--- title: "Sueanna P. Johnson | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sueanna-p-johnson-co-court-of-appeals-judge-statewide" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Sueanna P. Johnson Colorado Court of Appeals · Judge ## Profile - Court: Colorado Court of Appeals - 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/sueanna-p-johnson) - [Official roster](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/contact/sueanna-p-johnson) - [Colorado Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/contact/sueanna-p-johnson) - [Request for Expanded Media Coverage](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/request-expanded-media-coverage?topic=76&wrapped=true) - [Wikidata: Sueanna P. Johnson](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139858856) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sueanna-p-johnson-co-court-of-appeals-judge-statewide", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sueanna-p-johnson-co-court-of-appeals-judge-statewide", "name": "Sueanna P. 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(2003) - Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Colorado College in 1997, studying abroad at the University of Manchester in England during her junior year. ### Additional information - Appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals on December 2, 2019, and sworn in on February 13, 2020. - During her junior year in college, she studied abroad at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England. - Judge Johnson has been admitted to practice before the Colorado courts, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. - She is active within the Colorado Asian Pacific American Bar Association and is a member of the Thompson G. Marsh Inn of Court. - She previously served on the Board for the Young Lawyers Division of the Colorado Bar Association. - As a person with albinism and a visual impairment, she is a member of the National Organization of Albinism and Hypopigmentation. - For that organization, she speaks to parents who have children with albinism, and was a featured adult in the book Raising a Child with Albinism: A Guide to the School Years. ## 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.