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POYNER V. ARKANSAS CONTRACTORS LICENSING BD. 328 Cite as 334 Ark. 328 (1998) [334 Cecil POYNER v. ARKANSAS CONTRACTORS LICENSING BOARD 98-952 973 S.W.2d 822 Supreme Court of Arkansas Opihion delivered September 17, 1998 CERTIORARI - REPORT62.. FAILED OR REFUSED TO COMPLETE RECORD - WRIT OF CERTIORARI GRANTED. - Where, despite efforts of counsel to obtain the transcript, the court reporter failed or refused to complete the record, appellant's petition for a writ of certiorari was granted. Petition for Writ of Certiorari to Complete Record; granted. Lyon, Emerson & Cone, by: Scott Emerson, for appellant. No response. PER CURIAIVI. Appellant Cecil Poyner, by his attorneys, Lyon, Emerson & Cone, has filed a petition for writ of certiorari to complete record. Judgment was entered against appellant in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas, on January 6, 1998. Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal on January 22, 1998, and ordered a trial transcript from Lene Collins-Sontag, substitute court reporter for Circuit Judge John Ward. Because of her case load, Ms. Collins-Sontag, on April 8, 1998, requested that counsel for appellant
ARK.] 329 obtain an extension of time to include the maximum seven-month period for her to complete the record. That extension was granted, making the transcript due on August 6,1998. Despite efforts of counsel to obtain the transcript, the court reporter has failed or refused to complete the record. [1] We hereby grant appellant's petition for a writ of certi-orari and order the court reporter, Lene Collins-Sontag, to complete and file the transcript in this case within thirty days from the date of this order.
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