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Arizona Supreme Court holds that the number of signatures necessary to trigger a recall election is based on how many people voted at the most recent election for the office.

Governor Ducey appointed Judge Cynthia Bailey to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One.

Arizona Court of Appeals Division One holds that if a Board of Adjustment authorizes requests for reconsideration and a party seeks reconsideration, the thirty-day clock under A.R.S. § 9-462.06(K) to file a special action challenging a Board of Adjustment’s decisions runs from when the Board acts on the request for reconsideration.

Arizona Supreme Court held that (1) under Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 4(i), if a plaintiff shows good cause for failing to serve a defendant within ninety days, a court is required to extend the time for service; (2) Rule 4(i) also allows a court, in its discretion, to extend the period for service without a plaintiff showing good cause; and (3) that if the ninety-day period for service has expired, a plaintiff seeking an extension under Rule 4(i) need not show that the delay in service or

Arizona Court of Appeals Division One holds that a functional standard applies to the zoning requirement that a group home operate as a “family-like environment,” and also that providing on-site group and individual counseling is a permissible part of the “care, training, or support” allowed in the zoning ordinance.

Arizona Court of Appeals Division One holds that courts may only grant a delayed appeal upon a showing of due diligence or extraordinary circumstances.