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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF DECEMBER 9, 2021 JOHN DAN KEMP, CHIEF JUSTICE CV-20-643. Medicanna, LLC v. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division; Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission; and Nature’s Herbs and Wellness of Arkansas, LLC, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Appeal dismissed. Special Justice Emily White joins. Womack, J., concurs without opinion. Hudson, J., not participating.

ROBIN F. WYNNE, JUSTICE CR-21-29. Karen Siegel v. State of Arkansas, from Craighead County Circuit Court, Western District. Affirmed in part; dismissed as moot in part. Special Justice Julie Linck joins. Kemp, C.J., not participating.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF DECEMBER 9, 2021 PER CURIAM ORDERS REHEARING DENIED: Petition for rehearing was denied today in the following case. CV-19-63. Arkansas Department of Human Services Crimes Against Children Division v. Steven D. Mitchell, from Izard County Circuit Court.

********************************************* CR-20-581. Zachery S. Keesee v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion for appellant to be present at oral argument is denied.

CR-20-740. Sharvelt Mister v. State of Arkansas, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Certification to the Supreme Court is granted. Baker, Hudson, and Wynne, JJ., would deny.

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 for oral argument is denied. Wynne, J., would grant. Wood, J., would moot.

CV-21-141. Jermey Parnell v. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Child Support Enforcement, from Mississippi County Circuit Court, Chickasawba District. Certification to the Supreme Court is granted. Wood, J., would deny.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF DECEMBER 9, 2021 PER CURIAM ORDERS CV-21-517. Leslie Rutledge, Individually and as Attorney General of the State of Arkansas v. Gale Stewart, Glen Hooks, Robert B Leflar, Elaine Dumas, Michael B. Dougan, Harvey Joe Sanner, Jackie Simpson, and Pratt Cates Remmel, Jr., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixteenth Division. Appellees’ motion for expedited briefing, oral argument, and consideration is denied. Webb, J., not participating.

********************************************* CR-21-381. Charles Randle v. State of Arkansas, from Phillips County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus dismissed as moot.

CR-21-477. Roddie L. Golden v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus. Response requested. Wood, J., would deny.

CV-21-507. Jason Wheat v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for belated appeal is granted.

CV-21-507. Jason Wheat v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion to enter supporting exhibits is granted.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF DECEMBER 9, 2021 PER CURIAM ORDERS In Re Arkansas Supreme Court Commission on Children, Youth, and Families. See per curiam this date.

Representative Jamie Scott, of North Little Rock; Angela Collier, of Bentonville; Mason Reynolds, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, of Rogers; and Honorable Kimberly Boling Bibb, Circuit Judge, of Paragould are appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court Commission on Children, Youth, and Families for a three-year term to expire on December 31, 2024. We reappoint Carol Childs for a three-year term to expire on December 31, 2024.

The court expresses its gratitude to the following outgoing members: Sabrina Chin, retired Judge Barbara Halsey, former Representative David Meeks, Chastity Scifres, and Phyllis Bell for their years of valuable service to this commission.

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