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Judge won’t vacate former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s contempt conviction without oral arguments

U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton

By Michael Kiefer and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez | The Republic

U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton canceled former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s upcoming sentencing hearing for his criminal contempt-of-court conviction, telling attorneys not to file replies to motions that were pending before his recent presidential pardon.

Related: ‘We believe in the system’: Attorneys stage lunchtime protest of Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio

However, Bolton on Tuesday stopped short of throwing out the conviction based solely on Arpaio’s request. Instead she ordered Arpaio and the U.S. Department of Justice, which is prosecuting the case, to file briefs on why she should or shouldn’t grant Arpaio’s request.

Arpaio’s attorneys asked Bolton on Monday to vacate Arpaio’s conviction in light of President Donald Trump’s Friday pardon.

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