Hancock, Polis Try to Avoid Testifying in Homeless-Sweeps Lawsuit Saying that they don’t want to take time away from dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Michael Hancock, two other top Denver officials and Governor Jared Polis are all trying to avoid testifying in connection with a federal lawsuit over homeless encampment sweeps in the city.
On December 1, lawyers with the state Attorney General’s Office filed a motion to quash a subpoena asking Polis to testify at an upcoming evidentiary hearing related to the case. A day later, lawyers from the Denver City Attorney’s Office filed a similar motion on behalf of Hancock, Public Safety Executive Director Murphy Robinson and Public Health and Environment Executive Director Bob McDonald.
Andy McNulty, the lawyer from Killmer, Lane & Newman who filed the October 5 lawsuit on behalf of Denver Homeless Out Loud and multiple plaintiffs who were dislocated by sweeps, is pushing back against efforts by Hancock, Robinson, McDonald and Polis to get out of testifying, and has already filed opposing arguments.
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