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FILE - This Oct. 27, 2016, file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows Leslie Merritt Jr., who was once charged in some of metro Phoenix's freeway shootings during the summer of 2015. A civil trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in a false-arrest lawsuit filed against the Arizona Department of Public Safety by Merritt, who was jailed for seven months on charges in four of the 11 shootings. His case was dismissed after ballistics evidence against him came under heavy criticism. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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FILE - This Oct. 27, 2016, file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows Leslie Merritt Jr., who was once charged in some of metro Phoenix's freeway shootings during the summer of 2015. A civil trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in a false-arrest lawsuit filed against the Arizona Department of Public Safety by Merritt, who was jailed for seven months on charges in four of the 11 shootings. His case was dismissed after ballistics evidence against him came under heavy criticism. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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FILE - This Oct. 27, 2016, file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows Leslie Merritt Jr., who was once charged in some of metro Phoenix's freeway shootings during the summer of 2015. A civil trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in a false-arrest lawsuit filed against the Arizona Department of Public Safety by Merritt, who was jailed for seven months on charges in four of the 11 shootings. His case was dismissed after ballistics evidence against him came under heavy criticism. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Office shows Leslie Merritt Jr., who was once charged in some of metro Phoenix's 2015 freeway shootings but has since been cleared of the allegations. A judge has barred the attorneys representing Merritt at his upcoming false-arrest trial from saying there's a high likelihood a car belonging to a man later charged in nine killings had been near two of the highway shootings. The judge concluded the theory would devolve into a &quot;minitrial&quot; on Aaron Saucedo, who has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the nine killings. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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FILE - In this undated file photo, provided by the Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff's Office, shows Leslie Merritt Jr., who was once charged in some of metro Phoenix's freeway shootings during the summer of 2015. The case against Merritt, who spent months in jail, was dismissed in 2016 at the request of prosecutors. On Aug. 11, 2020, a judge issued a court order declaring that Merritt had been officially cleared of the allegations. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2014, file photo, Charles &quot;Chase&quot; Merritt sits in court during his pre-preliminary hearing in Victorville Court in Victorville, Calif. Merritt was convicted in June 2019 of the murders of his former business associate Joseph McStay, McStay's wife Summer, and their 4- and 3-year-old sons, Gianni and Joseph Jr. He will learn Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 whether he will face the death penalty. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP, File)

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