Roberts v. Talley

2015 Ark. 265

• Court: Supreme Court of Arkansas
• Decided: June 4, 2015
• Docket: CR-14-1089
• Status: Published

Opinion

Cite as 2015 Ark. 265

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-14-1089

Opinion Delivered June 4, 2015 DERRICK ROBERTS PETITIONER PRO SE PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS V. [COLUMBIA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, NO. 14CR-09-113] HONORABLE DAVID W. TALLEY, JR., CIRCUIT JUDGE RESPONDENT PETITION MOOT.

PER CURIAM

Petitioner Derrick Roberts first filed in this court a pro se petition for writ of mandamus

on December 17, 2014. Roberts had filed in the Columbia County Circuit Court a pro se

petition for writ of error coram nobis on January 14, 2014. In the mandamus petition, Roberts

sought to have Circuit Judge Larry Chandler enter a final order on the coram-nobis petition.

On February 12, 2015, this court held that the mandamus action was moot because

Judge Chandler retired from the bench, and the coram-nobis petition was reassigned. Roberts

v. Chandler, 2015 Ark. 47 (per curiam). Roberts filed an amended petition for writ of mandamus

naming Circuit Judge David W. Talley, Jr., as the respondent. That amended petition is now

before us.

Judge Talley provided this court a copy of an order transferring the matter to Circuit

Judge Hamilton H. Singleton. Because the respondent, as of the date of this opinion, is no

longer responsible for acting on Roberts’s pending pleading, the amended petition for writ of

mandamus is also moot. See Standridge v. Putman, 2014 Ark. 208 (per curiam).

We again note that Roberts’s coram-nobis petition has been pending for more than one Cite as 2015 Ark. 265

year and urge that the matter be disposed of promptly. The prompt resolution of all matters

before a court is vital to the administration of justice. McNichols v. Elmore, 2014 Ark. 133 (per

curiam).

Petition moot.