Jeffers et al v. Beebe et al

Filing 98

ORDER Before Three Judge Panel, District Judge Holmes, Circuit Judge Smith, and Distict Judge Wright granting 97 Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Appeal filed by Dustin McDaniel, Mike Beebe, and Arkansas Board of Apportionment. Signed by Judge J. Leon Holmes on 2/13/2013. (mcz)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
EASTERN 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

Before Three Judge Panel
District Judge Holmes, Circuit Judge Smith, and District Judge Wright
ORDER
On January 22, 2013, Governor Mike Beebe, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, and the
Arkansas Board of Apportionment moved to dismiss the plaintiffs’ appeal. The time for responding
to the motion has expired, and the plaintiffs have not responded.
The plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court on October 17, 2012. Supreme
Court Rule 18.3 provides that more than 60 days after filing the notice of appeal, the appellant must
file 40 copies of a jurisdictional statement and pay a docket fee. U.S. Sup. Ct. Rule 18.3. A case is
not placed on the Supreme Court docket until the jurisdictional statement has been filed and the

docket fee has been paid. Id. The plaintiffs have not filed a jurisdictional statement, nor have they
paid the docket fee. Hence, this case has not been placed on the Supreme Court’s docket. Rule 18.5
provides: “If a notice of appeal has been filed, but the case has not been placed on [the Supreme
Court’s] docket within the time prescribed for docketing, the district court may dismiss the appeal
on the appellee’s motion, with notice to all parties, and may make any just order with respect to
costs.” U.S. Sup. Ct. Rule 18.5.
Here, as noted, the appellees have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, the time for responding
has expired, and the plaintiffs have not objected. Therefore, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED.
Document #97. Plaintiffs’ notice of appeal is hereby dismissed.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 13th day of February, 2013.

J. LEON HOLMES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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