James Tree & Crane Serv. Inc. v. Fought , 2015 Ark. 48 ( 2015 )

Cite as 2015 Ark. 48SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. CV-14-585
JAMES TREE AND CRANE SERVICE, Opinion Delivered February 17, 2015
INC., AND ROGER WILLIAMS
APPELLANTS
V.
SPECIAL MASTER APPOINTED.
TERRI FOUGHT
APPELLEE
PER CURIAM
Appellants James Tree and Crane Service, Inc., and Roger Williams filed a petition for
writ of certiorari to complete the record on June 30, 2014. This court granted the petition
on July 31, 2014, and issued the writ for the court reporter to complete the record within ten
days. After granting an additional twenty-day extension of time to lodge the record, on
October 9, 2014, we granted a final sixty-day extension of the writ for the record to be
completed and filed with this court on December 8, 2014. On December 5, 2014, appellant
filed a petition for judicial relief stating that the court reporter, Sheila Russell, had advised
them that the record would not be completed by the December 8, 2014 deadline. In the
petition, appellants requested additional time for the court reporter to prepare the record.
This court granted the petition and extended the time for filing the record to January 28,
2015. We also ordered the court reporter to appear before this court on January 29, 2015,
to show cause why she should not be held in contempt for her failure to comply with the writ
Cite as 2015 Ark. 48of certiorari, as previously ordered.
The record was not completed and filed on January 28, 2015. The court reporter
appeared before this court on January 29, 2015, and entered a plea of not guilty. At that time,
this court advised the court reporter that we would appoint a special master to make findings
of fact concerning this matter.
We hereby appoint the Honorable John Mauzy Pittman as special master to conduct
a hearing, to make findings of fact, and to file his findings with this court’s clerk. Upon
receipt of the special master’s findings, we will render a decision in this matter.
It is so ordered.
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