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GARLAND COUNTY DISTRICT COURT; PROFESSIONAL PROBATION SERVICES, LLC; SOUTHWEST PROBATION SERVICES, INC.; DESIREE SKEYA; AND BRADY HARMON v. JOHN MERCER

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 23, 2026PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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2026 Ark. 76

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-25-319 Opinion Delivered: April 23, 2026 GARLAND COUNTY DISTRICT COURT; PROFESSIONAL APPEAL FROM THE GARLAND PROBATION SERVICES, LLC; COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT SOUTHWEST PROBATION [NO. 26CV-20-656] SERVICES, INC.; DESIREE SKEYA; AND BRADY HARMON HONORABLE DAVID R. GOODSON, APPELLANTS JUDGE AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN V. PART; REMANDED. JOHN MERCER ET AL. APPELLEE SHAWN A. WOMACK, Associate Justice The narrow issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether the Garland County District Court is entitled to sovereign immunity. John Mercer filed this…

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