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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 (鈥淎DCRR鈥) to make 鈥渟ubstantial鈥 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

Dulce Matuz
Arizona
Apr 2016

Immigrants' Rights

Arizona Dream Act Coalition, et al v. Brewer

The 桃子视频, along with a coalition of civil rights organizations, filed a class-action lawsuit challenging Arizona Governor Jan Brewer鈥檚 unconstitutional executive order, which denies driver鈥檚 licenses to a specific class of immigrant youth despite their being authorized to live and work in the United States.
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Arizona
Apr 2016
Dulce Matuz

Immigrants' Rights

Arizona Dream Act Coalition, et al v. Brewer

The 桃子视频, along with a coalition of civil rights organizations, filed a class-action lawsuit challenging Arizona Governor Jan Brewer鈥檚 unconstitutional executive order, which denies driver鈥檚 licenses to a specific class of immigrant youth despite their being authorized to live and work in the United States.
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Prison cell with window
Arizona
Apr 2016

Prisoners' Rights

Graves v. Penzone

Despite a federal court order from 2008, the Maricopa County jails 鈥 overseen by Sheriff Joe Arpaio 鈥揷ontinue to skirt their constitutional responsibility for detainees' mental health. On April 1, 2016, the 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Arizona 鈥 which have represented the detainees at the Maricopa County jails for close to 20 years 鈥 filed a motion to enforce the 2008 order. Many detainees with mental illnesses were still suffering unnecessarily from the scarcity and poor quality of the jails' care.
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Arizona
Apr 2016
Prison cell with window

Prisoners' Rights

Graves v. Penzone

Despite a federal court order from 2008, the Maricopa County jails 鈥 overseen by Sheriff Joe Arpaio 鈥揷ontinue to skirt their constitutional responsibility for detainees' mental health. On April 1, 2016, the 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Arizona 鈥 which have represented the detainees at the Maricopa County jails for close to 20 years 鈥 filed a motion to enforce the 2008 order. Many detainees with mental illnesses were still suffering unnecessarily from the scarcity and poor quality of the jails' care.
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Doctors shouldn't be forced to LIE to women
Arizona
Oct 2015

Reproductive Freedom

Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc. v. Brnovich - Arizona Medication Abortion Restrictions

The ACLU, along with the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood, has challenged an Arizona law that forces doctors to lie to and mislead patients by telling them that it may be possible to reverse a medication abortion.
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Arizona
Oct 2015
Doctors shouldn't be forced to LIE to women

Reproductive Freedom

Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc. v. Brnovich - Arizona Medication Abortion Restrictions

The ACLU, along with the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood, has challenged an Arizona law that forces doctors to lie to and mislead patients by telling them that it may be possible to reverse a medication abortion.
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Arizona
Sep 2015

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Welton v. State of Arizona

In March 2014 the Maricopa County Superior Court ruled in favor of Zander Welton, finding that his parents and physicians could resume treating his seizure disorder with a marijuana extract. Sadly, Zander passed away in September 2015. During the trial, Judge Katherine Cooper found that the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA), approved by voters in 2010, allows patients to use marijuana extracts without fear of prosecution. In October of 2013, the 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Arizona sued the county on behalf of Zander and his parents, Jennifer and Jacob Welton, because Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and other Arizona law enforcement agents had asserted that the AMMA does not sanction the use of marijuana extracts and threatened criminal charges for patients who used extracts.
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Arizona
Sep 2015

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Welton v. State of Arizona

In March 2014 the Maricopa County Superior Court ruled in favor of Zander Welton, finding that his parents and physicians could resume treating his seizure disorder with a marijuana extract. Sadly, Zander passed away in September 2015. During the trial, Judge Katherine Cooper found that the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA), approved by voters in 2010, allows patients to use marijuana extracts without fear of prosecution. In October of 2013, the 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Arizona sued the county on behalf of Zander and his parents, Jennifer and Jacob Welton, because Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and other Arizona law enforcement agents had asserted that the AMMA does not sanction the use of marijuana extracts and threatened criminal charges for patients who used extracts.
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Lopez-Valenzuela, et al. v. Maricopa County, et al.
Arizona
Jun 2015

Immigrants' Rights

Lopez-Valenzuela, et al. v. Maricopa County, et al.

After a long legal battle the ACLU, on behalf of plaintiffs in Lopez Valenzuela v. Maricopa County prevailed by blocking further implementation of a law that for years did not allow judges to even consider bail for criminal defendants who were suspected of having entered or remained in the United States illegally, and which applied to most state felony charges in Arizona, including relatively minor crimes such as shoplifting and possessing a phony ID. As a result of Proposition 100, which amended the state constitution, state courts were required to jail countless individuals who posed no risk of flight or danger to others.
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Arizona
Jun 2015
Lopez-Valenzuela, et al. v. Maricopa County, et al.

Immigrants' Rights

Lopez-Valenzuela, et al. v. Maricopa County, et al.

After a long legal battle the ACLU, on behalf of plaintiffs in Lopez Valenzuela v. Maricopa County prevailed by blocking further implementation of a law that for years did not allow judges to even consider bail for criminal defendants who were suspected of having entered or remained in the United States illegally, and which applied to most state felony charges in Arizona, including relatively minor crimes such as shoplifting and possessing a phony ID. As a result of Proposition 100, which amended the state constitution, state courts were required to jail countless individuals who posed no risk of flight or danger to others.
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