Arizona
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix鈥檚 practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
Status: Ongoing
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Arizona
Apr 2023

Prisoners' Rights
Jensen v. Thornell
UPDATE: In a thorough and sweeping injunction issued on April 7, 2023, U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver is requiring the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (鈥淎DCRR鈥) to make 鈥渟ubstantial鈥 changes to staffing and conditions so that medical care and mental healthcare at Arizona prisons comes up to constitutional standards.
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Arizona
Apr 2023
Reproductive Freedom
Paul A. Isaacson, M.D., et al. v. Mark Brnovich, et al.
Two Arizona physicians, the Arizona Medical Association, Arizona National Council of Jewish Women, and the Arizona National Organization of Women are challenging two abortion restrictions passed in Arizona in April 2021. One, the 鈥渞eason鈥 ban, is a ban on鈥痑bortions鈥痓ased on a patient鈥檚 reason for seeking鈥痮ne, including鈥痺hen the abortion could be deemed due to a fetal condition or diagnosis.鈥疶his ban targets pregnant people already facing complex considerations regarding fetal genetic conditions and drives a wedge between a patient and their provider.
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Arizona
Apr 2023

Reproductive Freedom
Paul A. Isaacson, M.D., et al. v. Mark Brnovich, et al.
Two Arizona physicians, the Arizona Medical Association, Arizona National Council of Jewish Women, and the Arizona National Organization of Women are challenging two abortion restrictions passed in Arizona in April 2021. One, the 鈥渞eason鈥 ban, is a ban on鈥痑bortions鈥痓ased on a patient鈥檚 reason for seeking鈥痮ne, including鈥痺hen the abortion could be deemed due to a fetal condition or diagnosis.鈥疶his ban targets pregnant people already facing complex considerations regarding fetal genetic conditions and drives a wedge between a patient and their provider.

U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023
Criminal Law Reform
Khorrami v. Arizona
This case concerns whether a person charged with a felony is guaranteed the right to a 12-person jury trial under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023

Criminal Law Reform
Khorrami v. Arizona
This case concerns whether a person charged with a felony is guaranteed the right to a 12-person jury trial under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.

U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023
Capital Punishment
Criminal Law Reform
Cruz v. Arizona
This case concerns whether a state prisoner can be barred from challenging a state court鈥檚 decision denying his right to inform the jury about relevant sentencing information, where the state court applied a novel rule to bar his ability to present the issue on post-conviction review.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023

Capital Punishment
Criminal Law Reform
Cruz v. Arizona
This case concerns whether a state prisoner can be barred from challenging a state court鈥檚 decision denying his right to inform the jury about relevant sentencing information, where the state court applied a novel rule to bar his ability to present the issue on post-conviction review.

Arizona
May 2019
Smart Justice
糖心Vlogof Arizona v. Montgomery
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Arizona
May 2019

Smart Justice
糖心Vlogof Arizona v. Montgomery

Arizona
Sep 2017
Immigrants' Rights
Ortega Melendres, et al. v. Arpaio, et al.
This is a class action lawsuit filed in 2007 in which, following a three-week trial, the Maricopa County Sheriff鈥檚 Office (MCSO) was found to have engaged in racial profiling and unlawful traffic stops of Latinos.
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Arizona
Sep 2017

Immigrants' Rights
Ortega Melendres, et al. v. Arpaio, et al.
This is a class action lawsuit filed in 2007 in which, following a three-week trial, the Maricopa County Sheriff鈥檚 Office (MCSO) was found to have engaged in racial profiling and unlawful traffic stops of Latinos.