LEE v. HUTCHINSON

No. 17-1822.

854 F.3d 978 (2017)

Ledell LEE; Marcel Wayne Williams; Kenneth Dewayne Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants. Bruce Earl Ward; Jason Farrell McGehee, Plaintiffs. Stacey Eugene Johnson, Plaintiff-Appellant. Jack Harold Jones, Jr., Intervenor, v. Asa HUTCHINSON, in his official capacity; Wendy Kelley, in her capacity as Director, Defendants-Appellees. Arkansas Department of Correction; Arkansas Parole Board, Defendants. John Felts, in his official capacity; John Belken, in his official capacity; Andy Shock, in his official capacity; Dawne B. Vandiver, in her official capacity; Jerry Riley, in his official capacity; Abraham Carpenter, Jr., in his official capacity; Lona McCastlain, in her official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Braden , Julie Vandiver , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Jamie Giani , Federal Public Defender's Office, Jeffrey M. Rosenzweig, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Marcel Wayne Williams, Pro se.

Kenneth Dewayne Williams, Pro se.

Nicholas Jacob Bronni , Vincent P. France , Gary L. Sullivan , Assistant Attorneys General, Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendants-Appellees.

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


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