Case Title: Kenny Halfacre v. Honorable Timothy Fox, Circuit Judge

Citation: 

Docket Number: CR07-620

State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 2007-10-04T00:00:00Z

Document:
ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT No. CR 07-620 KENNY HALFACRE Petitioner v. TIMOTHY FOX, CIRCUIT JUDGE Respondent Opinion Delivered October 4, 2007 PRO SE MOTION FOR RULE ON CLERK TO FILE PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS WITHOUT CERTIFIED RECORD [CIRCUIT COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY, NO. UNKNOWN] MOTION DISMISSED. PER CURIAM Petitioner Kenny Halfacre tendered to this court a petition for writ of mandamus in which he sought a writ compelling Circuit Judge Timothy Fox to enter an order with respect to his motion to proceed in forma pauperis and a pro se petition for declaratory judgment. Petitioner conceded that the petition for declaratory judgment had not been filed, but nonetheless, he argued that the respondent should be required to act on it because petitioner was wrongfully denied the right to file the petition because he lacked the filing fee. A certified record of the proceedings in the lower court was not tendered with the petition, and petitioner subsequently filed the instant motion for rule on clerk seeking to file the mandamus petition without the certified record required by this court to file such a petition. Our Rule 6-1(a) provides that in cases in which the jurisdiction of this court is in fact appellate, although in form original, such as petitions for writs of prohibition, certiorari, or mandamus, the pleadings with certified exhibits from the trial court are treated as the record. -2- Jackson v. Tucker, 325 Ark. 318, 927 S.W.2d 336 (1996). While petitioner asserts that he is unable to submit a certified record because he has either been denied the record by the circuit clerk or others or because he was never allowed to file his pleadings, the fact remains that without some certified record, there is no basis on which this court can assume jurisdiction of a matter. Accordingly, the motion for rule on clerk must be dismissed. Motion dismissed.