WATKINS v. LAWRENCE COUNTY

No. 3:17-cv-272-DPM.

CLEO WATKINS; PYLES FAMILY FARMS LLC; VICTOR HUTCHERSON; ALVELLA HUTCHERSON; HELEN KNIGHT; MICHAEL WATKINS; BETTY WATKINS; and GEORGE CARNEY Plaintiffs, v. LAWRENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS; JOHN THOMISON, in his official capacity as County Judge of Lawrence County, Arkansas; and WILLIAM POWELL, DONALD RICHEY, LLOYD CLARK, HEATH DAVIS, ERNEST BRINER, RONALD INGRAM, TRACY MOORE, KENNY JONES, and ALEX LATHAM, all in their official capacities as members of the Lawrence County Quorum Court, Defendants.

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

October 24, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 33 U.S.C. § 1365
Cause: 33 U.S.C. § 1365 Environmental Matters
Nature of Suit: 893 Environmental Matters
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleo Watkins, Pyles Family Farms LLC, Victor Hutcherson, Alvella Hutcherson, Helen Knight, Michael Watkins, Betty Watkins & George Carney, Plaintiffs, represented by Julie DeWoody Greathouse , PPGMR Law, PLLC & Micah Goodwin , PPGMR Law, PLLC.

Lawrence County, Arkansas, John Thomison, in his official capacity as County Judge of Lawrence County Arkansas, William Powell, In his official capacity as a member of the Lawrence County Quorum Court, Donald Richey, In his official capacity as a member of the Lawrence County Quorum Court, Lloyd Clark, In his official capacity as a member of the Lawrence County Quorum Court, Heath Davis, In his official capacity as a member of the Lawrence County Quorum Court, Ernest Briner, In his official capacity as a member of the Lawrence County Quorum Court, Ronald Ingram, In his official capacity as a member of the Lawrence County Quorum Court, Tracy Moore, In her official capacity as a member of the Lawrence County Quorum Court, Kenny Jones, In his official capacity as a member of the Lawrence County Quorum Court & Alex Latham, In his official capacity as a member of the Lawrence County Quorum Court, Defendants, represented by C. Burt Newell , C. Burt Newell, Attorney at Law & Ralph C. Ohm , Attorney at Law.


ORDER

This week I started work on the pretrial motions and have hit an embedded recusal issue. The recent filings make clear that the farmers' expert, Jim Grisham, is an important witness. The County seeks to exclude his proposed damages testimony, which also figures in other pending motions.

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