JEFFERS v. CLINTON

No. H-C-89-004.

796 F.Supp. 1202 (1992)

M.C. JEFFERS, Al Porter, Evangeline Brown, Clyde Collins, Earl Foster, the Rev. Ellihue Gaylord, Shirley M. Harvell, Linda Shelby, J.C. Jeffries, Joseph Perry, Clinton Richardson, T.E. Patterson, Earnest Simpson, Brian Smith, and Charlie Statewright, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Bill CLINTON, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Arkansas and Chairman of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment; W.J. McCuen, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State of Arkansas and Member of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment; and Winston Bryant, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Arkansas and Member of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, E.D.

August 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don E. Glover, Dermott, Ark., Perlesta A. Hollingsworth, Hollingsworth Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, Ark., Olly Neal, Jr., Marianna, Ark., L.T. Simes, II, Simes & Simes, West Helena, Ark., Penda D. Hair, Washington, D.C., Julius L. Chambers, Sherrilyn Ifill, Dayna L. Cunningham, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Inc., New York City, Sheila Y. Thomas, NAACP Legal Defense Inc., Washington, D.C., Donna L. Dennis, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, Kathleen Bell, Wilson & Associates, Helena, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Phil W. Campbell, Paula Jamell Storeygard, Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun, Ltd., North Little Rock, Ark., for Robert Nelson.

Frank J. Wills, III, Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, Ark., for Steve Clark.

Field Kindley Wasson, Jr., Chief Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor, Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Circuit Judge, EISELE, Senior District Judge, and HOWARD, District Judge.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

We have before us the defendants' motion for an extension of time within which to file an amended notice of appeal. For the reasons given below, the motion is denied.

We filed our opinion and order awarding the plaintiffs their attorneys' fees and expenses on October 24, 1991. 776 F.Supp. 465 (E.D.Ark.). The defendants incorrectly appealed from that order to the Supreme Court of the United...

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