DENVER (CN) — A federal magistrate judge on Monday rejected a former judicial ethics official’s request to disqualify the Colorado attorney general’s office from defending the state against his claims of covering up a misconduct scandal.
“Since plaintiff filed his complaint in October 2025, this case has struggled to move forward in a substantive way. The parties have been mired in discussions and motion practice related to disqualification of judges,” wrote U.S. Magistrate Judge Gwynne Birzer in an 18-page opinion.
Christopher Gregory, former executive director of the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline, filed a federal lawsuit against the commission, along with the state governor, Supreme Court justices and attorney general in October. The complaint concerns a financial scandal involving Mindy Masias, a former chief of staff at the State Court Administrator’s Office.
Gregory claims that the trouble began in 2019 when Masias was facing termination over financial problems. He asserts state auditors found Masias and another official were collecting speaking and consulting fees while on state time and approved an unusually large separation settlement to an employee with knowledge of damaging information against them.
Gregory said that auditors found officials attempting to ensure Masias would be granted a $2.66 million to $2.75 million contract for training services as she departed her job — reportedly to prevent a discrimination lawsuit. The contract was later...
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