Smith v. Hobbs , 2014 Ark. 337 ( 2014 )

Cite as 2014 Ark. 337
SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. CV-14-122
Opinion Delivered July 31, 2014
APPELLEE’S MOTION TO DISMISS
JIMMY SMITH APPEAL
APPELLANT [LINCOLN COUNTY CIRCUIT
COURT, NO. 40CV-13-109]
V.
HONORABLE JODI RAINES DENNIS,
RAY HOBBS, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS JUDGE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
APPELLEE
MOTION GRANTED.
PER CURIAM
On February 7, 2014, appellant Jimmy Smith lodged an appeal in this court from a circuit
court order that had dismissed his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. The appellee State
now asks that the appeal be dismissed for appellant’s failure to submit a brief.
Appellant was informed that his brief-in-chief was due here no later than March 19, 2014.
As of the date of this opinion, he has not tendered a brief or filed a motion to file a belated brief.
He has taken no action to pursue the appeal.
Failure of an appellant who is acting pro se to file a brief in an appeal is cause for
dismissal of the appeal. Ball v. State, 2014 Ark. 152 (per curiam); Farnsworth v. State, 2013 Ark.
484 (per curiam); Butler v. Hobbs, 2012 Ark. 162 (per curiam); Barker v. Hobbs, 2011 Ark. 420 (per
curiam); Ingold v. State, 2009 Ark. 611 (per curiam); Vickers v. State, 2009 Ark. 585 (per curiam);
Pineda v. State, 2009 Ark. 554 (per curiam).
Motion granted.