ARNEY v. FINNEY

Nos. 91-3235, 91-3237 and 91-3295.

967 F.2d 418 (1992)

Jouett Edgar ARNEY, Randall William Murphy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Leslie Keith Kimball, Rickey Ray Redford, Robert Demass, Richard Snell, Thomas H. Porter, Dennie House, Robert Francis Smith, Jr., Lyle C. Sanders, Donald E. Alexander, Anthony R. Palocioz, Joseph F. Edwards, Plaintiffs, v. Joan FINNEY, Raymond Roberts, Gary Stotts, Defendants-Appellees. Jouett Edgar ARNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Leslie Keith Kimball, Rickey Ray Redford, Robert Demass, Richard Snell, Thomas H. Porter, Dennie House, Robert Francis Smith, Jr., Lyle C. Sanders, Donald E. Alexander, Anthony R. Palocioz, Joseph F. Edwards, Randall William Murphy, Plaintiffs, v. Joan FINNEY, Governor, Raymond Roberts, Gary Stotts, Defendants-Appellees. Rickey Ray REDFORD, Robert Demass, Richard Snell, Thomas H. Porter, Dennie House, Robert Francis Smith, Jr., Lyle C. Sanders, Donald E. Alexander, Anthony R. Palocioz, Joseph F. Edwards, Plaintiffs, and Jouett Edgar Arney, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joan FINNEY, Governor, Leslie Keith Kimball, Raymond Roberts, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jouett E. Arney and Randall Murphy, plaintiffs-appellants, pro se.

Robert T. Stephan, Atty. Gen., State of Kan., and Timothy G. Madden, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas Dept. of Corrections, Topeka, Kan., for defendants-appellees.

Before MOORE, TACHA, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.


TACHA, Circuit Judge.

These interlocutory appeals arise out of a class action suit involving the conditions at correctional facilities under the jurisdiction of the Kansas Department of Corrections. In appeals number 91-3235 and number 91-3237, appellants Jouett Arney and Randall Murphy raise three arguments. First, they challenge the district court's authority to reopen a final order under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b). Second, they argue that a federal district court has a...

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