Little Rock Police Dep't v. Phillips , 2017 Ark. 165 ( 2017 )

Cite as 2017 Ark. 165SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. CV-16-550
Opinion Delivered: May 4, 2017
LITTLE ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT
APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI
COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
V. [NO. 60CV-15-2246]
CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS HONORABLE MORGAN E.
APPELLEE WELCH, JUDGE
TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT
OF APPEALS.
SHAWN A. WOMACK, Associate Justice
The Little Rock Police Department appeals from an order entered on March 4, 2016,
in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County setting aside the demotion of Christopher Phillips.
The appellant’s only argument is that there is insufficient evidence to support the order
setting aside the demotion. The appellant invoked our jurisdiction pursuant to Ark. Code
Ann. § 14-51-308(e)(2)(A) (Repl. 2013). In our recent decision in Bales v. City of Fort Smith,
2017 Ark. ___, we stated that civil service appeals pursuant to section 14-51-308 shall be
filed in the court of appeals unless there is another basis for our jurisdiction. Since there is
no other basis for our jurisdiction, we transfer this case to the court of appeals pursuant to
Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1-2(d).
Transferred to the court of appeals.
Sherri Latimer, Office of the City Attorney, for appellant.
Robert A. Newcomb, for appellee.