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SIMES v. JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE AND DISABILITY COMM'N

No. 12-3564.

734 F.3d 830 (2013)

L.T. SIMES, II, Plaintiff-Appellant v. ARKANSAS JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE AND DISABILITY COMMISSION; John Everett, individual and official capacity as member of the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission; H. William Allen, individual and official capacity as member of the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission; Reginald Duane Hamman, individual and official capacity as member of the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission; William A. Story, individual and official capacity as member of the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission; Chris E. Williams, individual and official capacity as member of the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission; David Stewart, individual and official capacity as member of the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 31, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Emanual Hairston , New York, NY, Terrence Cain , Little Rock, AR, for appellant.

Mark N. Ohrenberger , AAG, Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BRIGHT and BYE, Circuit Judges.

RILEY, Chief Judge.

L.T. Simes, II, is the first African-American circuit court (trial court) judge elected in Phillips County, Arkansas. During disciplinary proceedings against him before the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission (commission), Simes filed a federal lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the commission and six of its officials: five commissioners and Executive Director David Stewart (collectively, officials).

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