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Joe Duhownik
Joe covers Arizona law and politics, focusing primarily on Arizona federal courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Outside the courthouse, you can find him reporting on the city of Phoenix and the Arizona state legislature. Before Courthouse News, he covered criminal justice for the Purdue Exponent student newspaper in West Lafayette, Indiana. Send tips to [email protected].
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Man accused of threatening the president made similar threats, trial witness says
Rene Ortiz’s family members testified in federal court that Ortiz’s mental health has been declining for years.
Arizona man says presidential death threats were only requests
Rene Ortiz’s public defender says he is out of touch with reality and his suggestion that he kill the president-elect was a mere cry for attention.
Arizona accuses major insurers, provider network of price-fixing
Physicians at local clinics say they don’t have the staff or funding to challenge the underpayments they receive from insurance companies.
Class action targets Arizona cemetery policy that conflicts with Jewish customs
The plaintiffs say the policy to lower the casket only after mourners' leave has been discriminatorily enforced against Jewish mourners.
Glendale council member seeks reversal of City Council expulsion
Because a per diem is not legally considered compensation, former council member Lupe Conchas says he did not violate the city charter or state law by joining the governing board of an Arizona utility.
Environmentalists sue to protect springsnails threatened by second border wall
The Center for Biological Diversity says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ignored the legal deadline to list the Quitobaquito tryonia as endangered to allow a second border wall to run through its only habitat.
Ninth Circuit revives excessive force claim against Phoenix police
Though a state court dismissed the unlawful arrest and excessive force claims by two protesters, those claims shouldn't be blocked on a federal level, the appellate panel said.
Family files second lawsuit over Denver-area police shooting
The Aurora, Colorado, police department has operated under a consent decree since 2021, when the state identified a pattern and practice of racial profiling and excessive force.