U.S. v. COUNTY OF MARICOPA, ARIZONA

No. 15-17558.

889 F.3d 648 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF MARICOPA, ARIZONA, Defendant-Appellant, and Paul Penzone, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Elizabeth Parr Hecker (argued) and Thomas E. Chandler , Attorneys; Gregory B. Friel , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Richard C. Tallman, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The United States brought this action to halt racially discriminatory policing policies instituted by Joseph Arpaio, the former Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Under Arpaio's leadership, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) routinely targeted Latino drivers and passengers for pretextual traffic...

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