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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 18, 2017 JOSEPHINE LINKER HART, JUSTICE CV-16-473. Mark Stodola, Mayor of the City of Little Rock; City of Little Rock; Joe Smith, Mayor of the City of North Little Rock; and City of North Little Rock v. Jim Lynch, Tony Orr, and Glen M. Miller, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventeenth Division. Remanded with instructions; motion to dismiss appeal denied. RHONDA K. WOOD, JUSTICE CV-16-926. Reanna Rodgers v. Destiny Rodgers, from Garland County Circuit Court. Affirmed; court of appeals’ opinion vacated. Kemp, C.J., and Wynne, J., concur. Baker, Hart, and Womack, JJ., dissent. SHAWN A. WOMACK, JUSTICE D-13-150. Stark Ligon, as Executive Director, Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct v. John Skylar “Sky” Tapp, Arkansas Bar ID #76123, an Original Action. Order of disbarment issued. PER CURIAM OPINION CV-16-747. Ricky Lynn Lenard, Sr. v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; John Felts, Director, Arkansas Board of Parole; and Sheri Flynn, Administrator, Sex Offender Community Notification, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed in part; reversed and remanded in part.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 18, 2017 PER CURIAM ORDERS REHEARING DENIED: Petition for rehearing was denied today in the following case. CR-14-1088. Fred L. Williams v. State of Arkansas, from Drew County Circuit Court. ********************************************* REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases. CR-17-256. Rodric D. Cohns v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Hart, J., would grant. See dissenting opinion on denial of petition for review this date. CV-17-170. Veda Ann Struble v. Blytheville School District, from Mississippi County Circuit Court, Chickasawba District. CV-17-211. Nucor Yamato Steel Company and Sedgwick Claims Management Service v. Lawrence L. Kennedy, from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. CV-17-228. Bryant Paulin v. Daryl Bassett, Director, Department of Workforce Services, from the Arkansas Board of Review. ********************************************* CR-95-985. Greg Hogue v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division. Petitioner’s pro se motion to grant the petition for reconsideration of the denial of reinvesting the trial court with jurisdiction to consider the issuance of the petition for writ of error coram nobis is denied. CR-17-167. Rickie Green v. State of Arkansas, from Lonoke County Circuit Court. Appellee’s motion to supplement the record and accompanying motion for extension of brief time is granted. CR-17-196. Alexander Pokatilov v. State of Arkansas, from Lonoke County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion for permission to file supplemental brief is granted. CR-17-334. Tommy Lee Radford v. State of Arkansas, from Ouachita County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion for rule on clerk is granted. CR-17-340. James Ernest Duff v. State of Arkansas, from Miller County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion for belated appeal is granted. 2

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 18, 2017 PER CURIAM ORDERS CV-16-575. Apprentice Information Systems, Inc. and David Randall Lamp a/k/a Randy Lamp v. Datascout, LLC, from Benton County Circuit Court. Joint motion to consolidate appeals is denied. Hart, J., would grant. CV-17-86. Industrial Welding Supplies of Hattiesburg, LLC; Airgas, Inc.; and Airgas USA, LLC v. John Pinson and Larry Murphy, from Union County Circuit Court. Appellees’ motion to supplement record is granted. CV-17-103. Air Evac EMS, Inc. v. USABLE Mutual Insurance Co. d/b/a Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, from the United States District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Western Division. Motion of Anthony F. Shelley for pro hac vice admission as additional counsel on behalf of respondent USABLE Mutual Insurance Co. d/b/a Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield is granted. Kemp, C.J., not participating. CV-17-311. Doug Riley v. Welcometotulum Investment Properties, LLC, from Garland County Circuit Court. Verification of posting of appellant’s supersedeas bond is noted. ********************************************* CR-17-181. Jessie Hill v. Edwin A. Keaton, Circuit Judge, from Ouachita County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion to withdraw motion for rule on clerk and motion to proceed with writs of mandamus granted; petitions for writs of mandamus tendered to this court will be filed as of the date of this per curiam order. CV-16-814. Willie Gaster Davis v. Thomas Deen, Prosecuting Attorney, from Desha County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for written opinion on motion for appointment of counsel is denied. 3

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 18, 2017 MOTIONS SUBMITTED PETITION FOR REHEARING: CV-16-144. Marilyn Curry Troutman v. Ronald Troutman, from Washington County Circuit Court. ********************************************* PETITIONS FOR REVIEW: CR-17-381. Marcus Douglas Christopher v. State of Arkansas, from Nevada County Circuit Court. CV-17-208. Grant County Unified Community Resource Council, Inc. d/b/a Spirit of Sharing and/or Keeping the Faith v. Mary Pennington, from Grant County Circuit Court. CV-17-259. Gale A. Askins v. Kroger Limited Partnership and Sedgwick Claims Management, from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. CV-17-336. Francesca Mercado v. Arkansas Department of Human Services and Minor Child, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. CV-17-366. Tabitha McCrillis v. Sarah Hicks, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Third Division. ********************************************* CR-16-949. Eric Darnell Thrower v. State of Arkansas, from Ouachita County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion for extension of time to lodge the supplemental record. CR-17-378. Rickey Dale Newman v. Crawford County Circuit Court, from Crawford County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s petition for writ of certiorari. CV-17-16. Theresa Marshall, Herman Marshall, and Earnest Marshall v. Nathaniel L. Marshall, Personal Representative of the Estate of Willie James Marshall, Deceased, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourteenth Division. Petitioner’s pro se motion for reconsideration. 4

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 18, 2017 MOTIONS SUBMITTED CV-17-16. Theresa Marshall, Herman Marshall, and Earnest Marshall v. Nathaniel L. Marshall, Personal Representative of the Estate of Willie James Marshall, Deceased, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourteenth Division. Petitioner’s pro se motion for exhibits relief. CV-17-386. Kim Reeves and Dorothy Poindexter, Individually and on Behalf of a Class of Persons Similarly Situated v. Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System, Board of Trustees for the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System, Woodruff County Nursing Home Board, and Woodruff County, Arkansas, from Woodruff County Circuit Court. Appellants’ motion for rule on clerk. CV-17-387. Kristyn Abbott and Cameron Craig v. Arkansas Department of Human Services and Minor Child, from Garland County Circuit Court. Appellee’s motion to dismiss appeal. CV-17-388. Kim Reeves and Dorothy Poindexter v. Woodruff County, Arkansas; Woodruff County Nursing Home Board; and Woodruff County Health Center, from Woodruff County Circuit Court. Appellants’ motion for rule on clerk. CV-17-396. Kimberly Bentley v. Arkansas Department of Human Services and Minor Children, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Joint motion for extension of time to lodge appellate record. 5

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 18, 2017 CASES SUBMITTED CV-15-870. Frank Watts II v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. CV-15-898. Clyde N. Booth and Frank W. Booth v. Candice A. Franks, Bank Commissioner of the State of Arkansas, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. CV-16-238. Joshua Kilgore v. Robert Mullenax and Senior Dental Care, LLC, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division. CV-16-600. City of Little Rock, Arkansas v. Circuit Court of Pulaski County, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. 6