Declaration Of Jeff Newcomb, Doc. 32-1 — D. Colo., CourtListener docket 239393

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Exhibit A, the Declaration of Jeff Newcomb, filed April 21, 2025 as Document 32-1 in Case No. 1:24-cv-03390-RMR in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The declarant states being employed in the Division of Unemployment Insurance of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, with the current title Branch Manager – Unemployment Insurance Customer Services. The declaration describes how the Division provides reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and states that claimants can request them from call center agents or at in-person appointments. It states that the declarant reviewed a claimant's file and that, from the Division's records, the claimant at no time requested accommodations for any disability. It is made under 28 U.S.C. § 1746 as true and correct to the best of the declarant's knowledge and executed in April 2025.

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                                DECLARATION OF JEFF NEWCOMB

        I, Jeff Newcomb, being over age 18 and of sound mind do state as follows:

    1. I am employed by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (“CDLE”) in the
       Division of Unemployment Insurance (“the Division”). I have worked for the Division
       for the past 18 years. My current title is Branch Manager – Unemployment Insurance
       Customer Services.

    2. In my role, I provide strategic oversight for the Division’s benefits customer service
       branch. I ensure we meet customer needs while following federal and state laws and
       regulations.

    3. The Division provides unemployment claimants with reasonable accommodations, as
       required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Any accommodation requests are
       brought to me to ensure relevant policies, procedures, regulations, and laws are followed.

    4. A claimant can request an accommodation at any point when speaking with any call
       center agent.

    5. A claimant can also request an accommodation during an in-person appointment, which
       can be requested online.

    6. Joshua Abrams currently has an active unemployment claim from 2025 and previously
       had a claim in 2023. This claim ended in the last quarter of 2023 when Mr. Abrams
       returned to work.

    7. I have reviewed Mr. Abrams’ claim file and documentation concerning his contacts with
       the Division.

    8. Mr. Abrams had an in-person appointment concerning the 2023 unemployment claim on
       March 30, 2023.

    9. Mr. Abrams has spoken with call center agents multiple times in 2023 and in 2025.

    10. From my review of the Division’s records, at no time did Mr. Abrams request
        accommodations for any disability.

        I declare under penalty of perjury, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, that the foregoing is true
 and correct to the best of my knowledge.


        Executed this 18th day of April 2025.

        ____________________________________

        Jeff Newcomb


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