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1 judge to consider all challenges to Ariz. law

Jun. 25, 2010 05:40 PM
Associated Press
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All five constitutional challenges to Arizona's controversial new immigration enforcement law will be heard by one federal judge in Phoenix.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton already was assigned two of the cases. On Friday, she ordered the other three transferred to her.


The cases at least for now remain separate, but Bolton says it's clearly in the "interest of judicial economy" to have one judge preside over all five. She also notes that all five cases remain in early stages of consideration.

The Arizona law takes effect July 29 unless blocked by a court. Its provisions include a requirement that police officers enforcing another law to question a person's immigration status if there's a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally.



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anybody know anything about this Judge?

eeww...not liking what I am reading on her at Judgepdedia Nominated by Bill Clinton

Susan Bolton
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1 Early life and education
2 Legal career
3 Federal judicial career
4 External links
5 References

Susan Bolton is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. She joined the court in 2000 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.

Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bolton graduated from the University of Iowa with her Bachelor's Degree in 1973 and her Juris Doctor degree in 1975. [1]

Legal career
Bolton was a law clerk for Arizona State Appeals Judge Laurance Wren in the Arizona Court of Appeals from 1975 to 1977. Bolton entered private practice in the State of Arizona from 1977 to 1989 before bcoming a Superior Court Judge in the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County from 1989 to 2000.[1]

Federal judicial career
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, Bolton was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Arizona by President Bill Clinton on July 21, 2000 to a seat vacated by Robert Broomfield. Bolton was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 3, 2000 on the unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on October 13, 2000. [2]

External links
Judge Bolton Federal Judicial Center Biography
References
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Judge Susan Bolton FJC Bio
2.↑ "THOMAS" Susan Bolton USDC, AZ confirmation:PN1157-106

found on the KTAR website...

Groups seek new judge in immigration challengeby Associated Press (May 25th, 2010 @ 5:54am) Policy >> Comments:37 PHOENIX - Civil rights groups seeking to throw out Arizona's new immigration law have asked that their case be transferred to a judge who is already considering another challenge to the law.


The American Civil Liberties Union, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and other groups are asking that their lawsuit be transferred from U.S. Magistrate Mark Aspey to U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton.

Bolton has already been assigned to hear a challenge by a Washington-based researcher.

The civil rights groups say both lawsuits make similar claims and could later be consolidated if the presiding judge feels it's appropriate.

In all, five challenges to the law been filed. Each was assigned to a different federal judge.

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Maybe this case will still be fresh in her mind...

Judge sentences Mexicans to prison on gun charges
Associated Press

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 11:18 AM


PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Attorney's office in Phoenix says seven men from Mexico have been sentenced to prison for carrying guns during a violent crime.

All seven defendants had pleaded guilty to hostage taking.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on Monday sentenced 23-year-old Oscar Daniel Hernandez-Juarez and 38-year-old Jaime Zamora-Martinez to 10 years in federal prison for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a violent crime. The other five men received sentences of five to eight years in prison.

El Mirage police officers discovered 37 men and one woman dressed in their underwear crammed into a house in January. The bedroom windows of the house had been covered with boards.

Witnesses say the smugglers were holding them hostage at gunpoint until family members paid a ransom.

August 09, 2002


CHANDLER SUIT OVER IMMIGRANT SWEEP DISMISSED




A federal judge in Arizona has dismissed a civil-rights lawsuit against the INS for a sweep targeting illegal aliens in Chandler, Arizona, in 1997. The Chandler sweep was seized upon by pro-illegal immigration groups as a rhetorical weapon to be used against any kind of successful interior enforcement of immigration law. But, the Arizona Republic reports, "In a ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ordered the case dismissed because plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that Border Patrol supervisors were to blame for any wrongdoing or to cite any law that was broken by the INS."

Decided by a Judge? Are you kidding me?

DRUG SMUGGLER SENTENCED FOR IMPORTING MORE THAN ONE TON OF MARIJUANA ACROSS BOMBING RANGE

PHOENIX – Adrian Lopez-Martinez, 23, of San Luis, Mexico was sentenced Monday to 70 months in federal prison followed by five years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee. Lopez-Martinez pleaded guilty on March 30, 2010, to a one count Information alleging that he imported 100 kilograms or more of marijuana into the United States from the Republic of Mexico.

On May 22, 2009, Lopez-Martinez and a co-defendant, Esteban Balderas-Sanez, entered the U.S. from Mexico south of Wellton, Ariz., in a red Ford truck loaded with approximately 1,070 lbs. of marijuana. The vehicle attempted to cross the desert at night through the Barry M. Goldwater Bombing Range.

Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector responded to the scene and pursued the truck and eventually found the vehicle abandoned in the desert. A short time later, Border Patrol agents located the defendants hiding behind bushes. The defendants were found without shoes, food or water. Border Patrol agents were able to trace the defendants’ footprints back to the location of the abandoned red truck. Border Patrol agents with Yuma Sector’s Critical Incident Team were able to obtain fingerprints from the red truck which later matched the defendants.

Balderas-Sanez’s sentencing hearing was held on May 3, 2010, before U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton. He was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release.

The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector. The prosecution was handled by Bret Alexander and Brian Larson with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona.

CASE NUMBER: CR-09-00728-001-PHX-SMM

RELEASE NUMBER: 2010-127(Lopez-Martinez)

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PHOENIX — A Mexican national was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to prison for his involvement in a shootout in eastern Pinal County.

Luis Alfredo Lopez-Sanchez, 38, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced by Judge Susan R. Bolton to four years in prison after pleading guilty to assault on a federal officer.

Lopez-Sanchez illegally crossed into U.S. from Mexico on Aug. 3, 2009. Four days later, a Border Patrol helicopter on patrol duty near Red Rock spotted him and landed in order to offer medical assistance. As one of the helicopter’s occupants began to approach, Lopez-Sanchez ran to his nearby pickup truck, started the engine and drove toward the agent.

The agent fired three gunshots in an attempt to divert the vehicle’s path, then fell to the side at the last moment, sustaining minor injuries.

As Lopez-Sanchez sped away and the helicopter gave chase. He eventually drove through a fence, jumped out of his truck, fled on foot and dove into the Santa Cruz River in an effort to elude capture. When Lopez-Sanchez was found, he resisted arrest and had to be subdued with pepper spray.

“Federal agents put their lives on the line every day to protect our nation’s borders by patrolling rough, often hostile terrain, and give assistance to those in distress,â€

if this judge deals with these kinds of cases , day in and day out ... well then someone who's forced to look reality wide eyed in the face every single day might not be so bad for us after all !