McGEHEE v. HUTCHINSON

No. 17-1804.

854 F.3d 488 (2017)

Jason Farrell McGEHEE; Stacey Eugene Johnson; Marcel Wayne Williams; Kenneth Dewayne Williams; Bruce Earl Ward; Ledell Lee; Jack Harold Jones, Jr.; Don William Davis; Terrick Terrell Nooner, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Asa HUTCHINSON, Governor of the State of Arkansas, in his official capacity; Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, in her official Capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Braden , Julie Vandiver , John Charles Williams , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Federal Public Defender's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Jason Farrell McGehee (State Prisoner: 000946), Marcel Wayne Williams (State Prisoner: 000943), Don William Davis (State Prisoner: 000920), and Terrick Terrell Nooner (State Prisoner: 000926).

Jeffrey M. Rosenzweig , Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Stacey Eugene Johnson (State Prisoner: 000933), Kenneth Dewayne Williams (State Prisoner: 000957), and Jack Harold Jones, Jr. (State Prisoner: 000940).

Scott Braden , Julie Vandiver , John Charles Williams , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Federal Public Defender's Office, Little Rock, AR, Jennifer A. Merrigan , Philadelphia, PA, Joseph J. Perkovich , Phillips Black Project, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee Bruce Earl Ward (State Prisoner: 000915).

Lee Deken Short , Short Law Firm, North Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellee Ledell Lee (State Prisoner: 97101).

Nicholas Jacob Bronni , Colin Jorgensen , Jennifer L. Merritt , Lee P. Rudofsky , Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, RILEY, COLLOTON, GRUENDER, BENTON, SHEPHERD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


The State of Arkansas moves to vacate stays of execution of nine sentences of death entered by the district court on Saturday, April 15, 2017. The first execution is scheduled for today, April 17, at 7:00 p.m. The State moved to vacate the stays at approximately 6:00 p.m. on April 15. The prisoners responded at 1:16 a.m. today, April 17. The...

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