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Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department Held in Civil Contempt for Failure to Produce Responsive Items
In Melendres v. Arpaio et. al., Case No. 07-2513, a class action lawsuit filed by residents of Maricopa County, Arizona, against Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, Maricopa County, and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for racial profiling and unlawful traffic stops of Latinos, the court had issued a preliminary injunction in late 2011 preventing