BEAVERS v. ARKANSAS STATE BD. OF DENTAL EXAMINERS

No. 96-3557.

151 F.3d 838 (1998)

Sam L. BEAVERS, Appellant, v. ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS; Judith A. Safly, Director, Individually and in her Official Capacity; J. Walker Loyd, President, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Robert H. Burch, Member of the Arkansas Board of Dental Examiners, Individually and in his Official Capacity; J. David Alford, Member of the Arkansas Board of Dental Examiners, Individually and in his Official Capacity; R. Lester Barrett, Member of the Arkansas Board of Dental Examiners, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Cindy A. Johnson, Member of the Arkansas Board of Dental Examiners, Individually and in her Official Capacity; H. Fletcher Sullards, Member of the Arkansas Board of Dental Examiners, Individually and in his Official Capacity; James A. Burgess, Jr., Member of the Arkansas Board of Dental Examiners, Individually and in his Official Capacity; David E. Walker, Member of the Arkansas Board of Dental Examiners, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Connie E. Cox, Member of the Arkansas Board of Dental Examiners, Individually and in her Official Capacity, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip E. Kaplan, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellant.

William H. Trice, III, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, and STEVENS, District Judge.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Sam L. Beavers appeals from a final order entered in the United States District Court3 for the Eastern District of Arkansas abstaining from exercising jurisdiction over his claims under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners and its nine constituent members (collectively, the "Board"). Beavers v. Arkansas State Bd. of Dental Exam'rs...

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