Thread: AZ. Officer wants his lawsuit merged with feds' case

Officer wants his lawsuit merged with feds' case

JACQUES BILLEAUD
July 17, 2010 2:25 pm

The lawyer for a Phoenix police officer who is challenging Arizona's new immigration law in court has asked a federal judge to merge his lawsuit with a challenge filed by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The officer's attorney, Stephen Montoya, tells U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton in a court filing that the cases are virtually identical because they claim the state law is trumped by federal immigration law and because both seek to keep the state law from being enforced.

The law requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question a person's immigration status if officers have a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally.

The seven challenges to the law are currently all separate lawsuits.

http://azstarnet.com/news/state-and-reg ... 1927c.html

the officer needs to be terminated for cause.

he does not have a right to say which laws he will or will not enforce

Originally Posted by jamesw62

the officer needs to be terminated for cause.

he does not have a right to say which laws he will or will not enforce

Exactly! The Phoenix Police Chief should grow a spine and tell this guy you either enforce the laws like you swore to do or I will personally fire you. It's completely ridiculous that a law enforcement officer is allowed to act so insubordinate.

He wants it merged with the Federal lawsuit so that we the taxpayers can pay the legal cost.