R-15-0020
PETITION TO AMEND RULES 2.3 AND 3.6, ARIZONA CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT, RULE 81, RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA
Would add "gender identity" to provisions prohibiting improper bias and prejudice by judges
Petitioners:
Abigail Jensen (#018810)
[email protected] Lori Lefferts (#010343)
[email protected] David Euchner (#021768)
[email protected] Office of the Pima County Public Defender
33 N. Stone, 21st Floor
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Amelia Craig Cramer (#018297)
[email protected] 2222 East 7th Street
Tucson, Arizona 85719
Gail Gianasi Natale (#01039)
[email protected] 817 North Second Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Eleanor Miller (#003086)
[email protected] 3610 N. 15th Ave.
Phoenix, Arizona 85029
Janet Margrave (#005261)
[email protected] 389 East Palm Lane
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-0001
E. Sharon Storrs (#004373)
[email protected] 1421 E. Thomas Road
Phoenix, Arizona 85014
Maria L. Schaffer (#018146)
[email protected] 222 North Central Avenue, Suite 8100
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Wendy H. Ascher (#024652)
[email protected] 4734 East Montecito Street
Tucson, Arizona 85711
Nancy Bourke (#25945)
[email protected] 4036 La Linda Vista Way, Suite C
Sierra Vista, Arizona 85635
Filed on 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 Rule 3.6 broadly prohibits membership in any organization that practices invidious discrimination, and the Rules' list of protected classifications is illustrative, not exhaustive.