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  1. April 15, 2019

    Judge Rips ACLU For Atty Fee 'Arms Race' In Profiling Row

    An Arizona federal judge has criticized the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona and other organizations for engaging in an attorney fee "arms race," awarding nearly $750,000 of a requested $1.2 million in fees and costs related to their case against Maricopa County, Arizona, for allegedly profiling Latinos for traffic stops.

  2. November 15, 2017

    Ex-Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio Loses Recusal Bid In Profiling Case

    An Arizona federal judge ruled Wednesday that former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio does not have standing to ask for recusal of the judge or the official court monitor from a long-running class action accusing the lawman of profiling Latinos in traffic stops.

  3. October 27, 2016

    Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio Wants Judge Booted In Profiling Case

    Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio called for Judge G. Murray Snow to recuse himself and the official court monitor from a long-running class action accusing the lawman of profiling Latinos in traffic stops, saying Wednesday the judge and monitor were conferring without other lawyers present.

  4. August 22, 2016

    Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio Referred For Criminal Contempt

    An Arizona federal judge on Friday referred Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his deputy to the U.S. Attorney's Office to be prosecuted on criminal contempt charges, finding that they ignored court orders meant to keep officers from profiling Latinos during traffic stops to check their immigration status.

  5. June 24, 2016

    Drivers Blast Ariz. Sheriff's Challenge To Court Authority

    Drivers accusing Maricopa County's sheriff of racial profiling urged an Arizona federal court on Thursday to reject the sheriff's challenge to the court's ability to fix his internal affairs practices that have constitutionally harmed the drivers, calling his arguments unavailing.

  6. June 16, 2016

    Sheriff Monitor Ideas Pitched In Racial Traffic Stops Case

    Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the drivers bringing class claims that his department conducted racially motivated traffic stops to inquire about their immigration status detailed to an Arizona federal court Tuesday their proposals for how independent authorities should conduct internal affairs investigations of the department.

  7. June 09, 2016

    Maricopa County Reluctantly OKs Bigger Traffic Stop Fund

    Maricopa County agreed Wednesday to the $200,000 budget a class of Latinos proposed in their Arizona federal racial-profiling case, in spite of their "eleventh-hour, 60 percent increase" to the fund for contacting individuals detained in violation of a traffic stop injunction.

  8. May 13, 2016

    Controversial Ariz. Sheriff Joe Found In Contempt Of Court

    An Arizona federal judge on Friday found Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in contempt of court for violating orders related to a racial profiling class action, saying the law enforcement chief and other top brass engaged in multiple acts of "misconduct, dishonesty and bad faith."

  9. September 25, 2015

    Ariz. County Says It's 'Full-Fledged' Party In Profiling Case

    Maricopa County continues to press an Arizona federal judge to recognize it as a "full-fledged party" to a racial profiling class action against its controversial sheriff, arguing it is entitled to the same rights as all the other litigants.

  10. September 21, 2015

    Maricopa County Wins Protection For Docs In Profiling Suit

    An Arizona federal judge on Monday sustained the objections of the Maricopa County Attorney's Office to the divulgence of certain documents contained on the county's privilege log, saying that portions of two controversial documents to which the MCAO asserts the work-product doctrine applies are protected from disclosure.