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# Caryn A. Datz

17th Judicial District District Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: 17th 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.

## Biography

### Professional career

- A graduate of the University of Miami School of Law (2001), Judge Datz began her career as an Assistant Public Defender for the Office of the Public Defender in the 11th District of Florida
- Most recently, Judge Datz served as a Chief Trial Deputy and Senior Deputy District Attorney in Boulder County
- District Court judge for the 17th Judicial District
- After relocating to Colorado, she served as a Deputy District Attorney and as a Chief Trial Deputy in Adams and Broomfield Counties.

### Education



### Additional information

- Appointed to the District Court bench by Governor Hickenlooper in August of 2018.
- Caryn A. Datz is a 2017 graduate of the Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training (COBALT), has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law, and is an active member of several community organizations.

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

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## 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.