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# A. Nathaniel Baca

6th Judicial District District Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: 6th Judicial District District Court
- State: Colorado
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### expanded media coverage

Scope: statewide

Colorado expanded media coverage requests must comply with Chapter 38, Rule 3 and are submitted to the court before the proceeding; authorization remains subject to court rules, orders, restrictions, and limitations.

Evidence excerpt: you agree with the criteria set forth in Chapter 38, Rule 3, as well as all orders, rules, restrictions, or limitations issued or imposed by the court

[Request for Expanded Media Coverage](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/request-expanded-media-coverage?topic=76&wrapped=true)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### expanded media notice

Scope: statewide

Colorado expanded media coverage applications generally must be submitted at least twenty-four hours before the court proceeding, though judges may consider shorter-notice requests in some circumstances.

Evidence excerpt: Expanded Media Coverage applications to be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the court proceeding in question.

[Request for Expanded Media Coverage](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/request-expanded-media-coverage?topic=76&wrapped=true)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/contact/nathaniel-baca)
- [Official roster](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/contact/nathaniel-baca)
- [Colorado Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/contact/nathaniel-baca)
- [Request for Expanded Media Coverage](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/request-expanded-media-coverage?topic=76&wrapped=true)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge of the 6th Judicial District Court of Colorado, appointed by Governor Jared Polis on January 5, 2023 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Hon. Todd P. Norvell
- La Plata County Court Judge (2022–2023)
- Dolores County Court Judge (2020–2022)
- Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Municipal Defender, Denver (2016)
- Attorney, Mountain Legal, LLC (2011–2016)

### Education

- J.D., University of Texas at Austin School of Law (2009)
- in Economics, Northwestern University — B.A. (2003)

### Additional information

- His term will conclude January 13, 2027, after which he will not seek retention, creating a vacancy for a new judge in 2027
- District Court Magistrate (2021–2022) in the 22nd Judicial District
- Assistant to the Public Defender, New Mexico Public Defenders (2010–2011)
- He was admitted to the bars of New Mexico (2009) and Colorado (2011) and served as President‐Elect of the Colorado Bar Association



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Request for Expanded Media Coverage](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-18f557a3dab23203e245f5e3) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/request-expanded-media-coverage?topic=76&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26.