5/30/2023 0 Comments Arizona court records![]() In May, the Arizona Supreme Court will hear the Senate’s appeal of lower court rulings that have rejected the Senate’s overly broad claim of legislative privilege.Īrizona Department of Health Services, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, DOJ - Federal Bureau of Investigation, DOJ - National Security Division, Federal Communications Commission, Georgia - Sumter County, Georgia Secretary of State, HHS - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS - Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services, Illinois - Chicago Mayor's Office, Illinois - Chicago Police Department, Illinois - Office of the Governor, Missouri - Kansas City Mayor's Office, Missouri - Office of the Governor, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, New Mexico - Albuquerque Mayor's Office, New Mexico - Albuquerque Police Department, New Mexico Office of the Governor, North Carolina, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Ohio - City of Cleveland Mayor's Office, Ohio - Cleveland Division of Police, Ohio Office of the Governor, United States Postal Service, USDA - Food Safety and Inspection Service, White House, Wisconsin - Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - Milwaukee Mayor's Office, Wisconsin - Milwaukee Police Department, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Wisconsin Office of the GovernorĬentral Intelligence Agency, Colorado Attorney General, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor, Department of State, DHS - Federal Protective Service, DHS - Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS - Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense, DHS - Transportation Security Administration, DHS - U.S. Separately, the state Senate has attempted to argue that some records that it currently holds should be withheld from the public under a claim of legislative privilege. questioned Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan, who repeatedly argued that the records in his possession were not public records and did not need to be released. In a January deposition, lawyers from American Oversight and Phoenix Newspapers Inc. But the firm has again and again refused to turn over documents. Multiple court rulings, including today’s, have determined that these documents are subject to public release, and the state Supreme Court declined to review the case, effectively upholding lower court rulings. The state Senate is legally obligated to preserve public records from the “audit,” including those held by Cyber Ninjas. While American Oversight has obtained tens of thousands of pages of documents regarding the election “audit,” two outstanding categories of records have not yet been released. In Tuesday’s ruling, the court rejected this argument. Cyber Ninjas had filed to dismiss the case on the grounds that American Oversight had no claim against it, arguing that as a private contractor its documents were not public records. Judge Michael Kemp of the Arizona Superior Court in Maricopa County reiterated what several court rulings have previously found - that records in the custody of Cyber Ninjas regarding the election review are subject to the state public records law. American Oversight is investigating the “audit” of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County and has an ongoing lawsuit against the Arizona Senate and Cyber Ninjas for the public release of related records. On Tuesday, an Arizona judge denied in its entirety Cyber Ninjas’ latest attempt to dismiss our lawsuit seeking the release of records from the state Senate’s partisan election review.
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