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Higdon III", "recorded_sex_or_gender": "male", "sex_gender_source": "public appellate caption/name; gender not self-identified", "party_role": "criminal defendant/appellant", "geographic_nexus": "Boulder County prosecution; Colorado Court of Appeals", "agency": "Twentieth Judicial District Attorney / Boulder County criminal justice system", "forum": "Colorado Court of Appeals", "case_number": "People v. Higdon, appellate opinion 2026-04-30; trial case number pending docket verification", "allegation_category": "adjacent_sexual_offense", "dv_designation": "no", "relationship_category": "unknown", "incident_date": "", "government_action_date": "", "final_disposition_date": "2026-04-30", "settlement_or_compensation_date": "", "publication_date": "2026-04-30", "disposition": "conviction reversed and remanded for new trial", "disposition_ground": "Court of Appeals found prosecution use of post-Miranda silence violated due process and was reversible plain error", "appellate_result": "reversed and remanded; mandate/retrial/certiorari not yet verified", "finality_status": "not_final_or_pending_later_docket_check", "verification_status": "verified_primary_partial", "proof_summary": "Verified reversible constitutional/trial error; not factual innocence, false-report finding, or damages award.", "primary_documents": "data/raw_public/unjust_claims/people_v_higdon_2026-04-30.pdf", "contradictory_documents": "", "source_discovery_pathway": "user seed; Colorado Judicial Branch opinion", "include_incident_cohort": "false", "include_government_action_cohort": "false", "include_final_disposition_cohort": "true", "include_publication_cohort": "true" }, { "case_id": "pollack_v_miller_2020_negative", "public_name_or_pseudonym": "Reid Pollack", "recorded_sex_or_gender": "male", "sex_gender_source": "public order uses Mr.; source does not provide self-identified gender", "party_role": "domestic-violence defendant; civil-rights plaintiff", "geographic_nexus": "Boulder County Sheriff's Office arrest/prosecution; District of Colorado civil suit", "agency": "Boulder County Sheriff's Office", "forum": "U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado; Tenth Circuit affirmance pending retrieval", "case_number": "1:17-cv-02444-DDD-NRN", "allegation_category": "core_domestic_violence", "dv_designation": "yes", "relationship_category": "former intimate partner alleged", "incident_date": "2014-06-30", "government_action_date": "2014-07-25", "final_disposition_date": "2020-06-09", "settlement_or_compensation_date": "", "publication_date": "2020-06-09", "disposition": "civil claims failed at summary judgment", "disposition_ground": "district court held probable cause remained even excluding disputed interview; qualified immunity granted", "appellate_result": "Tenth Circuit affirmed per user-supplied seed; primary appellate document pending retrieval", "finality_status": "final as to district order; appellate document pending local preservation", "verification_status": "verified_primary_partial", "proof_summary": "Mandatory negative case: dropped charges and favorable termination did not prove lack of probable cause, fabrication, or malicious prosecution.", "primary_documents": "browser-accessed Justia Document 108; direct curl archival blocked 403", "contradictory_documents": "", "source_discovery_pathway": "user seed; Justia browser source", "include_incident_cohort": "true", "include_government_action_cohort": "true", "include_final_disposition_cohort": "true", "include_publication_cohort": "true" }, { "case_id": "cu_doe_2015_settlement_lead", "public_name_or_pseudonym": "CU Boulder Doe 2015", "recorded_sex_or_gender": "male", "sex_gender_source": "secondary FIRE report describes male student", "party_role": "campus respondent / federal civil plaintiff", "geographic_nexus": "CU Boulder campus administrative proceeding and litigation lead", "agency": "University of Colorado Boulder", "forum": "federal civil litigation alleged; docket pending retrieval", "case_number": "unknown", "allegation_category": "campus_administrative_adjacent_sexual_misconduct", "dv_designation": "no", "relationship_category": "unknown", "incident_date": "", "government_action_date": "", "final_disposition_date": "", "settlement_or_compensation_date": "2015", "publication_date": "2015", "disposition": "secondary report states $15000 settlement and withdrawal/disclosure terms", "disposition_ground": "not verified by primary docket or settlement", "appellate_result": "", "finality_status": "unverified", "verification_status": "verified_secondary_only", "proof_summary": "Seed lead only; does not establish false allegation, CU liability, sex discrimination, or adjudicated damages.", "primary_documents": "data/raw_public/unjust_claims/cu_boulder_fire_2015_settlement_lead.html (secondary source)", "contradictory_documents": "", "source_discovery_pathway": "user seed; FIRE secondary report", "include_incident_cohort": "false", "include_government_action_cohort": "false", "include_final_disposition_cohort": "false", "include_publication_cohort": "true" }, { "case_id": "cu_doe_2016_distefano", "public_name_or_pseudonym": "CU Boulder Doe 2016", "recorded_sex_or_gender": "male", "sex_gender_source": "Justia/user seed describes male student; self-identified gender not verified", "party_role": "campus respondent / federal civil plaintiff", "geographic_nexus": "CU Boulder campus administrative proceeding and federal civil action", "agency": "University of Colorado Boulder", "forum": "U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado", "case_number": "1:16-cv-01789", "allegation_category": "campus_administrative_adjacent_sexual_misconduct", "dv_designation": "no", "relationship_category": "unknown", "incident_date": "", "government_action_date": "", "final_disposition_date": "2019-06-03", "settlement_or_compensation_date": "", "publication_date": "2019-06-03", "disposition": "interlocutory adverse ruling to plaintiff on summary judgment per Justia seed; final disposition pending", "disposition_ground": "district court denied plaintiff's summary-judgment motion before scheduled bench trial", "appellate_result": "unknown", "finality_status": "final outcome not verified", "verification_status": "verified_secondary_only", "proof_summary": "Do not code as victory; final disposition must be checked.", "primary_documents": "browser-accessed Justia Document 177; direct curl archival blocked 403", "contradictory_documents": "", "source_discovery_pathway": "user seed; Justia browser source", "include_incident_cohort": "false", "include_government_action_cohort": "false", "include_final_disposition_cohort": "false", "include_publication_cohort": "true" } ]