18th Judicial District Court, Arapahoe County Document Filing Requirements

Applies to

Petition and affidavit

The County Attorney must initiate the action by filing both a Petition for Extension of Restrictive Housing and a sworn affidavit with the Eighteenth Judicial District court.

The County Attorney will initiate a new action by filing a Petition for Extension of Restrictive Housing (“Petition”) and a sworn affidavit (“Affidavit”) with the applicable court in the Eighteenth Judicial District.

Applies to

Petition

The Petition should be filed publicly and should exclude medical and mental health information about the individual.

The Petition should be filed as a public court document and should not include any medical and/or mental health information regarding the individual.

Applies to

Affidavit

The Affidavit should be filed in suppressed status and may include the individual's medical or mental health information.

The Affidavit should be filed in suppressed status and can contain medical and/or mental health information regarding the individual.

Applies to

Petition and affidavit

Must include

certificate of service

The filing County Attorney must include a certificate of service showing service of the Petition and Affidavit on the individual and, if represented, the individual's counsel.

The filing County Attorney must include a certificate of service indicating that the individual and, if represented, the individual’s counsel have been served with the Petition and the Affidavit.

Applies to

Affidavit

If circumstances have changed or additional information should be provided to the court, the local jail must file another suppressed Affidavit with the Petition.

If circumstances have changed and/or there is additional information the local jail believes the court should be apprised of, then the local jail shall file another suppressed Affidavit with the Petition.

Applies to

Special report

The PO must complete the special report titled “SPECIAL REPORT SEEKING APPROVAL TO MODIFY USEFUL PUBLIC SERVICE HOURS” and file it with the court to request an alternative to court-ordered useful public service.

To request an alternative to court ordered useful public service, the PO must receive court authorization through completing the special report titled “SPECIAL REPORT SEEKING APPROVAL TO MODIFY USEFUL PUBLIC SERVICE HOURS” and filing it with the court.

Applies to

Special report

Must include

proposed order

After completing alternative useful public service hours, the officer must file a special report and proposed order for court approval.

Upon completion of alternative to useful public service hours, the officer will complete and file a special report and proposed order to the court for approval.

Applies to

Petition

When the circumstances have not changed, the local jail may file only a Petition stating that there has been no change in circumstances.

If the circumstances have not changed for needing to keep the individual in restrictive housing, then the local jail may file only a Petition representing that there have been no change in circumstances from the original filing.

Applies to

Narrative

The narrative must document all useful public service decisions and whether the client successfully or unsuccessfully completed the alternative service.

All decisions regarding useful public service will be documented in the narratives to include the clients’ successful or unsuccessful completion of the alternative to useful public service.