Arkansas is appealing a circuit court ruling that kept in place an injunction blocking two laws that gave Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders the authority to fire top corrections officials.
The attorney general’s office filed a notice that it would appeal Pulaski County Circuit Judge Patricia James’ ruling which invalidated a settlement between Sanders and the Board of Corrections.
The filing said the governor and the board would also appeal several other rulings made by James that allowed Abtin Mehdizadegan to serve as the board’s attorney and to intervene in the lawsuit along with a current and former member of the board.
The case has already been to the Arkansas Supreme Court twice. The Republican governor asked justices to lift the permanent injunction or order James to do so earlier this year. Justices did not, instead ruling that James should consider lifting her 2025 injunction following the settlement…