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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JANUARY 28, 2016 HOWARD W. BRILL, CHIEF JUSTICE CR-14-972. Serandon Starling v. State of Arkansas, from Miller County Circuit Court. Affirmed; motion to withdraw granted. Baker and Hart, JJ., dissent. CV-15-65. Desoto Gathering Company, LLC v. Barbara and Richard Ramsey; Cary and Richard Shirley; Virgie Parrott; Clifford and Loveta Pruitt; Allan and Tammy Peterson; Jeffrey and Kimberly Wynborny; Virginia Mills; Molly Stone; and the Honorable Troy B. Braswell, Jr., Faulkner County Circuit Court, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Petition for writ of prohibition denied. Special Justice Kristin Pawlik and Special Justice Mike Ryburn join. Goodson and Wynne, JJ., dissent. Danielson and Baker, JJ., not participating. PAUL E. DANIELSON, JUSTICE CV-15-559. Lambert and Lambert Investors, Inc., and Glendon Lambert v. Craig Harris and Tabitha Harris, Individually and as Class Representatives on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, from Desha County Circuit Court. Affirmed.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JANUARY 28, 2016 PER CURIAM ORDERS REVIEW GRANTED: Petition for review was granted today in the following case. CR-15-1067. Jeremy Edward Whalen v. State of Arkansas, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. ******************************************** REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases. CR-15-908. Ronald Ewing Hardin v. State of Arkansas, from Jackson County Circuit Court. Hart, J., would grant. CR-15-1001. Chad Squyres v. State of Arkansas, from Pike County Circuit Court. CR-15-1004. Adam Lane v. State of Arkansas, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. CR-15-1042. Stanley Nelson v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. ******************************************** CR-14-5. Stanley Carter v. State of Arkansas, from Crittenden County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion to remand for factual determination is denied. CR-16-30. Edward Jones v. State of Arkansas, from Lee County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for appointment of counsel under ARCP Rule 6 is denied. Petitioner’s pro se petition to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. CV-15-491. Thomas L. Lagios v. Kenneth Mitchell Goldman et al., from Columbia County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion to substitute counsel and request for expedited consideration is granted. Special Justice Lona McCastlain joins. Wood, J., not participating. (Proceedings of January 26, 2016) CV-15-664. Karen Granger and Brian Granger v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc., from Crittenden County Circuit Court. Motion to dismiss and stay briefing schedule treated as motion to reconsider motion for rule on clerk; appeal dismissed; opposition to certification of motion to dismiss moot; request for attorney’s fees granted. Danielson, J., concurs. See per curiam this date.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JANUARY 28, 2016 PER CURIAM ORDERS CV-15-944. Integrated Direct Marketing, LLC v. Drew May and Merkle, Inc., from the United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. Motion of Mark Pedroli for admission pro hac vice on behalf of Integrated Direct Marketing, LLC is granted. CV-15-1014. Lateshia Patillo v. Bradford Matthews, Sr., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventeenth Division. Appellant’s motion for rule on clerk is denied. CV-15-1021. Charles Coleman and Nelda Coleman v. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences et al., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixteenth Division. Appellants’ motion to supplement the record is denied. CV-16-25. McCain Mall Company Limited Partnership v. Pulaski County Circuit Court and Honorable Alice S. Gray, Circuit Judge, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Twelfth Division. Petitioner’s petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Pulaski County is taken as a case. Brill, C.J., would deny. ******************************************** CR-11-227. Leon Rice, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis is denied. See per curiam this date. CR-15-704. Edmond McClinton v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for reconsideration on pro se motion for belated appeal, treated as motion for rule on clerk is denied. CR-15-727. Wesley Elisha Grissom v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court. Appellee’s motion to dismiss appeal and motion for extension of brief time in event court denies motion to dismiss appeal. Motion to dismiss appeal granted; motion for extension of time moot. See per curiam this date. CR-15-924. Tristan R. Travis v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division. Appellant’s pro se petition for review is dismissed. CV-15-870. Frank Watts II v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for extension of time to file brief granted in part and denied in part; appellant’s brief due thirty days from the date of this per curiam order (February 27, 2016). In Re Recommendations of the Committee on Civil Practice. See per curiam this date.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JANUARY 28, 2016 MOTIONS SUBMITTED PETITIONS FOR REVIEW: CV-15-945. Milissa Hartsell v. Director et al., from the Arkansas Board of Review. CV-15-1024. Reggie Matthews and $412,890 in United States Currency v. State of Arkansas, from Mississippi County Circuit Court, Osceola District. CV-15-1049. Evander Monroe Brimer v. Director et al., from the Arkansas Board of Review. ********************************************* CR-95-194. Alvin Ray Williams v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Appellant’s motion for temporary stay of the mandate. Appellant’s motion for appointment of counsel and to proceed in forma pauperis. CR-15-919. Antwan Fowler v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion for rule on clerk. CR-15-1017. Albert E. McHan v. State of Arkansas, from Lee County Circuit Court. Entry of appearance of Valerie L. Goudie on behalf of appellant. CV-15-278. Duit Construction Company, Inc. v. Arkansas State Claims Commission et al., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Appellant’s motion to stay mandate pending application to United States Supreme Court for writ of certiorari. CV-15-824. Temika Donley v. Lakitcher Donley, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventeenth Division. Appellant’s motion to file belated reply brief. CV-16-40. Kristopher Almeida v. Metal Studs, Inc., d/b/a Drywall Crews, Inc., from Benton County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion for rule on clerk. D-16-42. In Re Christian Zinn, Arkansas Bar No. 2014262. Petition of Christian Zinn, Arkansas Bar No. 2014262, for voluntary surrender of Arkansas law license (resignation). D-16-43. In Re Joe Thomas Lynch, Arkansas Bar No. 88132. Petition of Joe Thomas Lynch, Arkansas Bar No. 88132, for surrender of Arkansas law license. *********************************************

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JANUARY 28, 2016 MOTIONS SUBMITTED CR-74-121. Wade Earl Stewart v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division. Appellant’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. CR-15-688. Daniel Risher v. Honorable Hamilton Singleton, from Columbia County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for return of the certified record on dismissal of pro se petition for writ of mandamus. CR-15-752. Darrell Dennis v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division. Petitioner’s pro se motions for belated appeal/rule on clerk and appointment of counsel; first and second amended motions for belated appeal/rule on clerk and appointment of counsel; and for use of records. CR-15-781. David W. Engstrom v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division. Appellant’s pro se motions for extension of time to file appellant’s brief. CV-15-228. Theodore A. Anderson v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for rule on clerk. CV-15-931. Carl Davis, Jr. v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion to file belated appeal and rule on clerk.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JANUARY 28, 2016 CASES SUBMITTED CV-15-491. Thomas L. Lagios v. Kenneth Mitchell Goldman et al., from Columbia County Circuit Court. Orally argued. CR-14-636. Michael Anthony Mercouri v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. CV-15-202. Cathy Hale v. Lattie Coffman, from Pope County Circuit Court. CV-15-629. GGNSC Holdings Arkadelphia, LLC d/b/a Golden Living Center Arkadelphia, et al. v. Nellie R. Lamb, by and through Richard Williams, as Guardian of the Estate and Person of Nellie R. Lamb, et al., from Ouachita County Circuit Court. ********************************************* CR-15-496. Johnta Barber v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court.