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Stacey JOHNSON, et al., petitioners, v. Wendy KELLEY, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al.
137 S. Ct. 1067197 L. Ed. 2d 235·Supreme Court of the United States·2017
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Opinion
Stacey JOHNSON, et al., petitioners,
v.
Wendy KELLEY, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al.
No. 16-6496.
Supreme Court of the United States
Feb. 21, 2017.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Arkansas denied. Justice SOTOMAYOR, with whom Justice BREYER joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari: I dissent from the denial of certiorari for the reasons set out in Arthur v. Dunn, 580 U.S. ----, 137 S.Ct. 725, --- L.Ed.2d ---- (2017) (SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari).