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PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 1, 2017
KAREN R. BAKER, JUSTICE
CR-03-800. Anarian Chad Jackson v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit
Court, Sixth Division. Petitioner’s pro se sixth petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial
court denied; motion to supplement the petition and motion to add to motion to supplement
the petition are denied; motions to dismiss respondent’s untimely response, for remand to
the trial court for an evidentiary hearing, and to supplement motion to remand to the trial
court for an evidentiary hearing are moot.
CR-16-767. Jessie Hill v. State of Arkansas, from Grant County Circuit Court. Appellant’s
pro se motion for extension of time. Appeal moot in part and reversed in part; motion
moot.
CV-16-886. Rumaldo Rangel v. State of Arkansas, from Pope County Circuit Court.
Affirmed.
CV-17-126. Mark Antonio Williams 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. Appeal dismissed; motion moot.
COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, JUSTICE
CR-16-1113. Broderick Don Scott v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit
Court, First Division. Reversed and remanded; motions moot. Wood, J., dissents.
CV-17-33. Jackie Lee Williams v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of
Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed.
JOSEPHINE LINKER HART, JUSTICE
CR-15-899. Zachary Holly v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court.
Affirmed. Wood, J., concurs.
CR-17-42. Joshua Anthony Beyard v. State of Arkansas, from Scott County Circuit Court.
Appeal dismissed.
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RHONDA K. WOOD, JUSTICE
CV-16-238. Joshua Kilgore v. Robert Mullenax and Senior Dental Care, LLC, from
Pulaski County
Circuit Court, Second
Division, from Pulaski County Circuit
Court.
Affirmed; court of appeals opinion vacated. Special Justice Jason B. Hendren joins. Hart,
J., dissents. Wynne, J., not participating.
CV-16-1038. Gloria Daniel v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, from Pulaski
County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Affirmed.
ROBIN F. WYNNE, JUSTICE
CR-16-891. Alan Ray Edwards v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court.
Affirmed.
SHAWN A. WOMACK, JUSTICE
CR-17-248. Calvin Lee Marshall v. State of Arkansas, from Phillips County Circuit Court.
Petitioner’s pro se motion for belated appeal treated as motion for rule on clerk and denied.
CR-17-277. Don Michael Cox v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court,
First Division. Petitioner’s pro se motion for belated appeal and rule on clerk treated as
motion for belated appeal and granted; in forma pauperis status granted; writ of certiorari
to be filed within fourteen days; motion for appointment of counsel moot.
PER CURIAM OPINIONS
CR-16-1126. Paul W. Latham v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of
Correction, from Miller County Circuit Court. Reversed and remanded; motion moot.
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PER CURIAM ORDERS
REHEARINGS DENIED: Petitions for rehearing were denied today in the following cases.
CR-16-809. Marvin A. Stanton v. State of Arkansas, from Miller County Circuit Court.
CV-16-934. Keep Our Dollars in Independence County and Carol Crosby v. Tracey
Mitchell, in Her Official Capacity as County Clerk; Candy Allison Konkler; and State of
Arkansas, from Independence County Circuit Court.
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REVIEW GRANTED: Petition for review was granted today in the following case.
CV-17-245. Chelsea S. Harley v. Wyndham S. Demptser, Sr., from Pulaski County Circuit
Court, Fourteenth Division.
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REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases.
CR-17-407. Tyrun Lamont Jones v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court,
Fourth Division.
CV-17-234. James Hubbard v. Riceland Foods, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, and
Death
&
Permanent
Total
Disability
Trust
Fund,
from
the
Arkansas
Workers’
Compensation Commission.
CV-17-244. Thomas Ellis Stuart v. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration,
and Larry Walther, Director, from Drew County Circuit Court.
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REVIEW DISMISSED: Petition for review was dismissed today in the following case.
CV-17-246. Multi-Craft Contractors, Inc., and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. v. Rick
Yousey, from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. Hart, J., would grant.
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CR-17-146. Christopher Allan Eason, Sr. v. State of Arkansas, from Clark County Circuit
Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for reconsideration is denied.
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PER CURIAM ORDERS
CV-16-1096. Gerber Products Company, Inc. v. CECO Concrete Construction, LLC;
Alberici
Constructors,
Inc.;
and
Vee-Jay
Cement
Contracting
Company,
Inc.,
from
Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Motion of non-resident attorney
Bryan A. Merryman to participate in a particular case is granted.
CV-16-1096. Gerber Products Company, Inc. v. CECO Concrete Construction, LLC;
Alberici
Constructors,
Inc.;
and
Vee-Jay
Cement
Contracting
Company,
Inc.,
from
Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Motion of non-resident attorney
Matthew P. Lewis to participate in a particular case is granted.
CV-17-97. Arkansas Bar Association, In Re Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct -
Rule
1.2(d),
an
Original
Action.
Petitioner’s
petition
to
amend
Arkansas
Rules
of
Professional Conduct -Rule 1.2(d) is denied.
CV-17-161. Phillips Hospital Corporation d/b/a Helena Regional Medical Center, Dr.
Arthur Levy, and Dr. James Major v. Dewayne Douglas Dowd, Sr., Individually and as
Administrator of the Estate of Cora Lee Dowd, Deceased, from Phillips County Circuit
Court. Appellant’s motion for writ of certiorari to complete the record is granted.
CV-17-168. The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas v. Matthew Andrews,
from Phillips County Circuit Court. Motion of the Attorney General of Arkansas for
permission to file as amicus curiae in support of appellant is granted. Goodson, J., not
participating.
CV-17-382. Kimberly Kenney v. University of Arkansas at Little Rock, from Pulaski
County Circuit Court, Ninth Division. Appellant’s pro se motion to file belated appeal is
denied. Goodson, J., not participating.
CV-17-394. Kimberly Kenney v. Rainwater, Holt, and Sexton, P.A.; Sarah Baber; Allstate
Property & Casualty Insurance Company; and Geico Casualty Company, from Pulaski
County Circuit Court, Seventeenth Division. Appellant’s pro se motion to file belated
appeal is denied. Kemp, C.J., not participating.
D-11-1259.
Stark
Ligon,
Executive
Director
of
the
Supreme
Court
Committee
on
Professional Conduct v. Bruce J. Bennett, Arkansas Bar No. 92140, an Original Action.
Petitioner’s motion to strike respondent’s brief for failure to comply with Rule 4-2 of the
Rules of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of the State of Arkansas is denied.
Motion for extension of brief time granted.
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PER CURIAM ORDERS
CV-16-906.
Joshua
D.
Peters
v.
Wendy
Kelley,
Director,
Arkansas
Department
of
Correction, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Appellee’s motion to
dismiss appeal is granted.
CV-17-278. $4,076.00 in U.S. Currency and Nathaniel Adam Walters v. State of Arkansas,
from Washington County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition for leave to proceed in
forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is required to remit the filing fee necessary to lodge
the appeal within thirty days of this per curiam order.
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MOTIONS SUBMITTED
PETITION FOR REHEARING:
CR-81-82. Robert R. Heffernan a/k/a Robert Richard Heffernan v. State of Arkansas, from
Saline County Circuit Court.
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PETITIONS FOR REVIEW:
CV-17-268. Brookshire Grocery Company v. Cleon Morgan, Sr., from the Arkansas
Workers’ Compensation Commission.
CV-17-302. June Bradshaw v. Fort Smith School District and Fort Smith Public Schools
Board of Education, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District.
CV-17-304. Frederick S. “Rick” Spencer v. Air Evac EMS, Inc. a/k/a Air Evac Lifeteam,
from Baxter County Circuit Court.
CV-17-307. Derek Scott Hagar, Administrator of the Estate of Darren Scott Hagar,
Deceased, and on Behalf of the Wrongful-Death Beneficiaries of Darren Scott Hagar v.
Robert T. Shull, M.D., from Crittenden County Circuit Court.
CV-17-331. Arkansas Department of Community Correction and Arkansas Insurance
Department, Public Employee Claims Division v. Theresa Barclay, from the Arkansas
Workers’ Compensation Commission.
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CR-17-404. Brandon E. Lacy v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court.
Motion of Patrick J. Benca to be relieved as counsel of record for appellant and request for
the appointment of counsel for appeal.
CV-17-317. State of Arkansas; Arkansas Department of Correction; Asa Hutchinson, in
His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Arkansas; Wendy Kelley, in Her Official
Capacity as Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction v. Hon. Alice Gray, Circuit
Judge and McKesson Medical-Surgical, Inc., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Twelfth
Division.
Petitioners’
motion
to
dismiss
emergency
petition
for
immediate
writ
of
mandamus, writ of certiorari, or superintending writ.
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MOTIONS SUBMITTED
CV-17-414. Welspun Pipes, Inc.; Welspun Tubular, LLC; Debashish Bhowmick; Saleem
Sawar; and Martin Cain v. Pulaski County Circuit Court, Honorable Timothy Davis Fox,
and
Juan
Pineda,
from
Pulaski
County
Circuit
Court,
Sixth
Division.
Petitioners’
application for temporary relief.
CV-17-414. Welspun Pipes, Inc.; Welspun Tubular, LLC; Debashish Bhowmick; Saleem
Sawar; and Martin Cain v. Pulaski County Circuit Court, Honorable Timothy Davis Fox,
and Juan Pineda, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Petitioners’ petition
for writ of prohibition or, in the alternative, writ of certiorari to the circuit court of Pulaski
County.
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CR-16-983. Douglas David True v. State of Arkansas, from Sebastian County Circuit
Court, Fort Smith District. Appellant’s pro se motion for extension of time to file reply
brief.
CR-16-1101. Bruce Wayne Brown v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit
Court. Appellant’s second pro se motion for seven-day extension to file appeal brief.
CV-16-907. Kenneth Ray Pitts v. Patrick S. Drummond, APN; William Benton, Health
Services Administrator; Roy Griffins, Deputy Director, Health and Correctional Program;
and
Arkansas
Department
of
Correction,
from
Pulaski
County
Circuit
Court,
Sixth
Division. Appellant’s pro se motion for pro se brief and to file amended pleadings in pro
se appeal of denial of petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
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CASES SUBMITTED
CR-16-831. Roosevelt R. Coleman v. State of Arkansas, from Crittenden County Circuit
Court.
CR-16-1062. Detric Deshun Wilson v. State of Arkansas, from Lonoke County Circuit
Court.
CV-16-488. Debra Mason v. Charles Mason, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Third
Division.
CV-16-755. Arkansas State Medical Board and Peggy Cryer, Individually and in Her
Official Capacity v. Kristi Byers, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division.
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