October 26, 2017
An Arizona federal judge on Wednesday awarded more than $1M in attorneys' fees to a migrant advocacy group and other plaintiffs who had challenged two Arizona laws related to migrant employment in a case with Maricopa County, saying the plaintiffs had nabbed a "significant victory."
July 11, 2017
Maricopa County, Arizona, told a federal judge on Monday that the $1.38 million in attorneys’ fees sought by a migrants justice group and others in their suit that saw a permanent bar placed on the county sheriff’s use of work verification documents to conduct criminal prosecutions for identity theft or forgery was unreasonable.
May 12, 2017
A migrants justice group and other plaintiffs sought $1.38 million in attorneys' fees and costs Thursday after recently securing a permanent bar on Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff's Office use of work verification documents to conduct criminal prosecutions for identity theft or forgery.
March 29, 2017
An Arizona federal judge has permanently barred the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office from using documents submitted by employees solely for use in I-9 employment authorization checks to conduct criminal prosecutions for identity theft or forgery under two state laws.
November 23, 2016
An Arizona district court has largely sided against a migrant justice group and Unitarian minister challenging two Arizona identity theft statutes, ruling that the state was preempted from using I-9 forms in prosecutions, but entering judgment for Arizona when it came to equal protection claims.
July 18, 2016
Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Friday blasted allegations that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deliberately spoiled evidence in a case challenging state identity theft laws and related enforcement, saying that some of the handwritten notes in question never existed.
July 05, 2016
Bolstered by a recent Ninth Circuit victory, the state of Arizona and Sheriff Joe Arpaio have moved to put an end to a class action accusing the sheriff of using state identity theft laws to target undocumented immigrants in workplace raids.
September 22, 2015
An Arizona federal judge on Tuesday denied the state's request to stay proceedings in a putative class action alleging that two state identity theft laws violate the constitutional rights of immigrants, saying the state's pending Ninth Circuit appeal of the judge's preliminary injunction will not resolve all the issues in the case.
March 30, 2015
An Arizona federal judge Friday denied Maricopa County's request to reconsider his finding in a putative class action that the county is liable for Sheriff Joe Arpaio's decisions to enforce two state identity theft laws, saying it failed to show that the court had erred.
February 05, 2015
The state of Arizona, Maricopa County and controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Wednesday appealed an order preventing them from enforcing two state law provisions criminalizing identity theft when it's used to gain employment, setting up a Ninth Circuit showdown with immigration advocates.