ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT
PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 18, 2016
PAUL E. DANIELSON, JUSTICE
CV-15-491.
Thomas
L.
Lagios
v.
Kenneth
Mitchell
Goldman
and
Deanne
Fields
Goldman, from Columbia County Circuit Court. Affirmed; court of appeals’ opinion
vacated. Special Justice Lona McCastlain joins. Baker, J., concurs. Hart, J., dissents.
Wood, J., not participating.
KAREN R. BAKER, JUSTICE
CV-14-1105.
Courtyard
Gardens
Health
and
Rehabilitation,
LLC;
Senior
Living
Communities
of
Arkansas,
LLC;
Arkansas
SNF
Operations
Acquisition,
LLC;
Arkadelphia
Holdings,
LLC;
SLC
Professionals,
LLC;
Arkansas
Nursing
Home
Acquisition, LLC; Senior Vantage Point, LLC; 2701 Twin Rivers Drive, LLC; SLC
Operations Master Tenant, LLC; SLC Professionals Holdings, LLC; Addit, LLC; CSCV
Holdings, LLC; SLC Operations Holdings, LLC; EOR-ARK, LCC; SLC Operations, LLC;
VAJ, LLC; Jerry V. Kemper; and Angela Marlar, in Her Capacity as Administrator of
Courtyard
Gardens
Health
and
Rehabilitation
v.
Malinda
Arnold,
as
Personal
Representative of the Estate of Jessie James Bullock, Deceased, and as Attorney-In-Fact
of Annie Bullock, from Clark County Circuit Court. Reversed and remanded. Danielson
and Wynne, JJ., and Special Justice Ryan Allen dissent. Wood, J., not participating.
CV-14-533. Don Davis v. Cheryl Davis, from Pope County Circuit Court. Certified
question answered; remanded to court of appeals. Special Justice Thomas Fowler and
Special Justice Chad L. Atwell join. Danielson and Goodson, JJ., not participating.
RHONDA K. WOOD, JUSTICE
CR-15-662. David Lee Felty v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court.
Affirmed; motion to withdraw granted.
ROBIN F. WYNNE, JUSTICE
CR-14-794. Donald D. Dickey v. State of Arkansas, from Izard County Circuit Court.
Affirmed.
PER CURIAM OPINION
CV-15-874. Michael W. Williams v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of
Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Affirmed; motion for appointment of
counsel moot.
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PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 18, 2016
PER CURIAM ORDERS
CR-07-1155. Steven Victor Wertz v. State of Arkansas, from Sharp County Circuit Court.
Supplemental briefing ordered. (Proceedings of February 12, 2016)
CR-15-417. Karl Douglas Roberts v. State of Arkansas, from Polk County Circuit Court.
Entry of appearance of Scott W. Braden and Jason P. Kearney and motion to substitute
counsel for oral argument. Notice of withdrawal of motion to substitute counsel for oral
argument. Motion withdrawn.
CR-15-983. Jason Carroll Neal v. State of Arkansas, from Saline County Circuit Court.
Appellant’s motion to file belated brief is granted.
CR-16-61. Quenton Vernard Jones v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit
Court, First Division. Appellant’s motion to accept record with substituted pages is
granted.
CR-16-63. Kenneth Ray Marshall v. State of Arkansas, from Columbia County Circuit
Court. Appellant’s motion for rule on clerk is granted.
CV-15-992. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. v. Stacey
Johnson et al., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Entry of appearance of
John C. Williams is duly noted.
CV-15-992. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. v. Stacey
Johnson et al., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Appellants’ motion to
expedite is denied without prejudice. Danielson, J., would deny. (Proceedings of February
17, 2016)
CV-15-992. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. v. Stacey
Johnson et al., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Appellees’ motion for
extension of time to file brief is granted. (Proceedings of February 17, 2016)
D-16-65. In Re: David B. Hopkins, Arkansas Bar No. 68075, an Original Action. Petition
of David B. Hopkins, Arkansas Bar No. 68075, for voluntary resignation of license is
granted.
D-16-67. In Re: Steven E. Edgar, Arkansas Bar No. 77162, an Original Action. Petition
of
Steven
E.
Edgar,
Arkansas
Bar
No.
77162,
for
voluntary
surrender
of
license
(resignation) is granted.
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PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 18, 2016
PER CURIAM ORDERS
CR-00-645. Willie Hutcherson v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court,
Fourth Division. Petitioner’s pro se third petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court
to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis is dismissed. See per curiam this date
CR-09-339. Adam Davis, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court.
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-14-687. Ike Shawndale Nunn v. State of Arkansas, from Jackson County Circuit Court.
Appellant’s pro se petition for rehearing is denied.
CR-15-237. Terry Lee Ward v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court.
Appellant’s pro se motion for extension of time and other relief granted in part and denied
in part; final extension of thirty days to file brief granted; motion with permission of court
requests or objections and motion in support of motions filings all denied.
CR-15-448. James Anthony Gould v. State of Arkansas, from Pope County Circuit Court.
Appellee’s motion to dismiss appeal is granted.
CV-15-573.
David
Lee
Allen
v.
Wendy
Kelley,
Director,
Arkansas
Department
of
Correction, from Lee County Circuit Court. Pro se motion to file belated brief. Substituted
opinion on denial of rehearing; appeal dismissed; motion moot. See per curiam this date.
CV-15-958.
Kenny
Halfacre
v.
Wendy
Kelley,
Director,
Arkansas
Department
of
Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for rule on clerk
is granted; remanded. See per curiam this date.
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PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 18, 2016
MOTIONS SUBMITTED
PETITION FOR REVIEW:
CV-16-41. Samantha Samuels and Shandon Samuels v. Arkansas Department of Human
Services and A.S., Minor Child, from Washington County Circuit Court.
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CR-07-1155. Steven Victor Wertz v. State of Arkansas, from Sharp County Circuit Court.
Entry of appearance of John C. Williams.
CR-16-30. State of Arkansas v. Edward Lee Jones, from Lee County Circuit Court.
Petitioner’s pro se motion for reconsideration.
CR-16-106. Thomas Conan Ortega v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit
Court. Motion of Brent Miller to withdraw as attorney on direct appeal.
CV-15-804. Columbia Mutual Insurance Company, Inc. and Columbia Insurance Group
v. Arkansas Infrastructure, Inc., et al., from United States District Court, Eastern District
of Arkansas, Western Division. Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief of the Home
Builders Association,
and the
National
Association
of Home
Builders in support
of
appellees/respondents.
CV-15-966. Gerber Products Company v. David Hewett II, Aaron Johnson, James Lane,
Ralph Larossa, Jr., and Jerry Osborne, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith
District. Appellees’ motion to transfer this appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
CV-16-92. Wanda Little v. Arkansas Department of Human Services and Minor Child,
from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Appellant’s motion for rule on
clerk.
CV-16-112. Odell Frazier, Gertrude Barber, and Estate of Essie Mae Frazier, Deceased v.
Mary Miller, from Phillips County Circuit Court. Appellants’ motion for rule on the clerk.
CV-16-113. Theresa Marshall v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for
Vendee
Mortgage
Trust
1993-1,
from
Pulaski
County
Circuit
Court,
Fifth
Division.
Petitioner’s pro se petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
D-16-105. In Re Don H. Pattillo, Arkansas Bar No. 69058, an Original Action. Petition
of
Don
H.
Pattillo,
Arkansas
Bar
No.
69058,
for
voluntary
surrender
of
license
(resignation).
D-16-109. In Re Gerald L. Boyd, Arkansas Bar No. 60006, an Original Action. Petition
of Gerald L. Boyd, Arkansas Bar No. 60006, for voluntary surrender of license.
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PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 18, 2016
MOTIONS SUBMITTED
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CR-03-1181. Abraham Grant v. State of Arkansas, from Phillips County Circuit Court.
Fifth pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ
of error coram nobis.
CR-05-472. Wallace Gardner v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court,
Sixth Division. Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to
consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis.
CR-15-794. Gerardo Gomez-Jimenez v. State of Arkansas, from Washington County
Circuit Court. Appellee’s motion to dismiss appeal.
CV-15-586. Wayne Frederick Poland v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department
of Correction, from Chicot County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se response to denial of
petition requesting rehearing and reconsideration treated as motion to file belated motion
for reconsideration of dismissal of appeal.
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PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 18, 2016
CASES SUBMITTED
CV-15-677. Corina Mendoza v. WIS International, Inc.; Anthony Adams; and Washington
Inventory Services, Inc., from United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas.
Orally argued.
CR-15-324. David Van Winkle v. State of Arkansas, from Polk County Circuit Court.
CV-15-614. Carolyn Gray v. White River Health System, Inc., d/b/a White River Medical
Center, Inc.; and Continental Casualty Company, from Independence County Circuit
Court.
CV-15-711. Kenny Quarles, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Bennie Jean Quarles,
Deceased v. Courtyard Gardens Health and Rehabilitation, LLC, et al., from Clark County
Circuit Court.
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CR-15-730. Kelly Lamont Oliver v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit
Court.
CV-15-428. Joe E. Morgan v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of
Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court.
CV-15-780. Lonnie E. Mitchell v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of
Correction, et al., from Lincoln County Circuit Court.
CV-15-782. Robert J. Moten v. Wendy Kelly, from Lincoln County Circuit Court.
CV-15-887. Melvin Smith v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of
Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court.
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