CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN DAN KEMP ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JOSEPHINE LINKER HART ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SHAWN A. WOMACK ASSOCIATE JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICE RHONDA K. WOOK v. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAVID SACHAR SPECIAL COUNSEL J. BRENT STANDRIDGE AND ARKANSAS JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE AND DISABILITY COMMISSION

2018 Ark. 367

• Court: Supreme Court of Arkansas
• Decided: December 19, 2018
• Docket: CV-18-861
• Status: Published

Opinion

Cite as 2018 Ark. 367

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-18-861

Opinion Delivered: December 19, 2018 CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN DAN KEMP; ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JOSEPHINE EXPEDITED PETITION AND LINKER HART; ASSOCIATE AMENDED EXPEDITED PETITION JUSTICE SHAWN A. WOMACK; FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS, WRIT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE KAREN R. OF PROHIBITION, AND/OR WRIT BAKER; AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF CERTIORARI; REQUEST FOR RHONDA K. WOOD EXPEDITED RESPONSE TIME PETITIONERS FROM THE JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE V. AND DISABILITY COMMISSION [NOS. 17-181, 17-184, 17-185, 17-186, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAVID AND 17-187] SACHAR; SPECIAL COUNSEL J. BRENT STANDRIDGE; AND ARKANSAS JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE PETITION AND AMENDED AND DISABILITY COMMISSION PETITION FOR WRIT OF RESPONDENTS MANDAMUS, WRIT OF PROHIBITION, AND WRIT OF CERTIORARI ARE MOOT.

PER CURIAM

On October 17, 2018, petitioners, Chief Justice John Dan Kemp, Associate Justice

Josephine Linker Hart, Associate Justice Shawn A. Womack, Associate Justice Karen R. Baker,

and Associate Justice Rhonda K. Wood, five of the current Justices of the Arkansas Supreme

Court, filed an Expedited Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Writ of Prohibition, and/or Writ of

Certiorari. Petitioners filed their amended petition on October 18, 2018. The petition and amended

petition seek the immediate dismissal of the Statements of Allegations filed against the petitioners

by an Investigative Panel of the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission (the

“Commission”) in Commission Case Nos. 17-181, 17-184, 17-185, 17-186, and 17-187. On November 21, 2018, the Commission entered an order dismissing the Statements of

Allegations in all five cases. As the Commission has entered an order granting petitioners all the

relief they request, the Expedited Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Writ of Prohibition, and/or Writ

of Certiorari and the Amended Expedited Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Writ of Prohibition,

and/or Writ of Certiorari are moot. Griffin v. Alexander, 2017 Ark. 235.

Petition and amended petition for writ of mandamus, writ of prohibition, and writ of

certiorari are moot.

Special Chief Justice GRANT FORTSON, and Special Justices BENNETT NOLAN, WALTER COX,

DAVID CURRAN, CURTIS HITT, CHALK MITCHELL, and JANET MOORE agree.

KEMP, C.J., and BAKER, GOODSON, HART, WOOD, WYNNE, AND WOMACK, JJ., not participating.