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The authorities in one of the other states, Michigan, were later sued in state and federal courts by female inmates asserting a pattern of abuse.

PHOENIX — A federal lawsuit asserting a "pattern of unlawful discrimination" by law enforcement officials here claims that Latinos at the county jail were often referred to as "stupid" or addressed with a coarse ethnic slur.

Perhaps it never conceived of a high-profile case being filed against it by one of its partners asserting a pattern of harassment and retaliation, which is what it is facing now.

Mr. Cino, 36, of Demarest, who on Saturday faxed to reporters and posted on the Internet a rambling statement asserting a "pattern of ethnic slurs on the part of Jon Corzine," did not return repeated messages left by telephone at his home and by e-mail today.

The suit would assert a pattern and practice of police misconduct.

A spokesman for the supreme council, Nuri al-Safi, appeared on the Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera today and denounced the raids, asserting that they represented a pattern of intimidation against the political representatives of the Shiite community, which represents a majority of the population in Iraq.

Media Matters for America, a progressive group that campaigns against Fox, asserted that the article was part of a pattern of "race-baiting headlines and content" on the Web site.

The document asserts that the veteran Justice Department official "engaged in a pattern of conduct incompatible with the trust and confidence placed in him" in his dealings with Congress and "failed to enforce multiple laws" in the warrant process.

He has repeatedly asserted that he is not the unnamed official who tolerated a pattern of graft lasting years.

"Any acts of indifference to Mr. Ovitz's duty of care would qualify as a basis for termination with cause," Mr. Donohue said, asserting that his findings were not based on any single act but on a pattern of behavior.

Further, the state asserted that all children were at risk because they were being indoctrinated into a pattern of sexual abuse — the young girls as victims, and the boys as predators.