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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 30, 2024 JOHN DAN KEMP, CHIEF JUSTICE CR-23-537. Corey Jeffery v. State of Arkansas, from Arkansas County Circuit Court, Northern District. Affirmed.

RHONDA K. WOOD, JUSTICE CV-24-13. Conrad Reynolds; and Arkansas Voter Integrity Initiative, Inc., Individually and on Behalf of Restore Election Integrity Arkansas, a Ballot Question Committee v. John Thurston, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State; and the State Board of Election Commissioners, an Original Action. Motion to dismiss granted; complaint dismissed. Kemp, C.J., and Baker, Hudson, and Womack, JJ., concur.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 30, 2024 PER CURIAM ORDERS CR-22-504. Jaylon Bryant v. State of Arkansas, from Drew County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s motion for oral argument is denied.

CR-24-240. Warren Goodrum v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division. Appellant’s pro se motion to relieve counsel, appoint new counsel, and for extension of brief time is granted.

CR-24-240. Warren Goodrum v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division. Motion of Michael Kiel Kaiser to withdraw as counsel of record and for new appellate counsel to be appointed is granted.

CV-23-59. Kenneth D. Stuart; James Greenhaw; Elizabeth Jessup; Amber Wooldridge; Kevin Lightburn; Kalvin Henderson; CBC Vision, LLC; Timothy Tyler Gardner; Jamshid Mirtalipov; and Garrett Taylor v. Larry Walther, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Eleventh Division. Appellants’ declaration of technical failure and motion to accept belated petition for rehearing is granted. Baker and Hudson, JJ., would deny.

CV-24-199. Sarah Sanders, in Her Official Capacity as Governor of Arkansas; Lindsay Wallace, in Her Official Capacity as Acting Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Corrections; and Arkansas Department of Corrections v. Arkansas Board of Corrections; and Benny Magness, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Arkansas Board of Corrections, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Eleventh Division. Appellants’ motion to hold briefing schedule in abeyance; motion to stay briefing schedule pending disposition of motion for abeyance is denied. Hiland, J., not participating.

CV-24-280. The Kroger Co.; Kroger Dedicated Logistics Co.; Kroger Limited Partnership I; Demetrius Brooks; Five Rivers Trucking, LLC; Naw Seng Gauri; and Bung Di v. Joe and Sheryl Lang, as Special Administrators of the Estate of Jason Conner Lang; Ruan Transport Corporation; Ruan Logistics Corporation; Dwight D. Slater; Courtney Boulware; Ozark Motor Lines, Inc.; and John Does 1–3, from St. Francis County Circuit Court. Petitioners’ second petition for writ of mandamus is denied.

D-24-298. In Re Mark Thomas Steele, Arkansas Bar No. 2015021, an Original Action. Petition of Mark Thomas Steele, Arkansas Bar No. 2015021, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation) is granted.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 30, 2024 PER CURIAM ORDERS D-24-299. In Re Robert S. Irving, Arkansas Bar No. 87091, an Original Action. Petition of Robert S. Irving, Arkansas Bar No. 87091, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation) is granted.

********************************************* CR-07-238. Kenny Travis, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, from Mississippi County Circuit Court, Chickasawba District. Petitioner’s pro se fourth petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis is moot. Kemp, C.J., would dismiss.

CR-07-238. Kenny Travis, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, from Mississippi County Circuit Court, Chickasawba District. Petitioner’s pro se amended fourth petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis is dismissed.

CR-10-206. Timothy Mack Clemmons v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Petitioner’s pro se second petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis is denied; motion to appoint counsel and a handwriting expert is moot.

CR-12-74. Terry Dean Birts v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis or habeas corpus and motion to remand to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing is denied. Wood, J., would deny petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis or habeas corpus and dismiss motion to remand to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing.

CR-23-102. Jeffery Allen Workman v. State of Arkansas, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Greenwood District. Petitioner’s pro se motion for documents, briefs, and transcripts at State’s expense is denied.

CR-23-783. Jessie Hill v. State of Arkansas, from Grant County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for extension of time is granted.

CR-23-783. Jessie Hill v. State of Arkansas, from Grant County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion to expand page limit is denied.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 30, 2024 PER CURIAM ORDERS CR-23-783. Jessie Hill v. State of Arkansas, from Grant County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for relief pursuant to the Arkansas Constitution and the United States Constitution and Arkansas statutes to overturn, vacate, dismiss, and to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for error coram nobis is dismissed. Kemp, C.J., and Baker, J., would deny pro se motion for relief pursuant to the Arkansas Constitution and the United States Constitution and Arkansas statutes to overturn, vacate, dismiss, and dismiss motion to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for error coram nobis. Womack, J., would deny pro se motion for relief pursuant to the Arkansas Constitution and the United States Constitution and Arkansas statutes to overturn, vacate, dismiss, and motion to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for error coram nobis.

CR-23-783. Jessie Hill v. State of Arkansas, from Grant County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se second motion for relief pursuant to the Arkansas Constitution and the United States Constitution and Arkansas statutes to consider a petition for error coram nobis is dismissed. Kemp, C.J., and Baker, J., would deny pro se second motion for relief pursuant to the Arkansas Constitution and the United States Constitution and Arkansas Statutes and dismiss motion to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis.

CR-24-142. Willie Ray Porchia v. State of Arkansas, from Ouachita County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus is moot.

CR-24-258. Christopher Love v. State of Arkansas, from Nevada County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for rule on clerk to file pro se tendered petition for writ of mandamus and amended petition for writ of mandamus without a certified record is moot.

CV-24-213. Rolandis Chatmon v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for use of the record on appeal is granted. Wood and Hiland, JJ., not participating.

********************************************* Pursuant to Rule 4-5 of the Rules of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the following case is dismissed for failure to file an appellant’s brief.

D-23-362. Mosemarie Dora Boyd, Arkansas Bar No. 2008078 v. Lisa C. Ballard, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Office of Professional Conduct, an Original Action.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 30, 2024 PER CURIAM ORDERS In Re Fee for Printed Attorney License. See per curiam this date.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF MAY 30, 2024 CASES SUBMITTED CV-23-616. Little Scholars of Arkansas Foundation d/b/a Lisa Academy; AP Consolidated Theatres II L.P.; CSRC Charter Lisa, LLC; and KLS Leasing LLC, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Interested v. Pulaski County, Arkansas; Debra Buckner, in Her Official Capacity as Pulaski County Treasurer; and Janet Troutman Ward, in Her Official Capacity as Pulaski County Assessor, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Eleventh Division.

CV-23-693. LaTonya Honorable, Fifth Division Circuit Judge; J. Leon Johnson, First Division Circuit Judge; and Herbert Thomas Wright, Fourth Division Circuit Judge v. Barry Hyde, in His Official Capacity as County Judge; Mike Hutchens, in His Official Capacity as Comptroller; Chastity Scifres, in Her Official Capacity as Human Resources Director; and Pulaski County, Arkansas ex rel. Barry Hyde, County Judge, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division.

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