ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 3, 2021 KAREN R. BAKER, JUSTICE CV-20-82. Stark Ligon, as Executive Director of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct v. Teresa Lynette Bloodman, Attorney at Law, Arkansas Bar No. 2005055, an Original Action. Petitioner’s petition for contempt. Dismissed. Special Justices Jeffrey Hatfield and Rebecca Blass join. Wood and Wynne, JJ., not participating.
SHAWN A. WOMACK, JUSTICE CV-20-174. (In the Matter of the Adoption of A.M.P. and A.A.P.) Brince Plymale v. Jeremy Alan Rogers and Brandie Nichole Rogers, from Logan County Circuit Court, Southern District. Reversed and dismissed; court of appeals’ opinion vacated.
ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 3, 2021 PER CURIAM ORDERS REHEARING DENIED: Petition for rehearing was denied today in the following case. CR-20-599. Steven Christopher Hayes v. State of Arkansas, from Saline County Circuit Court.
********************************************* CR-21-43. Arkansas Parole Board; John Felts, John Belkin, Andy Shock, Dawn Benafield, Jerry Riley, Lona McCastlain, and Abraham Carpenter, Jr., in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Arkansas Parole Board; Arkansas Department of Correction; and Dexter Payne, in His Official Capacity v. Terrance Proctor, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Appellee’s motion to dismiss appeal as moot following passage of Act 1034 of 2021 taken with the case. Kemp, C.J., and Wood and Womack, JJ., would deny.
CV-20-663. Hotels.com, L.P.; Hotwire, Inc.; Trip Network, Inc. (d/b/a Cheaptickets.com); Expedia, Inc.; Internetwork Publishing Corp. (d/b/a Lodging.com); Orbitz, LLC; priceline.com Incorporated (n/k/a Booking Holdings, Inc.); priceline.com LLC; Travelocity.com L.P. (n/k/a TVL LP); Travelweb LLC; and Site59.com LLC v. Pine Bluff Advertising and Promotion Commission; Jefferson County, Arkansas, and All Others Similarly Situated; and City of North Little Rock, Arkansas, and All Others Similarly Situated, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Appellants’ motion to strike the State of Arkansas’s appeal brief is denied. Womack, J., would take with the case.
CV-20-728. K.B.X., Inc.; Steven Michael Keith, Sr., Individually; Steven Michael Keith, Jr., Individually; and Jeffrey Shay Sebree, Individually v. Zero Grade Farms, a Partnership, also d/b/a Isbell Farms; Mark Isbell, Individually; Chris Isbell, Individually; Shane Isbell, Individually; Judy Isbell, Individually; Jeremy Jones, Individually; K & K Farm Service, Inc., also d/b/a K & K Farm Services; Edward Schafer & Sons, a Partnership; Ronald Schafer and Roger Schafer, as Trustees of the Edward Burnard Schafer Q-TIP Trust; Ronald Schafer, Individually; Dee Anne Schafer, Individually; Clifford Schafer, Individually; Rachel Schafer, Individually; Roger Schafer, Individually; Pamela Schafer, Individually; Donald Schafer, Individually; Donna Schafer, Individually; Gary Hardke Farms, a Partnership; Gary Hardke, Individually; Melodie Hardke, Individually; Bigfoot AG, Inc.; Agri-Petroleum Sales, LLC; Agribusiness Properties, LLC; Brinkley Truck Brokerage, LLC; Christopher Taylor, Individually; Dale Bartlett, Individually; Ivory Rice, LLC; Anna Hurst, Special Administrator of the Estate of Jason Coleman; LJTC, LLC; Turner Commodities, Inc.; Turner North, LLC; and Turner Grain, Inc., d/b/a Turner Grain, from Lonoke County Circuit Court. Appellees’ unopposed second motion to correct and supplement the record is granted.
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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 3, 2021 PER CURIAM ORDERS D-21-209. In Re Paul F. Dumas, Arkansas Bar No. 96123, an Original Action. Petition of Paul F. Dumas, Arkansas Bar No. 96123, for surrender of license is granted. Kemp, C.J., would deny.
D-21-210. In Re Jill Odell Gibson, Arkansas Bar No. 92258, an Original Action. Petition of Jill Odell Gibson, Arkansas Bar No. 92258, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation) is denied. Wood, Womack, and Webb, JJ., would grant.
D-21-211. In Re Liza Hirsch Medina, Arkansas Bar No. 80187, an Original Action. Petition of Liza Hirsch Medina, Arkansas Bar No. 80187, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation) is granted.
D-21-212. In Re Carla Suzanne Landers, Arkansas Bar No. 2010021, an Original Action. Petition of Carla Suzanne Landers, Arkansas Bar No. 2010021, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation) is granted.
D-21-213. In Re Robert Holt Freeman, Arkansas Bar No. 85056, an Original Action. Petition of Robert Holt Freeman, Arkansas Bar No. 85056, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation) is denied.
D-21-231. Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission v. Barry Sims, Circuit Judge, an Original Action. Petitioner’s report of uncontested sanction. Order of suspension without pay imposed. Order for the immediate issuance of the mandate. Womack, J., dissents. See per curiam and dissenting opinion this date.
********************************************** CR-21-150. Eric Burgie v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for rule on clerk is denied.
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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 3, 2021 MOTIONS SUBMITTED CR-95-549. Timothy Wayne Kemp v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division. Petitioner’s unopposed motion for expansion of the word-count limitation.
CR-98-463. Timothy Wayne Kemp v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division. Petitioner’s unopposed motion for expansion of the word-count limitation.
CR-20-642. Robert Holland v. State of Arkansas, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion to supplement the record and set briefing schedule.
CR-21-78. Demarcus Donnell Parker v. State of Arkansas, from Crittenden County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion for expansion of word-count limitation.
CR-21-217. Edward Bechtel v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s petition for writ of certiorari or, alternatively, for writ of habeas corpus.
CV-20-728. K.B.X., Inc.; Steven Michael Keith, Sr., Individually; Steven Michael Keith, Jr., Individually; and Jeffrey Shay Sebree, Individually v. Zero Grade Farms, a Partnership, also d/b/a Isbell Farms; Mark Isbell, Individually; Chris Isbell, Individually; Shane Isbell, Individually; Judy Isbell, Individually; Jeremy Jones, Individually; K & K Farm Service, Inc., also d/b/a K & K Farm Services; Edward Schafer & Sons, a Partnership; Ronald Schafer and Roger Schafer, as Trustees of the Edward Burnard Schafer Q-TIP Trust; Ronald Schafer, Individually; Dee Anne Schafer, Individually; Clifford Schafer, Individually; Rachel Schafer, Individually; Roger Schafer, Individually; Pamela Schafer, Individually; Donald Schafer, Individually; Donna Schafer, Individually; Gary Hardke Farms, a Partnership; Gary Hardke, Individually; Melodie Hardke, Individually; Bigfoot AG, Inc.; Agri-Petroleum Sales, LLC; Agribusiness Properties, LLC; Brinkley Truck Brokerage, LLC; Christopher Taylor, Individually; Dale Bartlett, Individually; Ivory Rice, LLC; Anna Hurst, Special Administrator of the Estate of Jason Coleman; LJTC, LLC; Turner Commodities, Inc.; Turner North, LLC; and Turner Grain, Inc., d/b/a Turner Grain, from Lonoke County Circuit Court. Appellees’ motion to clarify jurisdiction.
********************************************* CR-93-284. Saba K. Makkali v. State of Arkansas, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se fourth petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis.
CR-93-284. Saba K. Makkali v. State of Arkansas, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for stipulation of undisputed facts.
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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 3, 2021 MOTIONS SUBMITTED CR-93-284. Saba K. Makkali v. State of Arkansas, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for appointment of counsel.
CR-95-112. Tony Wilson v. State of Arkansas, from White County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for transcript.
CR-20-513. David Edward McLaughlin v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion to file belated brief.
CR-21-17. Sammie L. Thomas, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion to file a substituted brief to supplement appellant’s brief.
CR-21-156. Doyle Ashcraft v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division. Appellant’s pro se motion for extension of brief time and for order to obtain documents.
CV-21-89. Michael Hamilton v. State of Arkansas, from Lee County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus.
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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 3, 2021 CASES SUBMITTED CV-20-536. Arkansas Department of Education; Johnny Key, in His Official Capacity as Arkansas Commissioner of Education; and Diane Zook, Susan Chambers, Charisse Dean, R. Brett Williamson, O. Fitzgerald Hill, Ouida Newton, Sarah Moore, and Kathy McFetridge, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Arkansas State Board of Education v. Amber Booth McCoy; Don Booth; Katherine Lu; Eugene Lu; and Skye Adams, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Ninth Division. Orally argued.
CR-19-901. Nicholas Lewondowski v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court.
CV-20-682. State of Arkansas ex rel. Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General v. Purdue Pharma L.P.; Purdue Pharma, Inc.; The Purdue Frederick Company, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson; Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ortho-McNeill-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Endo Health Solutions, Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Does 1 through 100, Inclusive, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixteenth Division.
********************************************* CR-20-630. Freddie Clark v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division.
CR-20-690. Michael Eugene Rea v. State of Arkansas, from Saline County Circuit Court. CR-21-15. Antonio Smith v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division.
CR-21-38. Bismillah Rahim Muhammad v. State of Arkansas, from Clark County Circuit Court.
CV-20-698. Anthony L. Johnson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court.
CV-20-725. Corelanius Phillips v. Andrea Culpepper, Warden, Cummins Unit, from Lincoln County Circuit Court.
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