The motion came after a week of witness testimony in the criminal contempt trial against the former Sheriff.

Joe Arpaio is in court this week. The former sheriff is charged with criminal contempt of court. On Monday, federal prosecutors called Arpaio’s former attorney Timothy Casey to the stand.

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is being tried for criminal contempt for ignoring a 2011 court order to cease his immigration enforcement patrols.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been spared prosecution on a contempt-of-court charge for refusing to hand over 50 hard drives from a secret investigation. He still faces contempt charges on a separate count.

Maricopa County decisively voted against Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Yet tens of thousands of those same voters helped elect Arpaio’s ally Donald Trump president. A Trump White House could have a profound impact on the embattled sheriff's legacy.

With the election around the corner, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is responding aggressively to political attacks and troubles in court.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has raised a stunning $12 million for his re-election campaign, but will that be enough to win a seventh term?

Six-term incumbent Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the front-runner in next week’s Republican primary. But just 11 days before the Aug. 30 primary election, a federal judge referred the sheriff for criminal contempt charges for repeatedly violating orders in a racial profiling case.

A federal judge is asking the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s office to prosecute Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three others for criminal contempt of court.

Criminal defense lawyers representing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three others argued Friday their clients should not face criminal contempt of court charges for violating a federal judge’s orders.

A hearing scheduled Friday is expected to help a federal judge get closer to issuing an order mandating reforms to the sheriff’s procedures for investigating officer misconduct, as well as the appointment of an independent investigator to oversee certain internal investigations.

The federal judge who found Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in civil contempt of court for violating his orders in a racial profiling case said at a Tuesday hearing that he is still considering whether to refer the sheriff and others for a possible criminal contempt prosecution. A final ruling on civil remedies is not expected until later this summer.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has agreed to a list of proposed remedies after a federal judge found him and three of his aides in contempt of court. Meanwhile, lawyers for the plaintiffs in the case are asking the judge to refer the case to a prosecutor to pursue criminal charges.

The federal judge who found Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in civil contempt of court has denied the sheriff's request for an extension to respond to the findings.

Last Friday, federal Judge Murray Snow dropped a 162-page order finding Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in contempt of court.

A federal judge mandated the use of cameras after ruling in 2013 the sheriff’s office had discriminated against Latino motorists.

The contempt of court hearing will end on Nov. 20 after parties give their closing arguments.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s most prominent volunteer posse member was called to testify late Tuesday in the sheriff’s contempt of court hearing, but he hardly answered any questions. Instead, Cold Case Posse leader Mike Zullo invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not self-incriminate.

The former head of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Internal Affairs Division testified in court Wednesday about why the office didn’t turn over nearly 1,500 IDs the judge later retrieved through the U.S. Marshals.

The crowds have thinned at the sheriff’s contempt of court hearings since the sheriff left the witness stand, but a handful of community members make a point to come most days.

In court testimony Friday in the contempt case against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a sergeant gave more details about the sheriff’s mysterious dealings with confidential informant Dennis Montgomery.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s own lawyers will have a chance to question the sheriff when he takes the stand again today in the contempt of court hearings against him. Meanwhile, Maricopa County is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a technical dispute in the case.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio took the stand again for an hour on Thursday in the contempt of court proceedings against him. The sheriff fielded questions about the adequacy of his office’s internal affairs investigations and his dealings with a confidential informant who apparently tried to link the judge in the case in an anti-Arpaio conspiracy.

Some of attorney Tim Casey’s statements seemed to contradict some of the sheriff’s earlier testimony and could be used to undermine Arpaio’s claim that he only violated court orders unintentionally.

Court testimony on Friday in the contempt of court case against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio revealed the sheriff’s office improperly used federal drug interdiction funds to pay the confidential informant who tried to link the judge in a conspiracy with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Five months after the first round of civil contempt of court hearings against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio concluded in April, the proceedings will resume again on Thursday.

The judge overseeing the contempt of court case against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ordered an emergency hearing on Thursday after the sheriff’s lawyers failed to turn over certain documents.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is supposed to face a second round of contempt of court hearings on Sept. 22 for violating a judge’s orders in a racial profiling case. But lawyers for the sheriff and the county are asking an appeals court to put the case on hold.