MELENDRES v. ARPAIO

No. 12-15098.

695 F.3d 990 (2012)

Manuel de Jesus Ortega MELENDRES; Jessica Quitugua Rodriguez; David Rodriguez; Velia Meraz; Manuel Nieto, Jr.; Somos America, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph M. ARPAIO; Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Casey (argued) and James L. Williams , Schmitt, Schneck, Smyth, Casey & Even, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, for the defendants-appellants.

Thomas P. Liddy , Maricopa County Attorney's Officer, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendants-appellants.

Anne Lai (argued), Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, New Haven, CT, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Stanley Young and Andrew C. Byrnes , Covington & Burling LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Tammy Albarran and David R. Hults , Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Lesli Gallagher , Covington & Burling LLP, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Cecillia D. Wang , ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Nancy Ramirez , Mexican American Legal and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Dan Pochoda and James Lyall , ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Andre I. Segura , ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, New York City, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, SUSAN P. GRABER, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (collectively, the Defendants) appeal from the district court's December 23, 2011 order (Order), which granted Manuel de Jesus Ortega Melendres, David and Jessica Rodriguez, Manuel Nieto, Jr., Velia Meraz, the organization Somos America, and the class of individuals the named plaintiffs represent (collectively, the Plaintiffs) "partial injunctive relief...

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