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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Gary Donahoe and Cherie Donahoe, 

husband and wife, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

Sheriff Joseph Arpaio and Ava Arpaio, 

husband and wife; Andrew Thomas and 

Anne Thomas, husband and wife; Lisa 

Aubuchon and Peter R. Pestalozzi, wife and 

husband; Deputy Chief David Hendershott 

and Anna Hendershott, husband and wife; 

Peter Spaw and Jane Doe Spaw, husband 

and wife; Maricopa County, a municipal 

entity; Jon Does I-X; Jane Does I-X; Black 

Corporations I-V; and White Partnerships IV, 

Defendants. 

No. CV 10-02756-PHX-NVW

CONSOLIDATED WITH: 

Sandra Wilson and Paul Wilson, husband 

and wife, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

Sheriff Joseph Arpaio and Ava Arpaio, 

husband and wife; et al., 

Defendants. 

CV 10-02758-PHX-NVW

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Conley D. Wolfswinkel, a single man; 

Brandon D. Wolswinkel, a single man; 

Ashton A. Wolfswinkel, a single man; 

Vanderbilt Farms, LLC, an Arizona limited 

liability company; ABCDW, LLC, an 

Arizona limited liability company; Stone 

Canyon, LLC, an Arizona limited liability 

company; Vistoso Partners, LLC, an 

Arizona limited liability company; and W 

Harquahala, LLC, an Arizona limited 

liability company; 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

Sheriff Joseph Arpaio and Ava Arpaio, 

husband and wife; et al., 

Defendants. 

CV 11-00116-PHX-NVW

Mary Rose Wilcox and Earl Wilcox, wife 

and husband, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

Sheriff Joseph Arpaio and Ava Arpaio, 

husband and wife; et al., 

Defendants.

CV 11-00473-PHX-NVW

Donald T. Stapley, Jr. and Kathleen 

Stapley, husband and wife, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

Sheriff Joseph Arpaio and Ava Arpaio, 

husband and wife; et al., 

Defendants.

CV 11-00902-PHX-NVW

ORDER 

(Applicable only in CV 11-00116)

Before the Court is Plaintiff Conley Wolfswinkel and Defendant Maricopa 

County’s Joint Summary of Discovery Dispute (Doc. 459), which will be treated as a 

motion to compel discovery by Plaintiff Wolfswinkel. 

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The County is the proper defendant liable for various claims alleged regarding the 

conduct of the Sheriff and members of his office and the former County Attorney and 

members of his office, who are also defendants in this action.1

 Payne v. Arpaio, 2009 

WL 3756679 (D. Ariz. 2009). “Each county of the State, now or hereafter organized, 

shall be a body politic and corporate.” Ariz. Const. art. 11 § 1. As “a party” the County 

is responsible for obtaining and producing discovery within the County. Fed. R. Civ. P. 

26(a)(1)(A). Any dissonances within the County do not free the County from its 

obligations to give discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. If the County 

cannot resolve its dissonances well enough to meet its discovery obligations, it will not 

mean that opposing parties are burdened. Rather, it will mean that the County is subject 

to sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. 

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff Wolfswinkel’s motion to compel discovery (Doc. 

459) is granted. The County shall give the discovery demanded, failing which Plaintiff 

Wolfswinkel may seek further sanctions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. 

Dated this 31st day of May, 2012. 

 

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 As defendants Thomas and Aubuchon are no longer members of the County Attorney’s 

Office, no current member of the office remains as a defendant. 

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