Thread: Ariz. sheriff to appeal decision in profiling case

lasvegassun.com
The Associated Press
Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 | 1:09 p.m.

An Arizona sheriff known for his anti-illegal immigration tactics is appealing a federal judge's ruling that prohibited his deputies from detaining people under the state's immigrant-smuggling law based solely on the suspicion that they're in the country illegally.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyers told U.S. District Judge Murray Snow in a filing Friday that they will appeal the judge's Dec. 23 ruling in a lawsuit alleging that the sheriff's deputies racially profiled Latinos in immigration patrols.

Lawyers pushing the lawsuit on behalf of five Latino clients also won class-action status that lets other Hispanics join the case if they have been detained and questioned by Arpaio's deputies as either a driver or passenger in a vehicle since January 2007.

Ariz. sheriff to appeal decision in profiling case - Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 | 1:09 p.m. - Las Vegas Sun

wdbo.com
By JACQUES BILLEAUD
The Associated Press
Updated: 3:35 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2012

PHOENIX —



Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is appealing a federal judge's ruling that prohibited his deputies from detaining people under Arizona's immigrant smuggling law based solely on the suspicion that they're in the country illegally.

Arpaio's lawyers told U.S. District Judge Murray Snow in a filing Friday that they will appeal the judge's Dec. 23 ruling in a lawsuit alleging that the sheriff's deputies racially profiled Latinos in immigration patrols.

Lawyers pushing the lawsuit on behalf of five Latino clients also won class-action status that lets other Hispanics join the case if they have been detained and questioned by Arpaio's deputies as either a driver or passenger in a vehicle since January 2007.

The judge's decision further limits Arpaio's immigration authority after the federal government accused the sheriff's office of a wide range of civil rights violations and cut off the sheriff's federal immigration powers last month.

Tim Casey, an attorney representing the sheriff's office, said the judge's ruling raises questions about what sort of reasonable suspicion Arpaio's deputies need to enforce Arizona's smuggling law. "Do you need it (reasonable suspicion) on one element or on all elements of the law?" Casey said. "We need some clarification."

The sheriff's lawyers haven't yet filed their appeal with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, but they told the lower court judge that they intend to appeal the judge's class-action status ruling and his decision to limit the way Arpaio's deputies enforce the smuggling law.

"I do think we are on very solid ground moving forward, and we are confident that we will prevail on the appeal," said Alessandra Soler Meetze, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, whose lawyers have pushed the case in court.

Without yet ruling on the ultimate question of racial profiling, the judge had ruled that the case's evidence could lead a judge or jury to conclude that Arpaio's office racially profiles Latinos.

The lawsuit alleges Maricopa County deputies made some traffic stops solely because Hispanics were driving. The plaintiffs say authorities had no probable cause to pull them over and made the stops only to question their immigration status.

Arpaio has denied the racial profiling allegations, saying people pulled over in patrols were approached because deputies had probable cause to believe they had committed crimes and that it was only afterward that deputies found many were illegal immigrants.

No trial date has been set in the lawsuit.

Arpaio to appeal decision in racial profiling case | www.wdbo.com

Can't wait till Holder's ass is in the defendants seat, Obama testifying against him to save his own lying ass! It's comin' Eric it's just taking a little longer because of all your obstructions!

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Joe Arpaio to appeal ACLU Court Case Stopping Him From Arresting Hispanic illegal aliens

ALIPAC NOTE: The Obama administration and ACLU are making the false claim Joe Arpaio racial profiles because the majority of illegal aliens apprehended in Arizona happen to be Hispanic and from Mexico. Time for more Americans and Sheriffs to stand up like Arpaio and time for Obama to be stopped!

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I think Sheriff Joe is a good man.

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I think Sheriff Joe is a good man.

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