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Arizona
Apr 2023
Prison Inside

Prisoners' Rights

Jensen v. Thornell

UPDATE: In a thorough and sweeping injunction issued on April 7, 2023, U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver is requiring the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (“ADCRR”) to make “substantial” changes to staffing and conditions so that medical care and mental healthcare at Arizona prisons comes up to constitutional standards.
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37 Arizona Cases

File boxes on shelves
Arizona
May 2019

Smart Justice

Ƶof Arizona v. Montgomery

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Aclu Of Arizona V. Montgomery. Explore Case.
Arizona
May 2019
File boxes on shelves

Smart Justice

Ƶof Arizona v. Montgomery

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Arizona
Sep 2017

Immigrants' Rights

Ortega Melendres, et al. v. Arpaio, et al.

This is a class action lawsuit filed in 2007 in which, following a three-week trial, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) was found to have engaged in racial profiling and unlawful traffic stops of Latinos.
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Arizona
Sep 2017
Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Immigrants' Rights

Ortega Melendres, et al. v. Arpaio, et al.

This is a class action lawsuit filed in 2007 in which, following a three-week trial, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) was found to have engaged in racial profiling and unlawful traffic stops of Latinos.
Ortega Melendres, Et Al. V. Arpaio, Et Al.. Explore Case.
Money and US flag
Arizona
Aug 2017

Criminal Law Reform

Cox v. Voyles, et. al.

The ACLU, the Ƶof Arizona, and the law firm Perkins Coie filed the case in 2015 against the Sheriff, the County Attorney, and other Pinal County, Arizona officials, for their enforcement of Arizona’s civil asset forfeiture laws. The defendants filed three motions to dismiss, but a federal court ruled on August 18, 2017, that the claims at the heart of the case can move forward. The judge found that the lawsuit establishes a plausible claim that the state’s asset forfeiture laws violate due process rights “because Defendants have a financial incentive to zealously enforce the forfeiture laws.”
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Arizona
Aug 2017
Money and US flag

Criminal Law Reform

Cox v. Voyles, et. al.

The ACLU, the Ƶof Arizona, and the law firm Perkins Coie filed the case in 2015 against the Sheriff, the County Attorney, and other Pinal County, Arizona officials, for their enforcement of Arizona’s civil asset forfeiture laws. The defendants filed three motions to dismiss, but a federal court ruled on August 18, 2017, that the claims at the heart of the case can move forward. The judge found that the lawsuit establishes a plausible claim that the state’s asset forfeiture laws violate due process rights “because Defendants have a financial incentive to zealously enforce the forfeiture laws.”
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For more than a decade, Joseph Casias of Battle Creek, Mich. has endured the painful symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer. Medical marijuana was his only hope.
Arizona
Dec 2016

Criminal Law Reform

White Mountain Health Center v. Maricopa County

Update: In December 2016, the Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s 2012 ruling that federal marijuana prohibition does not void Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act and that the County and State should therefore allow the White Mountain dispensary to continue operating and providing medicine to qualifying patients in Arizona with debilitating medical conditions.
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Arizona
Dec 2016
For more than a decade, Joseph Casias of Battle Creek, Mich. has endured the painful symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and cancer. Medical marijuana was his only hope.

Criminal Law Reform

White Mountain Health Center v. Maricopa County

Update: In December 2016, the Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s 2012 ruling that federal marijuana prohibition does not void Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act and that the County and State should therefore allow the White Mountain dispensary to continue operating and providing medicine to qualifying patients in Arizona with debilitating medical conditions.
White Mountain Health Center V. Maricopa County. Explore Case.
Joe Robinson and Melissa Mayo
Arizona
Jun 2016

LGBTQ Rights

Robinson v. Dignity Health

The Ƶ filed a federal lawsuit against the fifth largest health care system in the U.S., Dignity Health, because it denies transgender employees health insurance coverage for medically necessary transition-related health care.
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Arizona
Jun 2016
Joe Robinson and Melissa Mayo

LGBTQ Rights

Robinson v. Dignity Health

The Ƶ filed a federal lawsuit against the fifth largest health care system in the U.S., Dignity Health, because it denies transgender employees health insurance coverage for medically necessary transition-related health care.
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