United States of America v. Maricopa, County of et al

Filing 64

RESPONSE to Motion re 63 MOTION to Dismiss Case without prejudice filed by Joseph M Arpaio, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(Popolizio, Joseph)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 William R. Jones, Jr., Bar #001481 John T. Masterson, Bar #007447 Joseph J. Popolizio, Bar #017434 JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, P.L.C. 2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 800 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Telephone: (602) 263-1700 Fax: (602) 200-7801 wjones@jshfirm.com jmasterson@jshfirm.com jpopolizio@jshfirm.com Attorneys for Defendants Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and Joseph M. Arpaio 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 11 United States of America, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 15 16 v. Defendants. 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISMISS Maricopa County, Arizona; Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office; and Joseph M. Arpaio, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, 17 19 NO. CV10-01878-PHX-GMS Through undersigned counsel, named Defendants Maricopa County Sheriff, Joseph M. Arpaio, and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office ("MCSO") agree with the United States that substantial compliance under the June 2, 2011 Agreement has occurred. These Defendants, however, disagree with the United States’ contention that the MCSO has only cooperated with the United States’ underlying Title VI investigation since the filing of this action. Appropriate cooperation, along with the rightful questioning of the scope and propriety of the United States’ investigation, occurred prior to the filing of this action. 27 28 2605002.1 1 The United States has notified the aforementioned Defendants of its 2 determination of substantial compliance under the June 2, 2011 Agreement, and counsel 3 for these Defendants has acknowledged this determination. See Exhibit 1. 4 Accordingly, pursuant to the June 2, 2011 Agreement and the June 3, 2011 5 Order of this Court (Snow, J.) (Dkt. 62), the dismissal of this action on August 2, 2011 is 6 mandated. 7 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 1st day of August, 2011. 8 JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, P.L.C. 9 10 By /s/Joseph J. Popolizio William R. Jones, Jr. John T. Masterson Joseph J. Popolizio 2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 800 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Attorneys for Defendants Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and Joseph M. Arpaio 11 12 13 14 15 ORIGINAL electronically filed this 1st day of August, 2011. 16 COPY e-mailed this same date to: 17 Thomas E. Perez Assistant Attorney General Dennis K. Burke Roy L. Austin, Jr. Matthew Colangelo Jonathan Smith Avner Shapiro Peter S. Gray Laurie A. Gelman Amin Aminfar U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 Michael M. Walker Assistant U.S. Attorney Two Renaissance Square 40 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200 Phoenix, AZ 85004-4408 28 Attorneys for the United States 25 26 2605002.1 2 1 2 3 4 5 Thomas K. Irvine Cynthia R. Estrella Polsinelli Shughart, P.C. One East Washington, Suite 1200 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Attorneys for Maricopa County /s/Gloria Gray 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2605002.1 3

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