Tag: MCSO
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Breaking: Judge Snow Denies Mike Zullo’s Motion for Protective Order
“THE FIFTH AMENDMENT DOES NOT APPLY” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 6, 2015) — On Friday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow denied a Motion for Protective Order filed by Mike Zullo last week in the case of Melendres, et al v. Arpaio, et al following oral argument. file0.411841295232204 In the motion filed October…
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Exclusive: Source of Lawsuit Information to Arpaio-Opposed Publication is Plaintiff ACLU Attorney
CIVIL CASE BROADENED TO CIVIL CONTEMPT; COURT-ORDERED INVESTIGATION OF WORK OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 4, 2015) — A source who has been following the developments in Melendres, et al v. Arpaio, et al closely has informed The Post & Email that the source of court documents and information to the Phoenix New…
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Breaking Exclusive: Plaintiff Attorneys Subpoena Zullo for Additional Deposition
AFTER ZULLO CALLS OUT ACLU FOR “BLATANT HYPOCRISY” AND SEEKS COUNSEL by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 3, 2015) — At approximately 10:25 p.m. EST/8:25 p.m. Arizona time, attorneys for the plaintiffs in the case of Melendres, et al v. Arpaio, et al filed a notice titled “SECOND AMENDED NOTICE OF SERVICE OF SUBPOENA COMMANDING DEPOSITION” requiring…
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Breaking: Plaintiffs’ Attorneys File Additional Response to Zullo’s Motion for Protective Order
ASK JUDGE TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF WITHHELD DOCUMENTS by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 2, 2015) — On Monday evening, plaintiffs’ attorneys in the case of Melendres, et al v. Arpaio, et al filed an additional document to those submitted on Friday in response to an October 28 request for an extension of time to secure counsel…
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Breaking: Mike Zullo Files “Notice of Appeals and Request to Stay” Proceedings in Arpaio Case
ACCUSES ACLU OF “BLATANT HYPOCRISY” IN REGARD TO HIS CIVIL, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 2, 2015) — Mike Zullo, who has become embroiled in a court-ordered investigation of a probe conducted by a confidential informant to the Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff’s Office, has filed a document pro se indicating that he is appealing…
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Does the ACLU Stand for Civil and Due Process Rights, or Not?
ARE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ONLY FOR “IMMIGRANTS?” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 2, 2015) — On Thursday, The Post & Email reported that on Wednesday, Maricopa County, AZ Cold Case Posse lead investigator Mike Zullo filed a motion pro se in the case of Melendres, et al v. Arpaio, et al requesting a 30-day extension past the…
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Second Petition for Writ of Mandamus Filed with Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Arpaio Case
IS JUDGE SNOW TAKING ORDERS FROM SOMEONE? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 9, 2015) — On August 6, attorneys representing defendants Maricopa County, AZ and its sheriff, Joseph M. Arpaio in the case of Melendres, et al v. Arpaio, et al filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals…
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Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff’s Office Monitoring Costs Taxpayers Millions Over 18 Months
BUT WHO IS REAPING THE BENEFITS? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 25, 2015) — Invoices paid by the Maricopa County, AZ Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to Warshaw & Associates, the firm appointed by a federal judge to oversee the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) as a result of a civil lawsuit, Melendres, et al…
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United States Asks to Intervene in Arpaio “Racial Profiling” Case
ACCUSES SHERIFF OF “CONTUMACIOUS CONDUCT” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 21, 2015) — On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section representing “the United States,” filed a motion to intervene in the case of Melendres, et al v. Arpaio, et al based on its expressed desire to enforce the “equal protection…
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Where is the ACLU?
FEDERAL JUDGE AND ACLU ATTORNEYS SILENT IN ARPAIO CASE by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 8, 2015) — For nearly two weeks, no documents have been posted in the case of Melendres et al v. Arpaio, et al, which accused Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio and several of his deputies of racial profiling. Filed in December 2007,…
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Klayman Files Lawsuit Against ACLU and Several of Its Attorneys Representing Plaintiffs in Arpaio Case
WHERE IS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 1, 2015) — As suggested in documents filed in federal court in Arizona last week, on Tuesday Atty. Larry Klayman filed a federal lawsuit in Florida on behalf of his client, Dennis Montgomery, for alleged defamation on the part of five attorneys employed by the American…
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In Arpaio Case, Judge Admits “High Degree of Personal Familiarity” with Monitor’s Performance
JUDGE AND MONITOR “IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 25, 2015) — In an order filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona dated September 11, 2014 dealing with a billing dispute between Maricopa County and a court-appointed monitor, Judge G. Murray Snow stated that “the Court has a high degree…
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Bombshell: Claim: ACLU Attorneys Failed to Disclose That Arpaio Confidential Informant Was Once Their Client
KLAYMAN CITES DEFAMATION, POSSIBLE LEGAL ACTION by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 25, 2015) — In a shocking development in the case of Melendres, et al v. Arpaio, et al, Attys. Larry Klayman and Jonathon Moseley of Freedom Watch have written a brief in which they allege that plaintiffs’ attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)…
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Can The Post & Email Once Again Become Open to All? pb
“FREEDOM IS NOT FREE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 24, 2015) — The Post & Email has received an extraordinary offer from its hosting company, pair.com, such that it may be able to again be open to everyone, without a free registration or paid subscription. However, in order to make that happen, The Post & Email…
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Breaking: Attorneys for Sheriff Joseph Arpaio File Response to Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Judge’s Recusal
DID JUDGE UTTER “HIGHLY DISPARAGING REMARKS” ABOUT DEFENDANT BEFORE TRIAL? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 22, 2015) — On Monday, three law firms acting on behalf of the Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) filed a response to the plaintiffs’ opposition to the defendants’ requested recusal of U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow in the…
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Attorney Asks Arpaio Judge to Restore Agreed Review Process of Monitor Invoices
“HUGE SUMS” NOT MADE PUBLIC by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 20, 2015) — On Wednesday, The Post & Email reported, through documents filed in the federal PACER system, that U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow had changed the manner in which invoices from a monitor appointed last year would be approved. In January 2014, Snow…
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Article on Selection of Federal Judge in 2010 Arpaio Case Found in Wayback Machine
IS “PICKED” THE SAME AS A “RANDOM DRAW?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 18, 2015) — An article cited by The Post & Email on Wednesday reporting the assignment of U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow to a 2010 lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio has…
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Federal Court Assumes Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Monitor Invoices
ARE TAXPAYERS BEING BILKED? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 17, 2015) — On May 5, U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow issued an order pertaining to the case of Melendres, et al v. Arpaio, et al to Maricopa County, AZ Deputy County Manager Sandi Wilson to approve for payment an April 2015 invoice from Robert…
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Judge Places USDOJ Request, Hearings on Hold in Arpaio Case
AFTER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT FILES SECOND MOTION TO INTERVENE by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 2, 2015) — On Saturday, The Post & Email reported that former CIA contractor and confidential informant to the Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff’s Department (MCSO) Dennis Montgomery had not yet filed a motion in response to the request of the U.S. Department of…

