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Ross Mirkarimi is for openess — mostly

By: Melissa Griffin 05/24/12 4:00 AM
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California state law guards the confidentiality of records and proceedings when peace officers face disciplinary investigations. Read More

Decision delayed on use of Lopez tape in sheriff hearing

By: Bay City News 05/08/12 7:07 PM
A video of the wife of suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was again the subject of a legal battle Tuesday as his suspension proceedings move forward haltingly. The City Attorney’s Office is seeking to use a video of Eliana Lopez, who was taped by a neighbor Jan. 1 crying and pointing to a bruise on her arm that she said was caused when Mirkarimi grabbed her during an argument the previous day. Read More

Ouster bid ‘political,’ Mirkarimi side claims

By: Ari Burack 05/08/12 6:49 PM
Mayor Ed Lee’s effort to remove Ross Mirkarimi as sheriff “is an unprecedented political prosecution that has nothing to do with the will of the people,” Mirkarimi’s attorneys said in their opening legal filing to the Ethics Commission on Tuesday. Read More

Crowded guest list for hearing; 18 witnesses may have to testify about Mirkarimi

By: Ari Burack 05/01/12 9:13 PM
City attorneys seeking to permanently remove Ross Mirkarimi as sheriff submitted a proposed witness list Tuesday for an upcoming Ethics Commission hearing that includes his campaign manager, whom they accuse of trying to thwart the Police Department’s domestic violence probe of the sheriff. Read More

With friends like these …

By: Melissa Griffin 04/25/12 6:33 PM
Suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was at the Ethics Commission on Monday, where the five commission members agreed on the procedure for deciding the procedure that will govern the hearing on whether to recommend his removal. Read More

Ross Mirkarimi suffers setbacks in court

By: Staff and wire report 04/19/12 9:14 PM
Suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi lost his first two battles in the legal and political war to get his job back Thursday, after a judge tentatively denied his bid to immediately undo his misconduct suspension or continue collecting his salary while he fights the dismissal. Read More

Ross Mirkarimi speaks about domestic violence incident

By: Dan Schreiber 04/18/12 6:50 PM
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Suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has for the first time detailed his version of the events that led to the high-profile domestic violence incident involving his wife — including how she sustained a sizable bruise on her arm. Read More

Ross Mirkarimi hires high-profile L.A. attorney

By: Ari Burack 04/09/12 9:18 PM
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Ross Mirkarimi has joined the ranks of celebrities with the latest addition to his legal team.High-profile Los Angeles attorney Shepard Kopp, who previously represented celebrities Michael Jackson and Winona Ryder, has signed on to help defend the suspended sheriff in his bid to overturn his ouster by Mayor Ed Lee. Read More

Mirkarimi’s wife fires back at neighbors over evidence claims

By: Dan Schreiber 04/08/12 4:10 PM
Neighbors have accused suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and his wife, Eliana Lopez, of illegally goading them to destroy video evidence in the couple’s domestic violence case, but Lopez now says Mirkarimi wasn’t aware the video existed at the time of the request in question. Read More

Ross Mirkarimi's wife allowed to travel with son to Venezuela for five weeks

By: Bay City News 03/23/12 10:22 PM
Suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's wife has been granted permission to take their 2-year-old son to Venezuela for five weeks while she visits her ailing father, according to a court order issued Friday. The order issued by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ronald Albers modifies one issued in early February, when Mirkarimi, embroiled in a domestic violence scandal that earlier this week cost him his job as sheriff, was granted visitation rights with his son, Theo. Read More
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