at the center of the case is related to a human trafficking investigation by the Department of Homeland Security, an argument Jones has rejected. The subpoena is titled “Immigration Enforcement Subpoena.”

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