Legal Opinion

We are America/Somos America v. Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

District Court, D. Arizona

Decided August 18, 2011No. CIV-06-2816-PHX-RCBPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

ROBERT C. BROOMFIELD, Senior District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the so-called “Maricopa Migrant Conspiracy Policy” (“MMCP” or “the Policy”). Am. Compl. (Doc. 45) at 3:9-10, ¶ 1. Pursuant to that Policy, allegedly “non-smuggler migrants” are “arrest[ed], detain[ed], and punish[ed] ... for conspiring to transport themselves through Maricopa Countyf]” in violation of Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 13-2319, Arizona’s human smuggling statute.1 Id. at 3:8-9, ¶ 1. Originally, in *1087this putative class action, the plaintiffs were six Mexican nationals who had been…

2Cases cited79 opinions

  1. Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Ortega-Melendres v. ArpaioDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2011
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  3. Thiebaut v. Colorado Springs UtilitiesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2011
  4. Page v. Tri-City Healthcare DistrictDistrict Court, S.D. California · 2012
  5. United States v. MaricopaDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2015

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