MELENDRES v. MARICOPA COUNTY

No. 15-15996.

815 F.3d 645 (2016)

Manuel De Jesus Ortega MELENDRES; Jessica Quitugua Rodriguez; David Rodriguez; Velia Meraz; Manuel Nieto, Jr.; Somos America, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MARICOPA COUNTY, Defendant-Appellant, and Joseph M. Arpaio, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Walker (argued), Walker & Peskind, PLLC, Scottsdale, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stanley Young (argued) and Michelle L. Morin , Covington & Burling LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Cecillia D. Wang , ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, CA; Dan Pochoda , ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; Andre Segura , ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, New York, NY; Anne Lai , Irvine, CA; Jorge Martin Castillo , Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

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


OPINION

Last year, we issued an opinion affirming (for the most part) the district court's decision to enter a permanent injunction enjoining Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) from conducting racially discriminatory traffic stops. Melendres v. Arpaio (Melendres...

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