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 ( 2018 )

Cite as 2018 Ark. 367SUPREME 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.