Wigley v. Hobbs , 2013 Ark. 379 ( 2013 )

Cite as 2013 Ark. 379SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. CV-11-632
Opinion Delivered October 3, 2013
WILLIAM J. WIGLEY
APPELLANT PRO SE APPEAL FROM THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY CIRCUIT
V. COURT, 35CV-11-110, HON. JODI
RAINES DENNIS, JUDGE
RAY HOBBS, DIRECTOR OF
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION
APPELLEE
APPEAL DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
While an inmate in the Tucker Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC),
located in Jefferson County, appellant William J. Wigley filed pro se petitions for declaratory
judgment and writ of mandamus in the Jefferson County Circuit Court based on claims that the
ADC improperly withheld his meritorious good-time credit and miscalculated his transfer-
eligibility date. The circuit court entered an order denying appellant’s petitions and dismissing
the case with prejudice. Appellant brings this appeal.
Since appellant filed his brief on appeal, he has provided a change of address indicating
that he has been released from the custody of the ADC. Thus, we take judicial notice that
appellant is no longer incarcerated. As a general rule, appellate courts of this state will not
review moot issues, as doing so would be to render an advisory opinion, which this court will
not do. Bank of Am., N.A. v. Brown, 2011 Ark. 446. Generally, an issue becomes moot when any
judgment rendered would have no practical effect upon a then-existing legal controversy. Lott
v. Langley, 2013 Ark. 247; State v. First Serv. Bank of Greenbrier, 2013 Ark. 101. Because appellant
Cite as 2013 Ark. 379is no longer incarcerated, granting the relief requested would have no practical effect such that
the issue on appeal is moot at this time.
Appeal dismissed.
William J. Wigley, pro se appellant.
Dustin McDaniel, Att’y Gen., by: Pamela A. Rumpz, Ass’t Att’y Gen., for appellee.
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