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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF OCTOBER 19, 2017 COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, JUSTICE CR-17-450. Ali Martin Matar v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for belated appeal and rule on clerk. Motion treated as motion for belated appeal and denied. CV-17-355. Rickey Tyrone Taylor v. State of Arkansas, from Lee County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motions for extension of brief time, for appointment of counsel, and for duplication of motion for appointment of counsel at public expense. Appeal dismissed; motions moot. RHONDA K. WOOD, JUSTICE CR-17-163. Justin Isiah Burns v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court. Dismissed. Baker and Hart, JJ., dissent. CV-16-387. Allen Lynn Penn v. Richard Gallagher, Assistant Director, and Kermit B. Channell, Executive Director, Arkansas State Crime Laboratory, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Reversed and remanded. ROBIN F. WYNNE, JUSTICE CV-15-988. Nathaniel Smith, M.D., MPH, Director of the Arkansas Department of Health, In His Official Capacity, and His Successors In Office v. Marisa N. Pavan and Terrah D. Pavan, Individually, and as Parents, Next Friends, and Guardians of T.R.P., a Minor Child; Leigh D.W. Jacobs and Jana S. Jacobs, Individually, and as Parents, Next Friends, and Guardians of F.D.J., a Minor Child; Courtney M. Kassel and Kelly L. Scott, Individually, and as Parents, Next Friends, and Guardians of A.G.S., a Minor Child, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Reversed and remanded. Womack, J., concurs. Baker, Goodson, and Hart, JJ., dissent.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF OCTOBER 19, 2017 PER CURIAM ORDERS REVIEW GRANTED: Petition for review was granted today in the following case. CV-17-473. Parrish Dare v. Scott Frost, from Saline County Circuit Court. (Appellee’s) ********************************************* REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases. CR-17-732. Trencie Oliver v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. CV-17-473. Parrish Dare v. Scott Frost, from Saline County Circuit Court. Baker, Hart, and Wynne, JJ., would grant. (Appellant’s) CV-17-766. Bill Helton v. Joseph D. Calhoun, LTD d/b/a Calhoun Law Firm, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. ********************************************* CR-98-657. Bruce Earl Ward v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division. Motion of April R. Golden for entry of appearance on behalf of appellant is granted. CR-16-432. Nicholas R. Holloway v. State of Arkansas, from Lonoke County Circuit Court. Motion of Kent G. Holt, Assistant Attorney General, to substitute counsel of record for appellee is granted. CR-16-588. Larry Lavell Jones v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court. Motion of Jason Michael Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, to substitute counsel of record for appellee is granted. CR-17-654. Kenneth Reams v. State of Arkansas, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Appellant’s unopposed motion to expand page limit for opening brief is granted. Wood, J., would deny. CV-17-240. Larry Walther, Director, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration v. Flis Enterprises, Inc., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Third Division. Appellant’s request for oral argument is granted. Wood, J., would deny. Kemp, C.J., not participating. 2

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF OCTOBER 19, 2017 PER CURIAM ORDERS CV-17-505. Willie James Noble v. State of Arkansas, from Lee County Circuit Court. Motion of Brad Newman, Assistant Attorney General, to substitute counsel of record for appellee is granted. CV-17-653. Jim Harris, Individually and In His Official Capacity, and Dennis Milligan, Individually and In His Official Capacity as Treasurer of the State of Arkansas v. David Singer, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division. Appellee’s motion for leave to file response to motion to stay out of time is moot. Kemp, C.J., would deny. CV-17-749. Bobby Bolden v. Arkansas Department of Human Services and Minor Children, from Pope County Circuit Court. Appellant’s petition to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. Wood, J., would deny. CV-17-749. Bobby Bolden v. Arkansas Department of Human Services and Minor Children, from Pope County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion for belated appeal is granted. ********************************************* CR-16-574. John Richard Lukach v. State of Arkansas, from Hot Spring County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motions to file overlength and belated motion for reconsideration and pro se motion for appointment of counsel are denied. CV-16-1017. Jeremy S. Kennedy v. John Felts, Chairman, Arkansas Parole Board, and Arkansas Parole Board, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Appellant’s pro se motion for extension of time to file brief. Motion for extension of brief time granted; appellant’s brief filed as of the date of this per curiam order. CV-17-235. Reginald Early v. Keith Crockett, Clayborn Carroll, Roberta Lewis, and Lamon Mayo, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for an extension of time to file brief. Pro se motion for extension of brief time granted; tendered brief to be filed as of the date of this per curiam order. Wynne, J., not participating. CV-17-364. Johnny Ratliff v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lee County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motions for extension of brief time. Motions granted in part and denied in part; brief due thirty days from the date of this per curiam order (November 18, 2017). 3