Overview
- Christopher Michael Marx filed the lawsuit on March 5 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, naming Sheriff Chris Nanos and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
- The complaint alleges a deputy moved between a quarantined unit with a COVID-19 case and Marx’s unit without disinfecting, which he says jeopardized his safety.
- Marx seeks $1.35 million, an apology from the sheriff, and says he would donate the funds to provide housing for unhoused people with six months’ free rent.
- The suit claims violations of Article 2 of the Arizona Constitution, and neither Nanos nor the sheriff’s department had commented as of the latest reports.
- Nanos is concurrently leading the ongoing multiagency search for Nancy Guthrie near Tucson with FBI involvement and posted rewards, as critics continue to question his early handling of the case.