Legal Opinion
Donald T. Stapley v. Peter R. Pestalozzi
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2013No. 12-16145, 12-16146PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Former prosecutors Andrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon, and their spouses, (“Defendants”) appeal the district court’s partial denial of their motions to dismiss. Former Maricopa County Board of Supervisors member Donald T. Stapley, Jr. and his spouse (“Plaintiffs”) allege that Defendants initiated a frivolous federal civil racketeering (“RICO”) suit against Stapley to harass him. The suit was part of an ongoing “political war” in Maricopa County between the Board of Supervisors, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and others. Thomas and Aubuchon were later disbarred, in part for…
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