Faulkenberry et al v. Arkansas Department of Education et al
Plaintiff: Gwen Faulkenberry, Special Renee Sanders, Kimberly Crutchfield and Anika Whitfield
Defendant: Arkansas Department of Education, Jacob Oliva, Sarah Moore, Lisa Hunter, Jeff Wood, Randy Henderson, Leigh S Keener, Adrienne Woods, Ken Bragg, Kathy McFetridge-Rollins, Gary Arnold, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration and Jim Hudson
Case Number: 4:2025cv00592
Filed: June 13, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Presiding Judge: D P Marshall
Nature of Suit: Constitutional - State Statute
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 2201 Declaratory Judgement
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
November 21, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 26 (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no pdf document associated with this entry.) ORDER Motion, Doc. #25 , moot, Doc. 18 & 24 . Reply, Doc. [25-1], deemed filed. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 11/21/2025. (slb)
November 21, 2025 Filing 25 MOTION for Leave to File Reply Brief by Little Rock School District (Attachments: #1 Exhibit LRSD's Reply in Support of Its Motion to Intervene)(Heller, Christopher)
November 13, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 24 (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no pdf document associated with this entry.) ORDER: Unopposed motion, Doc. #23 , granted. Reply due by 21 November 2025. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 11/13/2025. (slb)
November 12, 2025 Filing 23 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to #22 Response in Opposition to Motion by Little Rock School District (Heller, Christopher)
November 7, 2025 Filing 22 RESPONSE in Opposition re #20 MOTION to Intervene filed by All Defendants. (Purvis, Laura)
October 24, 2025 Filing 21 BRIEF IN SUPPORT re #20 Motion to Intervene filed by Little Rock School District. (jap)
October 24, 2025 Filing 20 MOTION to Intervene as a Plaintiff. Filed by Little Rock School District(Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - proposed Complaint in Intervention). (jap)
September 8, 2025 Filing 19 NOTICE by All Plaintiffs Letter to Court (Mays, Richard)
August 27, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 18 (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no pdf document associated with this entry.) ORDER: Unopposed motion, Doc. #17 , granted. Reply, Doc. #17 -1], deemed filed. In the future, any moving party may reply within seven calendar days of a response. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 8/27/2025. (slb) (Docket text modified on 8/27/2025 to correct a typographical error) (jak)
August 25, 2025 Filing 17 Unopposed MOTION for Leave to File Reply in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss by All Defendants (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Reply in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss)(Purvis, Laura)
August 18, 2025 Filing 16 BRIEF IN SUPPORT re #15 Response to Motion filed by All Plaintiffs. (Mays, Richard)
August 18, 2025 Filing 15 RESPONSE to Motion re #9 MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM filed by All Plaintiffs. (Mays, Richard)
August 6, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 14 (This is a TEXT ENTRY ONLY. There is no pdf document associated with this entry.) ORDER: Unopposed motion, Doc. #13 , granted. Response due by 18 August 2025. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 8/6/2025. (slb)
August 6, 2025 NOTICE OF DOCKET CORRECTION re #13 Motion. CORRECTION: The docket text was modified to correct the description of the document filed as, "MOTION for Extension of Time to Respond to #9 Motion to Dismiss by All Plaintiffs." as indicated by the document. (jbh)
August 5, 2025 Filing 13 MOTION for Extension of Time to Respond to #9 Motion to Dismiss by All Plaintiffs. (Mays, Richard) (Docket text modified on 8/6/2025 to correct the description of the document filed.) (jbh)
July 28, 2025 Filing 12 NOTICE of Appearance by Laura L. Purvis on behalf of All Defendants (Purvis, Laura)
July 28, 2025 Filing 11 NOTICE of Appearance by Autumn Hamit Patterson on behalf of All Defendants (Patterson, Autumn)
July 28, 2025 Filing 10 BRIEF IN SUPPORT re #9 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim filed by All Defendants. (Patterson, Autumn)
July 28, 2025 Filing 9 MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM by All Defendants (Patterson, Autumn)
July 18, 2025 Filing 8 MOTION for Leave to Appear pro hac vice by Bryan Cleveland. Fee $100 receipt number AAREDC-5000077. Filed by Nikita Glendenning, Erika Lara, Katie Parrish (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Certificate of Good Standing Michael Bindas)(Hyman, William)
July 18, 2025 Filing 7 MOTION for Leave to Appear pro hac vice by Thomas Fisher. Fee $100 receipt number AAREDC-5000072. Filed by Nikita Glendenning, Erika Lara, Katie Parrish (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Certificate of Good Standing Michael Bindas)(Hyman, William)
July 18, 2025 Filing 6 MOTION for Leave to Appear pro hac vice by Joseph Gay. Fee $100 receipt number AAREDC-5000062. Filed by Nikita Glendenning, Erika Lara, Katie Parrish (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Certificate of Good Standing Michael Bindas)(Hyman, William)
July 18, 2025 Filing 5 MOTION for Leave to Appear pro hac vice by Michael Bindas. Fee $100 receipt number AAREDC-5000017. Filed by Nikita Glendenning, Erika Lara, Katie Parrish (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Certificate of Good Standing Michael Bindas)(Hyman, William)
July 9, 2025 Filing 4 ANSWER and Affirmative Defenses of Intervenor Defendants to #1 Complaint by Nikita Glendenning, Erika Lara, Katie Parrish. (jap)
July 9, 2025 Filing 3 PARENTS' Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Intervene as Defendants re #2 Motion to Intervene filed by Nikita Glendenning, Erika Lara, Katie Parrish. (jap)
July 9, 2025 Filing 2 MOTION to Intervene as Defendants by Erika Lara, Katie Parrish, Nikita Glendenning. (jap)
June 13, 2025 Filing 1 COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF against All Defendants filed by All Plaintiffs. Summons Issued as to Arkansas Department of Education, Jacob Oliva, Sarah Moore, Lisa Hunter, Jeff Wood, Randy Henderson, Leigh S Keener, Adrienne Woods, Ken Bragg, Gary Arnold, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, and Jim Hudson and returned to counsel for service. (Fee of $405 paid. Receipt Number LIT10936.) (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet)(ajj)

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Plaintiff: Gwen Faulkenberry
Represented By: Richard H. Mays
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