Scheehle

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARK V. SCHEEHLE, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, v.

JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF

ARIZONA; REBECCA WHITE BERCH;

ANDREW D. HURWITZ; CHARLES E. No. 05-17063

JONES; RUTH V. MCGREGOR;

MICHAEL D. RYAN; JUDGES OF THE  D.C. No.

CV-98-01095-SMM

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF

OPINION

ARIZONA, IN AND FOR THE

COUNTY OF MARICOPA; COLIN F.

CAMPBELL; MARGARET H. DOWNEY;

MICHAEL A. MCVEY; JONATHAN H.

SCHWARTZ,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Stephen M. McNamee, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 18, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed November 15, 2007

Before: Jane R. Roth,* Sidney R. Thomas, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Callahan

*The Honorable Jane R. Roth, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Mark V. Scheehle, of Prescott Valley, Arizona, for plaintiff- appellant Mark V. Scheehle.

Terry Goddard, Arizona Attorney General, and Paula S.…