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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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Case No. 3:04CV00030-WRW. 

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Doc. No. 17. 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

JOHNNIE JONES, JR. PLAINTIFF

v. 4:06CV001609-WRW

ARKANSAS GAME & FISH 

COMMISSION, DALE OLDHAM,

Individually and in his Official Capacity,

and Robert Zachary, Individually and in 

his Official Capacity DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Pending is Plaintiff’s Motion to Temporarily Abate All Proceedings (Doc. No. 17).

Defendants object (Doc. Nos. 18-19). 

Plaintiff admits that his preceding case tried in May 2006, Johnnie Jones, Jr. v. Arkansas

Game & Fish Commission, et al,

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 involved the same parties and issues.2 Plaintiff is currently

appealing the Defendants’ verdict to the Eighth Circuit. 

Plaintiff has since filed this second action against three of the original parties, alleging race

discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, and the

Arkansas Civil Rights Act. Defendants’ have filed motions to dismiss based on res judicata.

Plaintiff now asks that this case, which of course includes the pending motions to dismiss, be stayed

pending the Eighth Circuit’s decision in his first case. 

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Hunt v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 707 F.2d 1493, 1497 (D.C. Cir. 1983); See also In re

Cochrane, 124 F.3d 978 (8th Cir. 1997) (Held collateral estoppel may apply to trial court's ruling

on the merits of issue notwithstanding pendency of appeal from that ruling).

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Defendants’ correctly noted that under federal law, “the pendency of appeal does not

diminish the res judicata effect of judgment rendered by federal court.”3

 Accordingly, Plaintiff’s

Motion is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 31st day of January, 2007.

 /s/Wm. R. Wilson, Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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