NAKAUCHI v. COWART

Court of Appeals No. 21CA0318.

519 P.3d 397 (2022)

2022 COA 77

Laurie NAKAUCHI, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Wanda COWART, in her official capacity as Director of the Community Assistance Division for Jefferson County, Colorado; Yvette Gallegos, in her official capacity as a child support specialist for Child Support Services; Larry Desbien, in his official capacity as Director of Colorado Child Support Services; Michelle Barnes, in her official capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Human Services, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Announced July 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dynamic Policy Law, LLC, Matthew J. Morrissey , Arvada, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Kimberly Sorrells , County Attorney, Eric T. Butler , Deputy County Attorney, Golden, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants Wanda Cowart and Yvette Gallegos.

Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Virginia R. Carreno , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants Larry Desbien and Michelle Barnes.


¶ 1 Plaintiff, Laurie Nakauchi, appeals the trial court's judgment resolving her civil rights claims against defendants—Wanda Cowart and Yvette Gallegos, employees of Jefferson County Child Support Services (the County), and Larry Desbien and Michelle Barnes, employees of the Colorado Department of Human Services...

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