U.S. Courts News Reporter
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The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon denied a request from the leaders of the Arizona legislature to put on hold an order that would require them to be deposed about the legislature’s enactment of voting laws that make it more difficult to register to vote. In a brief unsigned order without any noted dissents, the justices turned down an emergency filing from Ben Toma, the speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, and Warren Petersen, the president of the … Read the rest
Former Glendale police officer Matthew Schneider pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct last Friday, Dave Biscobing reports for ABC 15 Arizona. Schneider’s actions during a 2017 traffic stop made headlines after local news investigated and body cam footage from the scene revealed Schneider’s bizarre fixation and assault on the passenger. Schneider avoided both jail time and probation and must pay just $ 115 in court fees. He forfeited his police officer certification before he was charged … Read the rest
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The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a cellphone provider to turn over call records for Dr. Kelli Ward, the chair of the Arizona Republican Party, to the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Ward had asked the justices to block a subpoena addressed to T-Mobile, arguing that there “could hardly be a starker example of seeking to punish people for having ties to political views regarding the outcome of the 2020 … Read the rest
(United States Ninth Circuit) – Reversed a ruling that the amount in controversy in an employee class action was too low for federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). An employer that had been sued for allegedly violating wage-hour laws, and that removed the case to federal court under CAFA, argued that the district court erred in remanding the case to state court. On appeal, the Ninth Circuit agreed with the employer that, in assessing the amount in … Read the rest