DISCLAIMER:  The following unofficial case summaries are prepared by the clerk's office
                        as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
162997U.pdf   04/20/2017  Paula Fesenmeyer  v.  City of Kansas City
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-2997
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
[UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Gruender,Arnold and Benton, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. The district court did not err in denying plaintiff's motion to remand this matter to state court. Affirmed without comment. 171822P.pdf 04/20/2017 Ledell Lee, et al. v. Asa Hutchinson U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-1822 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Per Curiam. Before, Wollman, Loken, Riley, Colloton, Gruender, Benton, Shepherd, and Kelly, Circuit Judges, sitting en banc. [Death Penalty - Civil Rights] Four Arkansas death-row inmates appeal the denial of their motions for a preliminary injunction and motion for stay of execution, challenging the schedule of executions as a violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and challenging as a violation of their due process rights the impact on their clemency rights. Concluding the inmates have not shown a significant possibility of success on the merits, the motion for stay is denied. Judge Kelly dissents. 171840P.pdf 04/20/2017 Ledell Lee, et al. v. Wendy Kelley U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-1840 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
[PUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Benton, Shepherd, and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Death Penalty - Habeas Petition. District court's denial of motion to requesting funds under 18 U.S.C. sec. 3599(f) to assist in the preparation of clemency and potential additional litigation and denial of stay of execution are affirmed. Petitioner did not show a significant possibility of success on the merits. Judge Kelly concurs.