R-15-0014
PETITION TO AMEND CANON 2.3, RULE 81, ARIZONA RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT
Would add "gender identity" to provisions prohibiting improper bias and prejudice by judges
Petitioners:
Primary: Jeffery S. Slater (#012889)
c/o Law Office of Jeffery S. Slater, P.C.
10963 N. 130th Pl.
Scottsdale, AZ 85259
(480) 560-9602
[email protected] Amelia C. Cramer (#018297)
Louis A. Goodman (#007399)
Richard K. Mahrle (#005166)
James E. Barton, II (#023888)
Andrew Shackelford (#027911)
Andrea L. Crawford (#028706)
John Phebus (#015964)
Jessica M. Hernandez (#021818)
Claudia D. Work (#018701)
Filed January 9, 2015.
Comments due on or before May 20, 2015.
DENIED August 27, 2015. The Court notes that existing Rule 2.3 broadly prohibits judges from manifesting bias or prejudice, and the Rule's list of protected classifications is illustrative, not exhaustive.