PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 6, 2019
JOHN DAN KEMP, CHIEF JUSTICE
CV-18-346. Arkansas State Plant Board and Terry Walker, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Arkansas State Plant Board v. Harry Stephens, Stephen Higginbothom, West Higginbothom, Kimborough Stephens, Hershell Schwantz, James Ricky Helton, David R. Gregory, Pointer Hall, Phil Hall, Vernon Joe Smith, Jerry D. Flynn, Donnie Deline, Bob Billingsly, Krista Taggart, Levi Carlton, Brian Alumbugh, Bobby Byrd, Tyler McClendon, Larry McClendon, Neil Culp, Blake Culp, Chris Carnathan, Jeff Carnathan, John Bryant, Michael Taylor, Thomas Turner, Terry Tolar, John Tolar, Lyle Wheeler, Alan Hargraves, Brian Stoner, Earnest Larry, Bernard E. Crowley, Pace Hindsley, Eugene Hindsley, James V. Richmond, John V. Richmond, Harry G. Stephens, John King, Lennie Kyle, Gere Reeves, Ed Gregory, Clay Young, Charles Galloway, Barry Jones, Kyle Cannon, Charlie Burress, Trey Jackson, Leonard Rohrscheib, Leonard Rohrscheib, Jr., Keath Groves, Shawn Hardesty, Gene Johnson, Paul Sellers, Ray Dawson, Danny May, Roger May, Keith Freeland, Scott Stepp, Billy Don Hinkle, Timothy Jones, Allen Loveless, Caleb Hall, Michael Young, Lance Gray, Keith Wilkerson, Roger Wilkerson, and Donnie Wilkerson, from Phillips County Circuit Court. Appeal dismissed.
KAREN R. BAKER, JUSTICE
CR-18-419. Tracy Lee Bryant v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Petitioner’s pro se motions for belated appeal, for appointment of counsel, to supplement appeal, to file rule on clerk, to add, second motion to supplement, and second motion to add. Motion for belated appeal denied; motions for appointment of counsel, to supplement appeal, to file rule on clerk, to add, second motion to supplement, and second motion to add moot. Hart, J., dissents.
CR-19-82. Eric Burgie v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for rule on clerk to extend brief time. Appeal dismissed; motion moot. Hart, J., dissents.
CV-19-43. Sharvelt Mister v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for extension of brief time. Affirmed; motion moot. Hart, J., dissents.
COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, JUSTICE
CV-18-333. Joe E. Morgan v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart, J., dissents.
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COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, JUSTICE (continued)
CV-19-109. Anarian Chad Jackson v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motions for extension of time to file brief and to dismiss appeal without prejudice. Appeal dismissed; motions moot. Hart, J., dissents.
JOSEPHINE LINKER HART, JUSTICE
CV-18-362. Arkansas State Plant Board and Terry Walker, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Arkansas State Plant Board v. Gary Johnson; Randy Johnson; Davis Farm Partnership/Robert Tyler Davis, et al., from Mississippi County Circuit Court, Osceola District. Appeal dismissed.
CV-18-548. Monsanto Company v. Arkansas State Plant Board; Walter “Bruce” Alford; Kyle Baltz; Russell Black; Russell Bragg; Robert Campbell; Dr. Rick Cartwright; Marty Eaton; Danny Finch; Barry Walls; Terry Fuller; Greg Hay; Otis Howe; Jerry Hyde; Larry Jayroe; Thomas Post; Dr. Craig Rothrock; Dennie Stokes; and Matthew Marsh, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Arkansas State Plant Board, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division. Moot in part; reversed and remanded in part. Special Justice Karen McKinney joins. Baker, J., concurs in part and dissents in part. Goodson, J., not participating.
RHONDA K. WOOD, JUSTICE
CR-18-896. Craig Allen Wade v. State of Arkansas, from Clark County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion to file belated brief. Appeal dismissed; motion moot. Hart, J., dissents.
ROBIN F. WYNNE, JUSTICE
CR-17-777. Donnie Maiden v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Appellant’s pro se motion for extension of time to file reply brief. Affirmed; motion denied. Hart, J., would take as a case.
CV-18-616. Austin Prince, Willie Reinhardt, Mary E. Lowman, Deborah Brown, Kevin Steeland, Phyllis Stinson, Thomas Lowman, and Richard Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Commission; Arkansas Department of Transportation; and Scott E. Bennett, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Arkansas Department of Transportation, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division. Affirmed. Special Justice Meredith Switzer joins. Baker, J., concurs. Hart, J., dissents. Goodson, J., not participating.
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SHAWN A. WOMACK, JUSTICE
CR-96-121. Anthony Key/Muta’ Ali Trujah Muhammad 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 or, alternatively, to recall the mandate or for other relief and amendment to petition. Petition and amendment denied.
CV-17-886. Malik Muntaqim v. Gaylon R. Lay, Warden; Wendy Kelley, Director of ADC; Ray Hobbs, Director of ADC; Larry May, Chief Deputy Director; Grant Harris, Deputy Director; Raymond Naylor, Internal Affairs Administrator; Randy Watson, Warden, Varner Unit; Marvin Evans, Deputy Director; Eddie Selvey, Deputy Warden, ADC; Crystal Wood, Classification Officer, Cummins Unit; Patricia Baxter, Mailroom Supervisor, Cummins Unit; Leonard Banks, Chaplain, Cummins Unit; Sgt. S. Cook, Correctional Officer, Cummins Unit; Tiffanye Compton, Grievance Coordinator, Central Office; Dennise Alexander, Publication Review, Central Office; Jan Scussel, Publication Review, Central Office; Tami Aiken, Publication Review, Central Office; John M. Wheeler, Religious Administrator, Central Office; April Gibson, Grievance Officer, Cummins Unit; Lisa R. Hall, Grievance Officer, Cummins Unit; Muhammad Ameed, Islamic Chaplain, Central Office, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart, J., would take as a case.
CV-18-24. Jimmy Banks, Individually and in His Official Capacity v. Sharon Jones, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Reversed and dismissed. Baker, J., concurs. Hart, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.
CV-18-824. 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; pro se motion to duplicate at State’s expense. Affirmed; motions moot. Hart, J., dissents.
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PER CURIAM ORDERS
In Re District Court Resource Assessment Board. See per curiam this date.
The Honorable Melinda French, District Court Judge for the 27th District, is appointed to the District Court Resource Assessment Board for a four-year term to expire on April 30, 2023. The Court thanks Judge French for her willingness to serve on this important board.
The Court extends its gratitude to Judge Tony Yocom, whose term has expired, for his work on behalf of the Board.
In Re Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission. See per curiam this date.
Circuit Court Judge Lee Harrod of Heber Springs is reappointed to the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission for a six-year term to expire on June 30, 2025. The court thanks Judge Harrod for his continued service to the commission.
In Re Adoption of Amendment to Rule 6-1(a) of the Rules of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. See per curiam this date.
In Re Amendment of Rule 6-9(b)(5) of the Rules of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. See per curiam this date.
In Re Acceptance of Records on Appeal in Electronic Format and Elimination of the Abstracting and Addendum Requirements. See per curiam this date.
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