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  1. September 16, 2015

    Ariz. County Must Turn Over Privileged Docs In Profiling Suit

    An Arizona federal judge ordered Maricopa County on Wednesday to turn over nearly all of the documents that appear on its privilege log, even if covered by the attorney-client privilege or work-product doctrine, in a long-standing racial profiling class action.

  2. September 15, 2015

    Ariz. County Trying To Slip Out Of Profiling Suit, DOJ Says

    The U.S. Department of Justice asked an Arizona federal judge Monday to deny Maricopa County's motion for recognition of its rights as a party litigant in a long-standing profiling class action, saying the county is actually attempting to establish that it is an inappropriate party to the lawsuit.

  3. September 14, 2015

    Ariz. Profiling Class Slams Ex-Official's Bid To Kill Charge

    A retired executive chief in Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff's Office should not be allowed to duck civil contempt charges for his alleged role in the office's violation of a Arizona federal court's preliminary injunction in the long-standing profiling class action, the plaintiffs argued on Friday.

  4. September 10, 2015

    Ariz. Traffic Stop Plaintiffs Want Info On Confiscated IDs

    Plaintiffs in a racial profiling class action against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office asked a federal court Thursday to force MCSO members to respond to questions about a July 17 meeting where they allegedly discussed not disclosing about 1,500 IDs in their custody to a court-appointed monitor. 

  5. August 31, 2015

    DOJ Slams Arpaio Over Biased Policing Against Hispanics

    The U.S. Department of Justice filed an intervenor complaint Monday against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a long-running case over his office's practice of detaining Latinos based on their race, saying Hispanic people have been systematically denied constitutional rights in Maricopa County.

  6. August 14, 2015

    DOJ Can Intervene In Race Bias Case Against Sheriff Arpaio

    An Arizona federal judge Thursday granted the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division's bid to intervene in a racial profiling class action against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, saying the government is entitled to do so under both federal rules and civil rights law.

  7. July 29, 2015

    Arpaio Conflicts Should Bar Atty In Bias Case, Court Told

    Plaintiffs in a racial profiling class action against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio asked a federal court Tuesday to block attorney Larry Klayman from representing a man hoping to intervene in the case, saying that Klayman would have a conflict with Arpaio, who he represents in other litigation.

  8. July 21, 2015

    DOJ Seeks To Intervene In Bias Suit Against Sheriff Arpaio

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday moved to intervene in a racial profiling lawsuit against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, telling the court the behavior of Arpaio and his office has made it clear the DOJ's involvement was necessary.

  9. July 15, 2015

    Ariz. Sheriff Not Complying With Stops Order, Monitor Says

    An independent monitor supervising Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Arizona office's compliance with a permanent injunction against detaining Latinos in vehicles based on questions over their immigration status told a federal court Tuesday the office has "made no appreciable gains" in obeying the order.

  10. July 13, 2015

    Ariz. Judge Denies Arpaio's DQ Motion In Traffic Stops Suit

    U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow on Friday refused an Arizona sheriff's request that he remove himself from a racial-profiling case, saying the lawman's request was legally insufficient and untimely.