191132P.pdf   08/27/2020  Pamela Green  v.  Charles Byrd
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-1132
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Helena   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Erickson and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. Plaintiff asserted defendant deprived him of 
   his right to a prompt first appearance on his criminal charges and argued 
   that if he did receive a first appearance it was in separate county or 
   judicial district from the one in which he was arrested and did not 
   constitute a valid first appearance; Arkansas law provides that any 
   Arkansas district court may perform pretrial functions as necessary and 
   authorized by the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure; as such, the 
   district judge in the separate district had jurisdiction and authority to 
   conduct the first appearance, and plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim 
   fails; the district court did nor abuse its discretion in allowing 
   defendant to submit newly discovered evidence establishing the fact of the 
   first appearance after it initially could not find a record of the 
   appearance.