Colorado Politics: A federal judge rejected Denver Public Schools’ attempt on Monday to obtain documents from 9News related to its interview with a former principal who alleges his termination amounted to a constitutional violation.

At the same time, the attorney for plaintiff Kurt Dennis admitted that Dennis did, in fact, provide documents to the outlet showing a student’s personal identifying information. While the admission could be detrimental to Dennis’ lawsuit overall, U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane said the revelation meant DPS could obtain its desired information from a source other than 9News.

“Mr. Dennis is one of two parties in possession of the documents — the other being 9News — and he has produced them,” said Kane after a hearing. “I do not hold that overriding the reporter’s privilege in this case is appropriate.”

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