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***DEATH PENALTY CASE***
Executions Scheduled for April 17, 20, 24, and 27, 2017
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JASON McGEHEE, STACEY JOHNSON,
BRUCE WARD, TERRICK NOONER,
JACK JONES, MARCEL WILLIAMS,
KENNETH WILLIAMS, DON DAVIS,
and LEDELL LEE
v.

PLAINTIFFS

Case No. 4:17-CV-179-KGB-BD

ASA HUTCHINSON, Governor of the
State of Arkansas, in his official
capacity, and WENDY KELLEY,
Director, Arkansas Department of
Correction, in her official capacity

DEFENDANTS

DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL
Asa Hutchinson, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Arkansas,
and Wendy Kelley, in her official capacity as Director of the Arkansas Department
of Correction, for their Notice of Appeal, state:
Under Fed. R. App. P. 3(a), notice is hereby given that the Defendants in the
above-named case hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Eighth Circuit from the District Court’s April 15, 2017 Preliminary Injunction
Order (Doc. 54).

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Respectfully submitted,
LESLIE RUTLEDGE
Attorney General
By:

/s/ Colin Jorgensen
LEE RUDOFSKY (2015015)
Solicitor General
NICHOLAS BRONNI (2016097)
Deputy Solicitor General
JENNIFER MERRITT (2002148)
Assistant Attorney General
COLIN JORGENSEN (2004078)
Senior Assistant Attorney General
323 Center Street, Suite 200
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Tel: (501) 682-2007
Fax: (501) 682-2591
Lee.Rudofsky@ArkansasAG.gov
Nicholas.Bronni@ArkansasAG.gov
Jennifer.Merritt@ArkansasAG.gov
Colin.Jorgensen@ArkansasAG.gov
Attorneys for Defendants

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Colin Jorgensen, do hereby certify that on this 15th day of April, 2017, I
electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF filing
system, which shall send notification of the filing to any participants.
/s/ Colin Jorgensen

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