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Cecillia D. Wang ( Pro Hac Vice)
ACLU Foundation
Immigrants’ Rights Project
39 Drumm Street
San Francisco, California 94111Telephone: (415) 343-0775
Facsimile: (415) 395-0950
Daniel J. Pochoda
ACLU Foundation of Arizona
3707 N. 7th St., Ste. 235
Phoenix, AZ 85014
Telephone: (602) 650-1854
Facsimile: (602) 650-1376
Attorneys for Plaintiffs (Additional attorneys
for Plaintiffs listed on next page)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
Manuel de Jesus Ortega Melendres,
et al.,
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CV-07-2513-PHX-GMS
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Plaintiff(s), )
) PLAINTIFFS’ RULE 56.1(B)
v. ) STATEMENT OF FACTS
) AND RULE 56(D) STATEMENT
Joseph M. Arpaio, et al., ) OF UNAVAILABLE FACTS IN
) OPPOSITION TO SANDS’
Defendants(s). ) MOTION FOR SUMMARY
) JUDGMENT
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Additional Attorneys for Plaintiffs:
Andre I. Segura ( Pro Hac Vice)
ACLU Foundation
Immigrants’ Rights Project125 Broad Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Telephone: (212) 549-2676
Facsimile: (212) 549-2654
Priscilla G. Dodson ( Pro Hac Vice)
Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4956
Telephone: (202) 662-5996
Facsimile: (202) 778-5996
Anne Lai ( Pro Hac Vice)
401 E. Peltason, Suite 3500
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
Telephone: (949) 824-9894
Facsimile: (949) 824-0066
Jorge M. Castillo ( Pro Hac Vice)
Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund
634 South Spring Street, 11th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90014
Telephone: (213) 629-2512
Facsimile: (213) 629-0266
Stanley Young ( Pro Hac Vice)
Michelle L. Morin ( Pro Hac Vice)
Hyun S. Byun ( Pro Hac Vice)
Covington & Burling LLP
333 Twin Dolphin DriveSuite 700
Redwood Shores, CA 94065-1418
Telephone: (650) 632-4700
Facsimile: (650) 632-4800
Tammy Albarran ( Pro Hac Vice)
Lauren E. Pedley (Pro Hac Vice)
Covington & Burling LLPOne Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 591-7066
Facsimile: (415) 955-6566
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Pursuant to LRCiv 56.1(b), Plaintiffs submit the following statements of facts in
opposition to Retired Executive Chief Brian Sands’ (“Sands”) Motion for Summary
Judgment and in response to Sands’ Statement of Facts in support of his motion.
Plaintiffs also submit the following declaration of unavailable facts necessary to their
opposition, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(d).
I.
LRCiv 56.1(b) Controverting Statement of Facts
A. Disputed Facts in Sands’ Statement of Facts
1. Disputed. The Court has stated that contempt proceedings are
necessary to determine the circumstances and scope of the violation of the Dec. 23,
2011 preliminary injunction, including violations by MCSO as well as by individual
named contemnors including Sands, and the full scope of the violations at issue cannot
be known until all the documents relevant to the contempt proceedings are produced
by Defendants. Dkt. 880 at 9-15;1 Dkt. 1007 at 1-2; Dkt. 1208; Aug. 21, 2015 Tr.
15:20-16:11 (ordering rolling production of .pst files); see Rule 56(d) statement, infra.
2.
Not Disputed. In their request for an order to show cause,
Plaintiffs identify that the Court’s December 23, 2011 Preliminary Injunction was
violated by MCSO’s continuing application of its LEAR policy.
3. Not Disputed. The LEAR policy called for MCSO deputies to
detain persons believed to be in the country without authorization but whom they
could not arrest on state charges, and to either deliver those persons to ICE or detain
1 Page citations for cited docket entries refer to the docket-stamped pagination in the
ECF file header.
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them until MCSO received a response from ICE. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of
Law at 2:12-15, May 24, 2013. Dkt. 579.
4. Not Disputed. In their request for an order to show cause,
Plaintiffs identified four particular incidents where MCSO’s LEAR policy was
followed.
5. Not Disputed. On July 24, 2012, Sheriff Arpaio testified that the
LEAR policy remained in effect.
6. Not Disputed. MCSO issued a press release on September 21,
2012, the substance of which is set forth on pages A3-A5 of Exhibit A to the January
8, 2015 Declaration of Andre Segura. Dkt. 843-2.
7. Not Disputed. MCSO issued a press release on September 27,
2012, the substance of which is set forth on pages A6-A7 of Exhibit A to the January
8, 2015 Declaration of Andre Segura. Dkt. 843-2.
8.
Not Disputed. MCSO issued a press release on October 9, 2012,
the substance of which is set forth on page A8 of Exhibit A to the January 8, 2015
Declaration of Andre Segura. Dkt. 843-2.
9. Not Disputed. The MCSO press releases on September 21, 2012,
September 27, 2012, and October 9, 2012, showed that the MCSO continued to follow
the LEAR policy after the December 23, 2011 Preliminary Injunction.
10. Not Disputed. The September 21 press release states that the
policy of turning over to ICE individuals for which there was insufficient evidence to
bring state charges (commonly termed the LEAR policy was MCSO’s “practice during
the last six years.”
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11. Not Disputed. Plaintiffs’ counsel knew about these press releases
on October 11, 2012.
12. Not Disputed. Plaintiffs’ counsel sent a letter to Tim Casey on
October 11, 2012, stating, “It has come to our attention that the [MCSO] appears to be
detaining and transporting individuals in violation of the Court’s injunction . . . .”
13. Disputed. Plaintiffs did raise issues relating to violation of the
Court’s orders (and implicitly, of contempt) when they first became aware of the press
releases, by writing a letter to Defendants about the press releases and seeking
assurances that violations of the injunction were not occurring. Dkt. 843-2 at 4-5.
14. Not Disputed. On May 24, 2013, the Court issued its post-trial
findings of fact and conclusions of law.
15. Not Disputed. The Court’s May 24, 2013 Order found, “as a
matter of law, that the MCSO has violated the explicit terms of this Court’s
preliminary injunction set forth in its December 23, 2011 order because the MCSO
continues to follow the LEAR policy and the LEAR policy violates the preliminary
injunction.”
16. Disputed. Plaintiffs did request a filing of contempt after the
Court’s May 24, 2013 order, though not immediately after that order was issued.
17.
Not Disputed. On January 8, 2015, Plaintiffs requested an order to
show cause why the defendants and certain individuals should not be held in contempt.
18. Not Disputed. Two years, five months, and fifteen days elapsed
between the time Sheriff Arpaio offered the testimony set forth in paragraph 5 and the
date on which Plaintiffs filed their request for an order to show cause.
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19. Not Disputed. The Court issued its Order to Show Cause on
February 12, 2015.
20. Plaintiffs are without knowledge sufficient to confirm or deny this
statement.
21. Not Disputed. Chief Sands testified that, shortly after the
Preliminary Injunction was issued, there was a meeting about the injunction at Sheriff
Arpaio’s office at which both Chief Deputy Sheridan and Sheriff Arpaio were present.
Apr. 21, 2015 Tr. 260:9-16.
22.
Disputed because materially incomplete. Sergeant Trowbridge
testified that shortly after the preliminary injunction issued, there was a meeting about
the injunction at Sheriff Arpaio’s office at which Chief Deputy Sheridan, Sheriff
Arpaio, and Chief Sands were present, along with Lisa Allen and “anybody that
worked for Lisa Allen,” as well as counsel for MCSO. Apr. 22, 2015 Tr. 437:1-438:4.
23.
Disputed because the statement mischaracterizes the nature of the
evidence cited in support as dispositive of Chief Deputy Sheridan’s actual recollection.
Chief Deputy Sheridan testified that he could not recall being at a meeting about the
Preliminary Injunction at which both he and Sheriff Arpaio were present, 897:21-
898:17, and additional documents may further refresh the witness’s memory. Further,
both Sands and Plaintiffs are without knowledge regarding Chief Deputy Sheridan’s
actual ability to recall whether he attended a meeting regarding the Preliminary
Injunction.
24. Disputed because the statement is incomprehensible as written,
because the statement mischaracterizes the cited testimony, and because additional
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documents may further refresh the witness’s memory. Further, both Sands and
Plaintiffs are without knowledge regarding Sheriff Arpaio’s actual ability to recall a
meeting about the Preliminary Injunction.
25.
Disputed because the statement mischaracterizes the nature of the
evidence cited in support as dispositive of Sheriff Arpaio’s and Chief Deputy
Sheridan’s actual ability to recall facts about the distribution of the Court’s Preliminary
Injunction Order or the meetings and discussions they had about it, additional
documents may further refresh the witnesses’ memories, and Sheriff Arpaio’s and
Chief Deputy Sheridan’s self-serving testimony in a contempt proceeding provides
both Sands and Plaintiffs with insufficient basis upon which to evaluate these
contemnors’ actual recall of the events in question.
26. Disputed. Sands testified that Lieutenant Sousa was assigned the
task of preparing the training materials, and that Sands believed Sousa would carry out
that task without any need for follow-up from Sands—Sands did not testify that he
(Sands) assigned this task to Lieutenant Sousa. Apr. 22, 2015 Tr. 334:11-18.
27. Disputed. The emails that surfaced about the development of
training scenarios are equivocal with respect to the identity of the individual who
ordered the training to be developed, in that they indicate that Lieutenant Sousa asked
that training be developed but do not suggest that Sands ordered Sousa to develop the
training scenarios. See, e.g., CaseySub 000003 (Exhibit 1) (Sousa orders Brett Palmer
to develop training scenarios); CaseySub 000046-49 (Exhibit 2) (same).
28. Not Disputed. The emails show Lieutenant Sousa’s efforts to try
to develop training.
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29. Disputed because the statement mischaracterizes the nature of the
evidence cited in support as dispositive of the witnesses’ actual frame of mind or
ability to recall facts regarding the training, as compared to their willingness to testify
about their recollections at a contempt hearing. Furthermore, the final state of any
witness’s memory remains unclear because additional documents may further refresh
the witnesses’ memories.
30. Disputed because the statement mischaracterizes the nature of the
evidence cited in support as dispositive of the actual state of Lieutenant Sousa’s
memory, and additional documents may further refresh the witness’s memory. The
cited testimony provides both Sands and Plaintiffs with insufficient basis upon which
to evaluate the witness’s actual recall of the events in question.
31. Disputed because the statement mischaracterizes the nature of the
evidence cited in support as dispositive of the actual state of Lieutenant Sousa’s
memory, and additional documents may further refresh the witness’s memory. The
cited testimony provides both Sands and Plaintiffs with insufficient basis upon which
to evaluate the witness’s actual recall of the events in question.
32. Disputed because the statement mischaracterizes the nature of the
evidence cited in support as dispositive of the actual state of Lieutenant Sousa’s
memory, and additional documents may further refresh the witness’s memory. The
cited testimony provides both Sands and Plaintiffs with insufficient basis upon which
to evaluate the witness’s actual recall of the events in question.
33. Disputed because the statement mischaracterizes the nature of the
evidence cited in support as dispositive of the actual state of Sergeant Palmer’s
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memory, and additional documents may further refresh the witness’s memory. The
cited testimony provides both Sands and Plaintiffs with insufficient basis upon which
to evaluate the witness’s actual recall of the events in question.
34.
Not Disputed. The Court’s Preliminary Injunction was issued on
December 23, 2011. Order, Dec. 23, 2011. Dkt. 494.
35. Not Disputed. More than three years elapsed between the date the
Court’s Preliminary Injunction was filed and Plaintiffs’ Request for an Order to Show
Cause was filed.
36.
Not Disputed. The MCSO has a record in this case of inadequate
document retention. See Order Denying Motion for Recusal or Disqualification at
21:11-14, Jul. 10, 2015. Dkt. 1164.
37. Plaintiffs are without knowledge sufficient to confirm or deny this
statement, including knowledge of the avenues available to Sands to seek documents
from MCSO.
38. Disputed. MCSO has thus far only identified eight documents on
its initial privilege log in response to Sands’ document requests, but more documents
may arise and be logged, as MCSO continues to produce, review, and log documents.
See, e.g., Transcript, Sept. 4, 2014 Status Conference (forthcoming) at 11:6-13:9; 15:9-
32:6 (discussing status of production and disputes relating to documents not yet
produced by Defendants).
39. Not Disputed. After being directed to by the Court, Defendants
located and identified additional, relevant emails. March 27, 2015 Tr. 32:16-21.
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40. Not Disputed. After witnesses testified about undisclosed emails,
the Court directed individuals’ computers searched, and depositions had to be
reopened, additional relevant emails were discovered.
41.
Disputed. Sands testified that Lieutenant Sousa was assigned the
task of preparing the training materials, and that Sands believed Sousa would carry out
that task without any need for follow-up from Sands—Sands did not testify that he
(Sands) assigned this task to Lieutenant Sousa. Apr. 22, 2015 Tr. 334:11-18. The
emails that surfaced about the development of training scenarios are equivocal with
respect to the identity of the individual who ordered the training to be developed, in
that they indicate that Lieutenant Sousa asked that training be developed but do not
suggest that Sands ordered Sousa to develop the training scenarios. See, e.g., CaseySub
000003 (Exhibit 1) (Sousa orders Brett Palmer to develop training scenarios);
CaseySub 000046-49 (Exhibit 2) (same).
42.
Disputed. Tim Casey has produced emails, including at least some
of the emails sent to him by Lieutenant Sousa. See, e.g., CaseySub 000046-49 (Exhibit
2).
43. Plaintiffs are without knowledge sufficient to confirm or deny this
statement, as the cited testimony states that Sands retired “in July of 2013,” which may
or may not indicate a July 31, 2013 retirement date.
44. Plaintiffs are without knowledge sufficient to confirm or deny this
statement.
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45. Not Disputed. One of Plaintiffs original causes of action in this
case was that MCSO’s officers’ detention of persons based on knowledge that such
persons were in the country illegally, without more, violated the Fourth Amendment.
46.
Not Disputed. The detention of persons based on knowledge that
such persons were in the country illegally, without more, violates both the Fourth
Amendment and the Preliminary Injunction.
47. Not Disputed. Plaintiffs seek compensatory relief for violations of
the Preliminary Injunction that occurred when MCSO officers detained members of
the Plaintiff class based on knowledge that such persons were in the country illegally,
without more.
48. Not Disputed. The Court’s October 2, 2013 Order was a final
judgment on the merits. See Order at 58:23-24, Oct. 2, 2013. Dkt. 606.
49. Disputed. This fact is not complete. Violations of the Preliminary
Injunction arose out of MCSO’s continued application of the LEAR policy as well as
out of other grounds, not all of which are presently known, given the ongoing
discovery, document production, and contempt proceedings. See, e.g., Dkt. 880 at 9-
18.
50. Not Disputed. After the Preliminary Injunction was issued, the
legality of the LEAR policy was actually litigated.
51. Not Disputed. The Court found that the LEAR policy violated
both the Fourth Amendment and its Preliminary Injunction.
52. Not Disputed. The Court granted Plaintiffs relief.
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53. Disputed. Plaintiffs were impeded in their pursuit of contempt
findings against Sands and others because of Defendants’ material misstatements,
including those made by their counsel Tim Casey’s denial of any violation in October
2012. A finding of contempt and the scope of sanctions commensurate with the still-
unknown scope of the contempt could not have been raised before the clarity gained
through Defendants’ statements (through counsel) at the November 2014 status
hearing, which led to Plaintiffs’ January 2015 motion for an OSC. See, e.g., Dkt. 804,
Nov. 20, 2014 Tr. at 67-68; Dkt. 843-2 at 4-5, 13-16.
B. Additional Facts Establishing a Genuine Issue of Material Fact or
Otherwise Precluding Judgment in Favor of the Moving Party
1. Sands testified that he retired in July of 2013 after approximately
30 years working at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Apr. 21, 2015 Tr. 255:3-14;
320:17-19.
2. Prior to retirement, as Executive Chief of MCSO, Sands took
direction from Sheriff Arpaio, including direction relating to saturation patrols. Dkt.
579 at 52 (citing Trial Tr. at 707:16-18, 809:20-810:3, 814:21-815:1, 824:24-825:6);
id. at 53 n.46 (citing Tr. 797:15-20, 797:24-798:15); Apr. 22, 2015 Tr. 346:9-13.
3. In 2011, while he was Chief of Enforcement, three bureau
commanders reported to Sands: one relating to patrol operations, one relating to
investigative operations, and one relating to training, records and ID, and civil and
criminal warrants. Apr. 22, 2015 Tr. 255:3-10, 321:13-20. Though Chief David
Trombi reported to Sands, Sands and Trombi both supervised the Human Smuggling
Unit (HSU). Dkt. 579 at 8; Apr. 22, 2015 Tr. 345:4-23, 356:8-9. See also Apr. 21,
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2015 Tr. 48:13-20, 98:2-6, 99:1-20, 134:6-7 (Trombi testimony); 178:16-18 (Palmer
testimony).
4. While at MCSO, Sands was involved in MCSO’s decision-
making process surrounding how to put the preliminary injunction into effect. For
instance, Sands testified that shortly after the Court issued its preliminary injunction,
he discussed implementation of the preliminary injunction with at least Sheriff Arpaio,
Chief Deputy Sheridan, Tim Casey (counsel for MCSO, see Apr. 21, 2015 Tr. 107:11-
14), Deputy Chief MacIntyre, and Lieutenant Sousa. Apr. 21, 2015 Tr. 256:16-257:12,
258:23-261:24, 262:13-264:11. A November 6, 2014 email from Tim Casey states that
Sands “was our (i.e., litigation counsels’) point of primary contact in this case at that
time” and that Sands “was handling this Order.” CaseySub 000050-53 (Exhibit 3) at
CaseySub 000050. Other documents suggest that Sands was the final authority to
approve communications regarding implementation of the preliminary injunction
order. MELC834972-73 (Exhibit 4) (June 7, 2012 email from Lisa Allen to Brian
Sands and his assistant Jenise Moreno, bearing subject line “Janice make sure [Chief]
Sands sees and reviews this and returns his approval or corrections to Chris Hegstrom
by Friday (tomorrow),” and containing draft answers to questions regarding MCSO
immigration enforcement practices); see also MELC837097-98 (Exhibit 5) (email
from Allen to Sousa, containing the list of questions and stating that “Chief Sands has
asked me to forward these questions to you for a brief response”), MELC837095-96
(Exhibit 6) (Sousa’s email providing his draft answers to Allen). Still other documents
suggest Sands also had chain of command authority over training relating to the
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preliminary injunction, by virtue of his authority over Lieutenant Sousa. CaseySub
000046-49 (Exhibit 2).
5. Trial on the merits of MCSO’s violations of the constitutional
rights of the plaintiffs’ class took place from July 19 through August 2, 2012. Dkt. 529
(Order Setting Trial) at 1; see also 2012 trial transcripts. The Court issued Findings of
Fact and Conclusions of Law on May 24, 2013. Dkt. 579. The Court’s findings
included findings that MCSO had violated the preliminary injunction because “MCSO
continues to follow the LEAR policy and the LEAR policy violates the injunction.” Id.
at 114:19-23.
6. MCSO issued press releases on September 21, 2012, September
27, 2012, and October 9, 2012. SSOF Ex. 5 (Dkt. 1215-1 at 44-49). The MCSO press
releases on September 21, 2012, September 27, 2012, and October 9, 2012 appear to
show that MCSO continued to follow the LEAR policy after the December 23, 2011
Preliminary Injunction. Id.
7. On October 11, 2012, Plaintiffs timely raised their concerns about
MCSO’s September and October 2012 press releases, SSOF Ex. 5 (Dkt. 1215-1 at 44-
49), in a letter to Defendants’ counsel, Tim Casey. SSOF Ex. 5 (Dkt. 1215-1 at 42-43).
8. Casey responded by letter dated October 18, 2012, assuring
Plaintiffs that violations of the preliminary injunction were not occurring. Dkt. 843-2
at 13-16. However, Plaintiffs were concerned about the reliability of the information,
and raised the violation of the LEAR policy to Defendants’ counsel on October 11,
2012. Dkt. 843-2 at 4-5 (A1-A2).
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9. The Court held a status conference on November 20, 2014. Dkt.
804 (unsealed transcript of Nov. 20, 2014 proceedings). At that hearing, Defendants
admitted to the Court and the parties, for the first time, that MCSO had failed to
comply with the preliminary injunction order by conducting a traffic stop (“the Korean
stop”) on November 1, 2012, as part of an interdiction patrol of the type prohibited by
the preliminary injunction. Id. at 67-68. Defendants also revealed that no one at MCSO
had disseminated information about the December 23, 2011 preliminary injunction
order to the rank-and-file. Id. at 67:20-22 (“MCSO has concluded, that this Court’s
order was not communicated to the line troops in the HSU.”).
10. Plaintiffs filed a motion for an Order to Show Cause on January 8,
2015, less than two months after the November status conference. That motion was
granted on February 12, 2015. Dkts. 843, 880. Plaintiffs do not dispute the fact recited
in ¶ 4 of Sands’ Statement of Facts. However, Plaintiffs also cited other violations
relating to the LEAR policy and noted that “there are likely other incidents of
violations not known to Plaintiffs.” Dkt. 843 at 6-8, 12.
11. The district court commenced contempt hearings in April 2015,
acknowledging during the hearing that when it noted the existence of preliminary
injunction violations in its May 24, 2013 Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, it
was not aware of the “vast scope” of those violations. Apr. 22, 2015 Tr. 303:7-16; see
Dkt. 579 at 5:25-6:3; see also Dkt. 880 at 9-25. Sheriff Arpaio and Chief Deputy
Sheridan admitted to civil contempt as a result of MCSO’s failure to implement the
preliminary injunction. Dkt. 948 at 1; Apr. 23, 2015 Tr. 625:18-627:10; Apr. 24, 2015
Tr. 971:9-19.
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12. Documents produced by Defendants include an HSU “Master
Log” of traffic stops prior to July 31, 2013, including stops of people with Hispanic
last names (i.e., apparent members of the Plaintiffs class). “HSU 2013 Master
Log.xlsx,” DR# 13-104270 (May 25, 2013 incident involving three suspects); DR# 13-
098000 (May 22, 2013 incident in which eight individuals were logged as “Turned
Over to ICE”); DR# 13-094361 (May 17, 2013 incident in which four individuals were
logged as “Turned Over to ICE”) (Exhibit 7).
II. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(d) Declaration of Unavailable Facts
The following unavailable facts are essential to the opposition to Sands’ motion
for summary judgment.
1. Contempt proceedings relating to Sands and other contemnors
began on April 21, 2015 and are scheduled to continue on September 22, 2015. Dkt.
1025 (civil minutes); Dkt. 1208 at 2 (setting hearing dates in September-November
2015 for resumed contempt hearing). Evidence, including documents and videos not
produced to Plaintiffs prior to the 2012 trial or the 2013 rulings and witness testimony
obtained with reference to those documents, was available for consideration at the
April 2015 hearing dates and yet more evidence unavailable at trial and produced or
obtained since the April 2015 hearing dates, will be available to the parties at the
resumed hearing dates. See, e.g., Dkts. 1203, 1208 at 2-3; Aug. 28, 2015 Tr. at 22:15-
23, 33:11-34:13 (regarding ongoing productions by Defendants).
2. Numerous documents bearing on the scope of violation of the
preliminary injunction order have been produced by Defendants since the May 24,
2013 Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law were entered, including documents
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predating Sands’ retirement, and still more documents predating Sands’ retirement
may yet be produced, since Defendants have not completed their obligations to
produce all documents the Court has deemed relevant to the contempt proceedings.
See, e.g., Dkt. 1203, Dkt. 1208; Aug. 21, 2015 Tr. 12:6-16:19 (regarding Defendants’
ongoing document productions; and extending deadline to produce, on a rolling basis,
nonprivileged .pst files); see also Dkts. 1255, 1258 (Defendants’ Aug. 20, 2015 and
Aug. 21, 2015 notices of document production).
3. The documents and evidence produced by Defendants since the
2013 final judgment may be relevant to grounds for a finding of contempt by Sands.
See, e.g., Aug. 21, 2015 Tr. 13:5-16:19. For example, documents relating to MCSO’s
internal affairs investigation relating to the violation of the preliminary injunction
order (IA 14-0543) were ordered produced. Dkt. 1208 at 3, ¶ 6. The documents
produced thus far encompass events in which Sands participated prior to his
retirement. See, e.g., internal affairs investigation file IA 14-0543 (MELC-IA013767-
20744) (Attorneys’ Eyes Only) (excerpts attached as Exhibit 8, lodged under seal:
MELC-IA013767-71, MELC-IA013830-915). The IA 14-0543 investigation included
an interview of Sands, and interviews of other individuals regarding Sands’ role in
implementing the preliminary injunction. Id., e.g. at MELC-IA013832-33 (summary of
investigative tasks), MELC-IA013843-47 (summary of interview with Sands). And
other documents produced in August 2015 include .pst files reflecting the content of
email sent to, from, or about Sands. See, e.g., MELC678450 (Exhibit 9), produced on
August 24, 2015 (8/28/12 ICE inquiry to MCSO re: Border Enforcement Security Task
Force, which leads to MCSO response that “I believe, if anyone knows, it would be
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Chief Sands.”); MELC834972 (Exhibit 4), MELC837095 (Exhibit 6), produced on
August 28, 2015 (Sands is sent email containing draft answers to questions regarding
traffic stops of suspected illegal aliens, has the questions forwarded to Sousa, and is
copied on Sousa’s answers to the inquiry); MELC678044 (Exhibit 10) (email
regarding an MCSO employee’s upcoming student interview on immigration issues: “I
wanted to talk to Chief Sands to make sure I don’t answer contrary to the bosses
wishes.”); MELC678707-08 (Exhibit 11) (email from undergraduate student doing a
project on immigration, to MCSO, requesting interview with Arpaio; she is directed to
Sands).
4. Discovery responses provided by Defendants on April 14, 2015
revealed that on December 26, 2011 Tim Casey conferred with Sands for
approximately 15-20 minutes, and again conferred with Sands and Lieutenant Joseph
Sousa on December 30, 2011 for approximately one hour and five minutes.
Defendants’ Apr. 14, 2015 Supplemental Response to Plaintiffs’ Amended First Set of
Interrogatories Regarding Contempt at 8, Response No. 10. Privilege as to that
meeting has been waived but Casey has not yet been deposed about this meeting. See,
e.g., Dkt. 1094 at 4-8; Dkt. 1045 at 1-8.
5. Plaintiffs have not completed their depositions of Sands and other
MCSO witnesses in relation to the newly-produced evidence. See, e.g., Dkt. 1296
(Notice of Deposition of Brian Sands); see also, e.g., Dkts. 1278, 1279, 1281, 1283,
1284, 1287-1298, 1303 (notices of deposition of other witnesses). These depositions
are likely to encompass Sands’ role in the preliminary injunction violation. See, e.g.,
Dkt. 1208 at 3 (ordering production of documents relating to internal affairs
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investigations from 2008 forward, relating to allegations of discrimination against or
illegal detentions of members of the Plaintiffs class); Transcript of Aug. 6, 2015
Monitor interview of Chief Sheridan at 174-76 (Exhibit 13) (describing Sands’ role in
the Melendres matter and disputing Sands’ account of meetings with Tim Casey
regarding the preliminary injunction); Transcript of Dec. 14, 2014 Monitor interview
of Lieutenant Brian Jakowinicz at 29-30, 34, 41-42 (Exhibit 14) (describing Sands’
role in managing Armendariz assignment and putting Armendariz back on the road
despite concerns with Armendariz’ performance, and Sands’ role in implementing the
preliminary injunction order); Transcript of Dec. 16, 2014 Monitor interview of
Sergeant Mike Trowbridge at 8-10 (Exhibit 15) (stating that “Sands was a lot more
involved in the unit than Chief Trombi was” and that Sands “was closer to the
Sheriff”); Transcript of Dec. 17, 2014 Monitor interview of Sergeant Brett Palmer at
28-29 (Exhibit 16) (stating that his experience, including from meetings with Sands,
was that “the company line . . . is to make the Sheriff look good and get the Sheriff
elected”).
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 11th day of September, 2015.
By: /s/ Tammy Albarrán
Cecillia D. Wang ( Pro Hac Vice)
Andre I. Segura ( Pro Hac Vice)
ACLU Foundation
Immigrants’ Rights Project
Daniel Pochoda
ACLU Foundation of Arizona
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Tammy Albarran ( Pro Hac Vice)
Michelle L. Morin ( Pro Hac Vice)
Lauren E. Pedley (Pro Hac Vice)
Hyun S. Byun ( Pro Hac Vice)
Priscilla G. Dodson ( Pro Hac Vice)
Covington & Burling, LLP
Jorge M. Castillo ( Pro Hac Vice)
Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on September 11, 2015 I electronically transmitted the
attached document to the Clerk’s office using the CM/ECF System for filing and
caused the attached document to be served via the CM/ECF System on all counsel of
record.
/s/ Tammy Albarrán
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Tim
J
Casey
From:
Sent:
To:
Joseph Sousa- SHERIFFX
Wednesday, January
11 201211:16
AM
Brett
Palmer-
SHERIFFX
Cc:
Tim J Casey; Rollie Seabert- SHERIFFX; Brian Sands- SHERIFFX; David Trombi -
SHERIFFX; Eileen Henry; Joseph Sousa- SHERIFFX
Subject:
Putting out training reference the court order
Attachments:
Order re MSJ 122311.pdf
Bret,
Per our phone conversation write up a couple of scenarios right way and wrong way) based
on Judge Snows order to MCSO and your conversations with Tim Casey. I will have Tim review what
you write up and have Chief Sands sign
off
on it Once all that is done we will get with training
· reference putting something out in E-Learning.
Judge Snows order:
The Court is enjoining the MCSO from detaining any person based solely on knowledge,
without more,
that
the person s
in
the country without unlawful authority. To be clear, the
Court
is not
enjoing MCSO from enforcing valid state laws,
or
detaining invidudals when officer have reasonable
suspicion that individuals are violating a state criminal law. Instead, it s enjoing MCSO from violating
federal, rights protected by the United States Constitution in the process
of
enforcing valid state law
based on an incorrect understanding of the law.: p. 37-38.
(See attached for full ruling).
Thanks,
Joe
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From Joseph
Sousa -
SHERIFFX
[mailto:J
Sent Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:20 AM
To Tim
J. casey
Cc:
Brian
Sands - SHERIFFX;
David
Trombi - SHERIFFX;
Rollie Seebert
- SHERIFFX; Brian Jakowinicz - SHERIFFX; John
Madntyre - SHERIFFX
Subject
Scenarios
for
review based on
judge's order
Hi
Tim,
Give me a call once you have reviewed the scenarios listed below. I am going to
copy
you on
all these emails so attorney client privilege applies until we get a final training product out
to
the
troops.
Thanks,
Joe
From
Brett
Palmer
- SHERIFFX
Sent
Thursday, January
19,
2012
11:24
PM
To Joseph
Sousa -
SHERIFFX
Cc:
Tim
casey;
Michael Trowbridge - SHERIFFX
Subject RE: Putting out training reference the court order
Lt. Sousa-
Below
is my rough construction of
an
eLeaming segment based
on
Judge Snow s order. I constructed this in
accordance with the many conversations you
I
have had, as well as taking into account the information
conveyed to us both from Tim Casey concerning Judge
Snow s
order. Also, in accordance with
my
own
personal
experience in this matter, I think
it
is imperative that Tim Casey review this and any training· material I
arn
asked
to
create that could
be
used to instruct Deputies in this very sensitive area. Also note,
I
created these scenarios
with
Patrol Deputies
as
the focus.
Training Directive
Maricopa County Deputies in a wide range of assignments could come across individuals through their lawful
contacts whom they suspect through reasonable suspicion of being illegal aliens in the United States.
It
is
important the Deputies and the Supervisors understand the scope to which they are empowered
to
act in these
scenarios, as limits have recently
been
set
by
Judge Murray Snow in a Federal court case. The order issued
by
Judge Snow states that MCSO cannot detain any person based solely on the suspicion they are an illegal alien
present in the United States. What this means is that any Deputy who has contact with a person and during the
contact, the Deputy arrives at the reasonable suspicion through articulable indicators that the person may be
an
illegal alien in the United States, cannot and will not detain
or
further the detainment of his person without having
more than
just
this singular suspicion.
The most common articulable indicators giving rise to the reasonable suspicion that a person
may
be an illegal
alien in the United States are:
1
The person speaks no English
or
difficult/broken English
2 The person has no form of I or no form of I issued by the United States.
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Scenario I
A Patrol Deputy working at 2AM is patrolling a residential area known to have been hit recently with car
burglaries.
The
Deputy comes across an adult male walking in
the
area and decides to make contact. The Deputy
quickly finds this person speaks
no
English
and
the only ID
he
has is a Mexico Driver License issued by
Mexico. After talking with this person for several minutes, the Deputy determines there is no crime being
committed under state law, but the Deputy reasonably believes based on the two indicators listed above that this
person may be an illegal alien in the United States.
DO
NOT DETAIN The Deputy has no other articulable
indicators to show a crime ha s, is, or is about to
be
committed under state law. The Deputy cannot detain based
solely on the reasonable suspicion this person may
be
an illegal alien.
In
this scenario, the Deputy should end his
contact and allow the person to continue on their way.
Scenario 2
A Patrol Deputy conducts a traffic stop on a vehicle for speeding. The Deputy fmds the vehicle is occupied by
four adult male subjects. The driver speaks only Spanish and provides a valid Arizona driver license as his ID. As
a matter ofgood policing practice, the Deputy asks for lD from the three passengers. All three passengers provide
Mexico Consular Cards issued by the Mexican Consulate as lD not a U.S.
ID).
All three passengers speak only
Spanish. Within about
15
minutes, the Deputy has determined no criminal offense has, is
or
is about
to be
committed.
The
only violation is the civil speeding. However, the Deputy does reasonably believe based on the
two indicators listed above that the three passengers may be illegal aliens in the United States.
DO
NOT DETAIN
- The Deputy has no articulable indicators of a crime under state
law.
The Deputy cannot detain based solely on
the reasonable suspicion these passengers may be illegal aliens.
In
this scenario, the Deputy should use their
discretion
to
issue either a written citation or a verbal warning to the driver and release the vehicle with all of he
occupants.
Scenario 3
A Patrol Deputy conducts a traffic stop on a vehicle for expired registration. The Deputy
fmds
the vehicle is
occupied by
an
adult
male
driver and an adult male passenger. The driver speaks only Spanish and presents an
expired California Driver License as
ID.
The passenger speaks only Spanish and presents a Mexico Voter
Registration Card
as
ID
not a U.S.
ID).
The fact that the passenger does not speak English and has no form of
U.S.
I
causes the Deputy to reasonably believe the passenger may be an illegal alien in the United States. During
the traffic stop investigation, the Deputy discovers the passenger is in possession of an open alcohol container
and has been consuming alcohol out of that container while riding in the vehicle.
In
this scenario, there are two
aspects to consider... With respect to the driver, the Deputy should write the driver a civil citation for expired
registration and driving with an expired driver license. The driver should ultimately be released after being issued
the citation. While the driver speaks only Spanish, he did present a valid form ofU.S.lD.
It
does not matter that
the I was expired.
The
expired California license is still a valid form of U.S.
ID.
There is no reasonable
suspicion the driver is
an
illegal alien. With respect to the passenger, the Deputy should write a criminal citation
to the passenger for the Title Four violation. While in the course of writing both citations, the Deputy can
simultaneously place a phone call to ICE to advise them ofhis suspicion that the passenger may be an illegal alien
in the U.S.
IfiCE
clearly instructs the Deputy to detain the passenger for subsequent
tum
over to an ICE facility
or officer, then the Deputy can make the physical detaimnent of the passenger based on the directive from
ICE. The difference in this scenario from the first two is that there
was
a criminal offense under state law
committed
by
the passenger. The passenger was not detained because of suspicion he was
an
illegal alien. The
passenger was detained
for
a state law violation and in the course of he ongoing investigation ICE was contacted.
Notes for Discussion- Scenario 3:
1
Per our many conversations LT, patrol needs very clear direct instructions
on
how to handle
these situations.
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2) Is the Office going to require that criminal offenders in these instances be booked as a matter of
policy, having removed the Deputy s discretion? If yes, then this in
my
opinion removes
any
idea
of
ever having patrol
tum
over a suspected illegal alien to ICE. They would
all
be booked.
3) There is the Florence ERO issue
...
Unless the Deputy is working in District One
or
Six, any
turnover of an alien to ICE would conceivably take at a minimum 1 hour to as much as 3 hours or
more given that the Deputy would have to drive to Florence or wait for ICE Officers
to
come to
him from Florence.
If
the Deputy is going to be authorized to drive there, this is an out
of
county
travel assignment and the training would need to address the Deputy obtaining supervisory
permission for the out
of
county
travel- just
my opinion thinking about liability.
Scenario 4
A Patrol Deputy conducts a traffic stop
on
a vehicle for speeding. The Deputy finds the vehicle is occupied by
I 0 Hispanic subjects - a driver and nine passengers. The passengers all appear to have either no ID
or
only ID
issued by another country other than the U.S. The passengers all appear to have a disheveled look, are dirty
in
appearance, look
as
if one
or
more of them were very recently in a desert enviromnent, and all appear
nervous. There is a lack
ofluggage in
the vehicle. The nine passengers are taking up space in the vehicle meant
to comfortably seat six or less. The driver provides a story about their travel that cannot
be
corroborated in totality
by the
passengers
or
there are conflicting stories of their travel between the driver and passengers. The driver
eventually admits
he
s being paid for driving these passengers to a specific destination (could be he is receiving
money
for gas).
n
this scenario, the Deputy should contact the on-call
HSU
Sgt. through Radio
as
these
observations are good observations that human smuggling is taking
place-
a state felony crime.
Notes for
Discussion-
Scenario 4:
I
Not
all
of
these observations need to be present to reasonably believe human smuggling is taking
place. Any two or more of these observations would be sufficient to just ify a call to the on-call
HSU Sgt.
2) This would also apply to drop houses and stand-up loads, those caught traveling through
the
open
desert on foot with a coyote/guide.
SgL Brett Palmer
Maricopa County Sheriff s Office
uman
Smuggling Unit
Mailing Address
I 02 W. Madison Street- Phoenix, AZ 85003
602-876-1895 Office
602-526-4433 Cell
From
Joseph Sousa
SHERIFFX
Sent Wednesday, January
11,
2012
11:16 AM
To Brett
Palmer SHERIFFX
Cc: l im J. casey [email protected]); Rollie Seebert SHERIFFX; Brian Sands SHERIFFX;
David
Trombi ·
SHERJFFX;
Eileen
Henry
Joseph
Sousa SHERIFFX
Subject Putting out training reference the court order
Bret,
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Per our phone conversation write up a couple o scenarios right way and wrong way) based
on Judge Snows order to MCSO and your conversations with Tim Casey. I will have Tim review what
you write up and have Chief Sands sign o on it Once all that is done we will get with training
reference putting something out
in
E-Learning.
Judge Snows order:
The
Court
s enjoining the MCSO from detaining any person based solely on knowledge,
without more,
that
the person is in the country without unlawful authority. To be clear, the
Court
is not
enjoing MCSO from enforcing valid state laws,
or
detaining invidudals when officer have reasonable
suspicion
that
individuals
are
violating a state criminal law. Instead,
it
is enjoing MCSO from violating
federal, rights protected by the United States Constitution in the process
of
enforcing valid state law
based
on
an
incorrect understanding
of
the law.: p. 37-38.
See attached for full ruling).
Thanks,
Joe
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im
J Casey
From
Sent
To
Cc:
Subject
Attachments
Tim
J. Casey
Thursday, November 06 2014 1 27
PM
Liddy
Thomas; Stutz Christine ; James L. Williams; Eileen
Henry;
Jerry Sheridan -
SHERIFFX ; Bailey Steve;
John
Macintyre- SHERIFFX
FW:
Melendres Order
On
Summary Judgment
Order re MSJ 122311.pdf
ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE/WORK PRODUCT PRIVILEGE/NOT SUBJECT TO A PUBLIC
RECORDS REQUEST
Steve,
Pursuant to your request today of James Williams, please find below a copy of my 12/23/11 email reporting the
12/23/11 decision/Order of the Court.
BACKGROUND
The
below email
was
likely written
in
follow-up to a telephone conversation I had with
Chief
Brian Sands after
the
decision/Order came out.
Brian
was
our (i.e., litigation counsels') point
of
primary contact in this case at that time. Because
of
the
holiday timing of the Order and whatever might take place in the field with HSU personnel until the end of the
year, Brian agreed to immediately address the Order with
HSU
and make necessary changes so there would
be
no
violations over the holidays.
t
is likely that Brian requested that I copy Lt. Joe Sousa
on
this follow-up
email. Joe was the Lt. in charge
ofHSU
at the time. Brian also was to
briefthe
Sheriff on the Order until a
joint
meeting with counsel and the Sheriff could occur after the holidays.
At
the time the email was sent,
Chief
Sheridan was still rather new to me and he was copied solely as a protocol
cour tesy because I believe he was either the Interim
Chief
Deputy or the newly appointed replacement
Chief
Deputy. Chief Macintyre was also copied solely as a courtesy so
he
was aware
of
the Order.
It
was neither
my
expectation nor understanding that Chiefs Sheridan or Macintyre would take action on this Order because HSU
and
saturation patrols were historically in the province of
Brian s
command authority, he was the one that
exclusively handled matters arising in this litigation that affected HSU/saturation patrols, and Brian was
handling this Order.
During the trial in July/August 2012, we learned that some members of the HSU were unfamiliar with the
12/23/11 Order, nothing had changed as a result
of
the Order,
and
that violations
of
he Order had occurred
between the date of its issuance and the trial. Privately, the defense team learned that Brian had not directed
any
changes in HSU. This latter point is not
of
court record
or
publicly known.
The
fact that the Order had been violated is not a surprise to the Court given the trial.
ee
5/24/14 Findings
of
Fact and
Conclusion of Law at page 114 (where the Court found, as a matter
oflaw,
that MCSO has violated
the explicit terms of this Court's preliminary injunction set forth in its December 23, 2011 order because MCSO
continues to follow the LEAR policy and the LEAR policy violates the injunction. )
WARNING ON PRIVILEGE
Please remember the email below is attorney-client privileged. Its circulation to the Monitor would certainly
waive the privilege. Its circulation to non-MCSO control group personnel could potentially waive the
privilege. Only the Sheriff and/or the
Chief
Deputy Jerry Sheridan have the authority,
in my
judgment, to
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determine whether any privilege is to be waived. As such, you and Capt. Bailey will need to keep in mind this
legal privilege issue in mind as you prepare your investigatory efforts and strategy.
Please contact
me
if you have any questions.
Thanks
tim
Timothy J.
Casey, Attorney at
Law
S HMITT
SCHNECK SMYTH CASEY
EVEN,
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From: Tim J.
Casey
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 5:22 PM
To: Sands Brian; John Macintyre
SHERIFFX;
Jerry Sheridan- SHERIFFX; Joseph Sousa- SHERIFFX
Cc: Liddy Thomas; [email protected]; Eileen Henry; James L Williams
Subject:
Melendres Order
On
Summary Judgement
Importance: High
Folks,
In
follow-up to my recent telephone call, attached is the Court s Order on the dueling summary judgement
motions and class certification motion.
Here is a quick summary:
1. There is NO finding as a matter of law that the MCSO is racial profiling. The racial profiling claim must
be resolved at trial (Plaintiffs motion is denied; Defendants motion is denied);
2. The PlaintiffRodrignez Fom1h Amendment Claim is dismissed
but
there racial profiling claim appears to
exist;
3.
The
Plaintiffs Melendres and Meraz and Nieto s Fom1h Amendt claims as to traffic stops will go to trial;
4.
Melendres Fom1h Amendment claim is granted on oral motion of the Plaintiffs as
to
his
DETENTION. The Court ruled that Deputy Louis DiPietro did not have reasonable suspicion that Melendres
may have violated the human smuggling statute Gn other words,
he
did not have reasonable suspicion that all
the elements of the crime may have been satisified).
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5 The Court is enjoining the MCSO from detaining any person based solely on knowledge, without
more, that the person is in the country without unlawful authority. To be clear, the
Court
is not enjoing
MCSO from enforcing valid state laws, or detaining invidudals when officer have reasonable suspicion
that individuals
are
violating a state criminal law. Instead, it is enjoing MCSO from violating federal,
rights protected by the United States Constitution in
the
process of enforcing valid state law based on
an
incorrect understanding ofthe law.: p. 37-38.
6 Class certification is granted.
Where do go from here:
1 Declare victory
on
plaintiffs' failure to prove (so far) racial profiling. They themselves said they would
win
as a matter of law and did not want a trial;
2.
Plaintiffs were granted only a very narrow victory
on
detention issues
3.
Nothing stops the MCSO from conducting saturation patrols or crime suppression operatios ;
4. The MCSO will appeal the narrow area ofvictory given to PlaintiffMelendres.
Timothy
J
Casey, Attorney at
Law
SCHMITT SCHNECK SMYTH CASEY EVEN, P.C.
1221 East Osborn Road, Suite 105 Phoenix, AZ 85014
Phone: 602.277. 7()00
Fax: 602.277.8663
Email: [email protected]
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Thank you.
From
Chelsea Arancio
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 4:45
PM
To Tim J casey
Subject Melendres Order
Chelsea Arancio, Paralegal
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1221 E. Osborn Road, Suite 105 Phoenix, Z 85014
Phone:
602.277.7000
Fax: 602.277.8663
Email: [email protected]
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DR#: 13-104270
Date: 5/25/2013
Type of Incident: Off Duty/Other
Radio Code: 647
Location: 3325 W. Durango
Number of Search Warrants Served: 0 Search Warrant Numbers:
Number of Vehicles Towed: 0 License Plates:
Number of Vehicles Impounded: 0 License Plates:
Number of 3511 Vehicles: 0 License Plates:
Suspects Arrested (Last) (First) DOBTotal Felony
Counts
Total Misd.
Counts
Arrest
Warrants
Turned
Over to ICE
Avila Dalilia 0 0 0 0
Cansino Marcos 0 0 0 0
Cansino Miguel 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
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DR#: 13-098000
Date: 5/22/2013
Type of Incident: Load Vehicle
Radio Code: 712S
Location: I-17 MM 235
Number of Search Warrants Served: 0 Search Warrant Numbers:
Number of Vehicles Towed: 0 License Plates:
Number of Vehicles Impounded: 0 License Plates:
Number of 3511 Vehicles: 1 License Plates: 043C4 (AZ)
Suspects Arrested (Last) (First) DOBTotal Felony
Counts
Total Misd.
Counts
Arrest
Warrants
Turned
Over to ICE
Morales - Villa Rudi 2/25/1990 1 0 0 0 (1) Count Human Sm
Morales - Perez Antelmo 7/15/1989 1 0 0 0 (1) Count Conspirac
De La Rosa Alberto 6/28/1989 1 0 0 0 (1) Count Conspirac
Perez - Lopez Mario 4/17/1985 1 0 0 0 (1) Count Conspirac
Barcenas - Martinez Angel 11/1/1973 1 0 0 0 (1) Count Conspirac
Perez - Sanchez Francisco 7/15/1979 1 0 0 0 (1) Count Conspirac
Perez - Lopez Maritza 4/13/1988 1 0 0 0 (1) Count Conspirac
Hernandez - Hernandez Juan 7/30/1961 0 0 0 1
Ramos - Gonzalez Ceferino 3/11/1972 0 0 0 1
Perez - Vasquez Mauricio 6/3/1985 0 0 0 1
Vicente - Perez Carlos 3/3/1977 0 0 0 1
Medina - Barcenas Renato 11/12/1961 0 0 0 1
Xocol - Mas Domingo 11/20/1995 0 0 0 1 JUVY
Ramirez - Sanchez Sergio 4/6/1998 0 0 0 1 JUVY
Guachiac - Suy Victor 5/17/1995 0 0 0 1
7 0 0 8
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DR#: 13-094361
Date: 5/17/2013
Type of Incident: Load Vehicle
Radio Code: 712S
Location: I-17 & New River
Number of Search Warrants Served: 0 Search Warrant Numbers:
Number of Vehicles Towed: 0 License Plates:
Number of Vehicles Impounded: 1 License Plates: BA-8524 (AZ)
Number of 3511 Vehicles: 0 License Plates:
Suspects Arrested (Last) (First) DOBTotal Felony
Counts
Total Misd.
Counts
Arrest
Warrants
Turned
Over to ICE
Ramirez - Lopez Ramiro 4/22/1978 1 0 0 0 (1) Count Conspirac
Astudillo - Sanchez Cristian 3/7/1992 1 0 0 0 (1) Count Conspirac
Bernal - De Mateo Yeymy 9/18/1983 1 0 0 0 (1) Count Conspirac
Cardona - Lopez Antonio 10/18/1994 0 0 0 1
Jimenez - Jimenez Raquel 2/14/1994 0 0 0 1
Lopez - Gomez Gerardo 1/25/1984 0 0 0 1
Alfredo - Martinez Luis 2/4/1996 0 0 0 1 JUVY
3 0 0 4
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