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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MARCH 18, 2021 KAREN R. BAKER, JUSTICE CV-20-480. Anthony Brown v. Hannah Towell, in Her Official Capacity as the Craighead County Tax Assessor; and Wes Eddington, in His Official Capacity as the Craighead County Tax Collector, from Craighead County Circuit Court, Western District. Affirmed. Webb, J., dissents.

RHONDA K. WOOD, JUSTICE CV-20-421. Sherry Tomey, Guardian of the Estate of Novalene Kent, a Minor v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, a Certified Question from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Certified question answered.

SHAWN A. WOMACK, JUSTICE CV-19-663. Willie Gaster Davis, Jr. v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; James DePriest, Legal Counsel, Arkansas Department of Correction; Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General; Joyce Gooley, Mailroom Supervisor of Maximum Security; and Brandace Binns, Corporal Security of Maximum Security, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Kemp, C.J., and Baker, Hudson, and Wynne, JJ., concur.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MARCH 18, 2021 PER CURIAM ORDERS REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases. CR-20-11. Forrest R. Stewart v. State of Arkansas, from Miller County Circuit Court. CR-20-170. Josh M. Barrett v. State of Arkansas, from Pike County Circuit Court. CR-20-295. Jeffery Ryan Allen v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division.

CR-20-309. Harry B. Laird, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, from Montgomery County Circuit Court.

CV-19-647. Edward Lee Hardin v. Shelia Hardin, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. CV-19-798. John Franklin Trickett v. John Spann and Sally Spann, from Franklin County Circuit Court, Southern District.

CV-19-807. Mitchell “Mitch” Wine v. Doralee Chandler and Leslie Rutledge, in Their Official Capacities as Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration and Attorney General of Arkansas, Respectively; and Public Consulting Group, Inc., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Ninth Division. Kemp, C.J., and Womack, J., would grant.

CV-20-59. Innisfree Health and Rehab, LLC; Central Arkansas Nursing Centers, Inc.; Nursing Consultants, Inc., d/b/a Professional Nursing and Rehabilitation Services; Innisfree Estates, LLC; and Michael S. Morton v. Kenny Jordan, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Harold Jordan, Deceased, and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Kenneth Harold Jordan, from Benton County Circuit Court. Wood and Womack, JJ., not participating.

********************************************* CV-20-467. (In Re Application for Admission to the Bar of Arkansas) Michael Lawrence Bernoudy, Jr. v. Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners, an Original Action. Appellant’s motion for permission to file reply brief is granted. (Proceedings of March 12, 2021)

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MARCH 18, 2021 PER CURIAM ORDERS In Re Amended Administrative Plans for the Third Judicial Circuit and the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. See per curiam this date.

In Re Amended Administrative Plans for the Twelfth State Judicial District Court and the Twenty-Fourth State Judicial District Court. See per curiam this date.

In Re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic–Resumption of Deadlines for Service of Process. See per curiam this date.

In Re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic–Amendment to Arkansas Rule of Civil Procedure 4(g)(1)(A)(ii). See per curiam this date.

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