On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton in Arizona canceled former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's sentencing hearing, scheduled for Oct. 5, but declined Arpaio's request to vacate the criminal contempt-of-court conviction due to the pardon from President Trump. On July 31, Bolton had found Arpaio in contempt of court for flagrantly disregarding a series of orders from another federal judge to cease stopping and detaining Latino drivers based on assumptions about their immigration status and, more generally, enforcing federal immigration law. Instead, Bolton ordered the Justice Department and Arpaio to appear in court on Oct.