July 05, 2017
The federal government asked the U.S. Supreme Court to deny the petition of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to order a jury trial on federal contempt charges in Arizona because his bench trial already started, and Arpaio can seek relief on appeal after final judgment.
June 26, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to expedite its consideration of a petition for writ of mandamus filed by former southern Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio as he faces criminal contempt charges for allegedly flouting court orders to stop profiling Latinos.
April 14, 2017
Embattled former sheriff Joe Arpaio, facing contempt charges for allegedly flouting orders to stop profiling Latinos during traffic stops, has added a high-profile name to his witness list: Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
April 12, 2017
Former Southern Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Tuesday lost his bid to dismiss contempt charges for allegedly flouting orders to stop profiling Latinos after an Arizona federal judge told him he was attempting to revive issues she had already addressed.
April 04, 2017
Co-defense counsel for ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio, due to stand trial on accusations that he flouted a ban on profiling Latinos at traffic stops, filed a motion in Arizona federal court Monday to withdraw immediately from the case, citing a rule that compels exit if representation would violate professional conduct or law.
March 31, 2017
Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio can't put off a trial over whether he flouted a ban on profiling Latinos at traffic stops even though the trial conflicts with a new lawyer's son's bar mitzvah ceremony, an Arizona judge ruled Friday.
March 20, 2017
Former Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio asked to put off a trial over whether he flouted a ban on profiling Latinos at traffic stops, saying on Friday the trial conflicts with a new lawyer's son's bar mitzvah ceremony, but the government shot back Monday that was a weak excuse to delay the proceedings.
December 16, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice asked an Arizona federal judge Thursday to hear a contempt charge alleging Sheriff Joseph Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, flouted an injunction barring him from profiling Latinos at traffic stops, saying the charge should see a bench trial instead of a jury trial.
November 10, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday blasted a bid by Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, who just lost his bid for re-election, to stay his trial on criminal contempt charges indefinitely until a government investigation is completed in a separate case, saying there were no grounds to combine pending charges into a single trial.
November 07, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday reasserted its earlier conclusion that a deadline has passed for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to have to stand trial for one of the criminal contempt allegations raised by an Arizona federal judge in a case involving the alleged profiling of Latinos at traffic stops.