No. 25-6755

Robert W. Feldman v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2026-02-06
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law coroner-authority death-investigation district-attorney prosecutorial-discretion sub-delegation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2026-02-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district attorney may charge a person for causing a death that the coroner declines to find was a homicide, and whether this violates the sub-delegation doctrine

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

In a matter of first impression whether the district attorney may charge a person for causing a death that the coroner declines to find was a homicide, after a forensic pathologist and chief medical examiner concur that there was no foul play and issue a death certificate? Whether this is in error of the sub-delegation doctrine violating Colo. Const, art. VI §13, Colo. Const, art. XIV, §8 C.R.S 30-10'606, usurping the Coroners authority? 2

Docket Entries

2026-02-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
2026-02-10
Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
2025-11-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2026)
2025-10-31
Application (25A496) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until January 1, 2026.
2025-10-13
Application (25A496) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 2, 2025 to January 1, 2026, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Colorado
Jillian Joy PriceColorado Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Jillian Joy PriceColorado Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Robert W. Feldman
Robert W. Feldman — Petitioner
Robert W. Feldman — Petitioner