Alabama Legal Overview: Safford The Safford micropolitan area spans across both Graham and Greenlee counties in Southeast Arizona. Safford is located with Graham County and is the county seat, and Greenlee County to the east comes into the picture only as part of the micropolitan area. Both counties have their own superior courts as trial courts with general jurisdiction. Each county also has two justice court precincts for limited jurisdiction matters. Listed below are the main cities and towns in the Safford micropolitan area.
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1. The Graham County Superior Court is based in Safford, along with the Graham County Justice Court. The Safford Magistrate Court with limited jurisdiction separately handles local ordinance matters. The justice court's second precinct is in Pima. The court structure for Greenlee County is very similar, with the Greenlee County Superior Court and the justice court's first precinct located in the county seat of Clifton. The Greenlee County Justice Court's second precinct can be found in Duncan, and Clifton has its own magistrate court to handle local ordinance violations. 2. Scott Houston, 41, of Duncan, AZ is being held for domestic violence in Greenlee County Jail. He is charged with nine counts of aggravated assault that are so savage that it is well past the point of domestic violence and merits a personal injury lawsuit. 3. The U.S. Department of Education has filed suit to recover unpaid student loans from a convicted criminal currently serving time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Safford. D’Angelo Lee, who got 14 years in prison for corruption as a public official in Dallas, will now have to come up with a legal defense for unpaid student loans, pay off his debt or risk more time in federal prison.
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Trending Safford Legal Topics: Appeals from the justice or city courts can be heard by one of the superior courts, depending on which one has jurisdiction. Further appeals against a superior court decision will have to go to the Arizona appellate courts. This means the Court of Appeals and then the Arizona Supreme Court as the court of last resort. Federal cases can be filed online with the U.S. District Court of Arizona. Cases from Graham and Greenlee counties are taken up for hearing by the federal court's Tucson division. |