JIMERSON v. PAYNE

No. 18-3174, No. 18-2873.

957 F.3d 916 (2020)

Tina JIMERSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dexter PAYNE, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Defendant-Appellant. John Brown, Jr. Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tina Jimerson, Pro Se.

Karen L. Daniel , Andrea L. Lewis , Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in 18-3174.

Brooke Jackson Gasaway , Rachel Marie Kemp , Asher Steinberg , Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendant-Appellant in 18-3174.

John Brown, Jr., Pro Se.

Tricia Bushnell , Rachel K. Wester , Midwest Innocence Project, Kansas City, MO, Erin Cassinelli , Lassiter & Cassinelli, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellee in 18-2873.

Kelly Hook Fields , Kent G. Holt , Assistant Attorney General, Asher Steinberg , Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendant-Appellant in 18-2873.

Before GRUENDER, KELLY, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


The Director of the Arkansas Department of Corrections ("State") appeals from the district court's grant of habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to Tina Jimerson ("Jimerson") and John Brown, Jr. ("Brown"), Arkansas prisoners serving life sentences for murder and aggravated robbery. The State argues the district...

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