Jeffers et al v. Beebe et al

Filing 2

ORDER directing the parties to submit briefs on the issue of whether the pltfs are entitled to a three-judge panel; pltfs' brief is due no later than 5:00 p.m. on 1/31/12; defts' brief, if they oppose a three-judge panel, must be filed by 5:00 p.m. on 2/3/12; the Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Order to the Honorable Dustin McDaniel, Attorney General for the State of Arkansas, by CM/ECF and by facsimile. Signed by Chief Judge J. Leon Holmes on 1/25/12. (vjt)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS HELENA DIVISION FUTURE MAE JEFFERS; MARY JEFFERS; HENRY PEACOCK; SHIRLEY HARVELL; REV. RONALD WILLIAMS; PEGGY R. WRIGHT; LAURA LOVE; FRANK SHAW; C.W. CAMPBELL; LEO CHITMAN; ETTA CAMPBELL; PLEZ LUCAS; VICKIE ROBERTSON; JOSEPH PERRY; ELBERT SMITH; SANDRA BAGLEY; NIKKI DISMUKE; ALICE W. VALLEY; LAKETHA BROWN FLUKER; KATRINA HARRELL; CHESTER HARRELL; EDDIE O’NEAL; CHRISTOPHER FRANKLIN; and JACK BERNARD CRUMBLY v. PLAINTIFFS No. 2:12CV00016 JLH MIKE BEEBE, in his capacity as Governor of Arkansas and Chairman of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment; MARK MARTIN, in his capacity as Secretary of State of Arkansas and as a member of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment; DUSTIN MCDANIEL, in his capacity as Attorney General of Arkansas and a member of the Arkansas Board of Apportionment; and ARKANSAS BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT DEFENDANTS ORDER The Court takes note that the plaintiffs have requested a three-judge panel in the present action. The relevant statute provides that the district judge must immediately notify the chief judge of the circuit unless the district judge determines that the plaintiffs are not entitled to a three-judge panel. 28 U.S.C. § 2284; see also Bone Shirt v. Hazeltine, 444 F. Supp. 2d 992 (D.S.D. 2005), aff’d, 461 F.3d 1011 (8th Cir. 2006). The Court therefore orders the parties to submit briefs on the issue of whether the plaintiffs are entitled to a three-judge panel. The plaintiffs’ brief must be filed no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 31, 2012. The defendants’ brief, if they oppose a three-judge panel, must be filed by 5:00 p.m. on February 3, 2012. The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this Order to the Honorable Dustin McDaniel, Attorney General for the State of Arkansas, by CM/ECF and by facsimile. IT IS SO ORDERED this 25th day of January, 2012. J. LEON HOLMES UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 2

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