Appointed by George W. Bush Role Judge | Name G. Snow Preceded by Stephen M. McNamee | |
Full Name Grant Murray Snow Residence Tempe, Arizona, United States | ||
Education Brigham Young University | ||
Raw Footage: Mary Rose Wilcox on Judge Snows Ruling.
Grant Murray Snow (born 1959) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Contents
- Raw Footage Mary Rose Wilcox on Judge Snows Ruling
- Early life and education
- Legal career
- Federal career
- Notable cases
- References
Early life and education
Snow was born in Boulder City, Nevada. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University in 1984. He received a Juris Doctor from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 1987.
Legal career
Snow started his legal career as a law clerk for Judge Stephen Hale Anderson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 1987 to 1988. He was in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1988 to 2002. He was a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals from 2002 to 2008.
Federal career
Snow was nominated by President George W. Bush on December 11, 2007, to a seat vacated by Stephen M. McNamee. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 26, 2008, and received his commission on July 23, 2008.
Notable cases
On May 24, 2013, Snow ruled that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and committed acts of racial profiling against Hispanics. The judge will also preside over the United States Department of Justice's lawsuit to gain access to MCSO’s documents and facilities, as part of the department’s investigation of alleged discrimination in MCSO’s police practices and jail operations. On January 15, 2015, he announced that he would be bringing civil contempt charges against the MCSO, with a hearing to be held in April, and on August 19, 2016, as one result of those proceedings, he issued an order requesting that the United States Attorney for the Arizona district prosecute Arpaio and three of his MCSO associates for criminal contempt.